Although income inequality was heightened by the Great Recession and has statistically tempered, it remains a major policy concern. The outcome of research by McKinsey & Company about its cause will not please everyone. Sweet is Sweet McDonald’s, the world’s largest hamburger fast food chain, announced that it would switch from high fructose corn syrup to sugar in its hamburger buns and also stop using milk produced with rbST supplementation. It included the helpful caveat that there has been “no significant difference shown between milk from RbST-treated and non-rbST-treated cows.” The company could have added that the one scientific consensus is that over-consumption of sweeteners, whether the source is corn, beets or cane, creates...
The Olympic marmot (Marmota olympus) is a rodent in the squirrel family, Sciuridae. It occurs only in the U.S. state of Washington, at the middle elevations of the Olympic Peninsula. The closest relatives of this species are the hoary marmot and the Vancouver Island marmot. In 2009, it was decl...
The Alaska marmot (Marmota broweri), also known as the Brooks Range marmot[3] or the Brower's marmot,[4] is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. Once considered to be the same species as the hoary marmot, it is now known to be unique. Alaska marmots are found in the scree slopes of the...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.