Chief Executive
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
During this time, the industry’s EP growth was challenged as margins were squeezed by declining global volumes and high fixed costs. As a result, OEM TSRs underperformed the S&P 500, delivering 5 percent TSRs versus 15 percent for the broader market. . ACHIEVING AND SUSTAINING TOP-QUARTILE PERFORMANCE.
Chief Executive
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The primary reason is that most organizations tie their base salary increase budgets to the cost of labor in relevant markets (as opposed to cost of living or inflation). While the cost of labor and cost of living/inflation usually directionally correlate, there are typically gaps between these two measures.
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Chief Executive
SEPTEMBER 23, 2022
Inflation varies by sector, sub-sector, geographic market and other factors. Get specific, don’t use averages, and understand that inflation isn’t a one-year phenomena—think about the cumulative impact of your costs three years out and then work backwards. John Deere is reducing its fixed costs and using outsourcing, etc.
Chief Executive
AUGUST 4, 2022
Facing one of the most competitive labor markets the business community has seen in years of rapid change and smarting from the post-Covid Great Resignation, companies across all industries are struggling to find great people. . And the already significant fixed costs of adding staff are only getting steeper. This year’s 4.8
AIHR
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Finding the right mix of pay, benefits, and other incentives is essential to attracting and retaining top performers, especially in a tight labor market. Lowering fixed costs: Variable pay programs allow you to lower base salaries because you’re offering employees the prospect of earning additional money.
UVA Darden
MAY 11, 2022
Why the Market Can’t Fix It. Q: Why isn’t there already a market-based solution to this problem? There are too many inputs and outputs for a neat market-based solution — including social good, poverty, low wages and workforce availability. Fraga: The National Academy of Sciences issued a report on this very question.
High Scalability
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Wikipedia: A natural monopoly is a monopoly in an industry in which high infrastructural costs and other barriers to entry relative to the size of the market give the largest supplier in an industry, often the first supplier in a market, an overwhelming advantage over potential competitors. Let's look at the size of the market.
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