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How Businesses Can Make the Most of their Stakeholder World
Businesses often consider it a top goal to provide value to their shareholders, but these days it may be just as important to concentrate on producing value for “stakeholders.” Companies have a plethora of stakeholders, such as customers, employees, suppliers, and local communities, among others; the sum total of which represents a business’s stakeholder world. […]
Organizational Change Made Easy: Give Them a Better Option
One of the most pervasive “truths” about organizational change is what change is hard. It’s “common knowledge” that people resist change. We all “understand” that change is difficult, change is slow, and change initiatives often fail. We have ample evidence to believe this so. There are estimates that upward of 70 percent of all large-scale
Sustainable Entrepreneurs and their Ventures
It is a recognized driver of innovation providing enormous opportunity for business. Consultancies such as McKinsey and large corporations like Target have created successful whole divisions related to it. Colleges and universities are offering more programs and degrees to meet the demand for it. Investors are investing in it, and consumers are demanding more of

Syracuse University forms search committee for next Whitman School dean
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University has formed a search committee to find and hire the next dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management.

Carrols completes acquisition of 17 Burger King restaurants in Pennsylvania
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST) announced it has completed the acquisition of 17 Burger King restaurants in Western Pennsylvania in and

JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. — Binghamton University will use $21 million in state funding to relocate and expand the Decker School of Nursing to a building

40 under FORTY awards event draws crowd of 420
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — More than 420 people attended the 40 under FORTY awards luncheon on Wednesday at the Oncenter in Syracuse, spotlighting 40 young professionals

Price Rite plans to open grocery store in downtown Utica
UTICA, N.Y. — The grocery store Price Rite plans to open a new location at 501 Bleecker St. in downtown Utica. The company plans to

Coughlin & Gerhart re-elects Mark Gorgos managing partner
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP announced that it has re-elected Mark S. Gorgos as managing partner of the Binghamton–based law firm through 2019.

F.O.C.U.S. to honor Gonzalez with 2017 Wisdom Keeper Award
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — F.O.C.U.S. Greater Syracuse announced that its board of directors has chosen Bethaida (Bea) González, dean of University College of Syracuse University, to
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