By gpatterson on August 27, 2008
The oil crisis and world overdependence on fossil fuels have paved the way for new developments in alternative energy sources. One of these alternative sources is biomass, which certainly has the potential of being considered a good substitute for fossil fuel. Seeds of fortune are often planted in the throes of a crisis. Biomass may [...]
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By gpatterson on August 26, 2008
No company and/or industry today are immune from the escalating cost of crude oil. In an effort to address this growing concern, companies are seeking alternative, cost-effective ways to make every drop of fuel count. Although biodiesel is not a new type of fuel, its use has not been widely considered up until now. Today, [...]
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By gpatterson on July 31, 2008
The green movement has created a plethora of buzzwords. One of the popular phrases is emissions trading. And for good reason. Businesses, traditional and emerging, will soon be affected by this indirect carbon tax depending on where they fall in the supply chain. One possible regulatory system for limiting future carbon dioxide emissions is a [...]
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By gpatterson on July 27, 2008
The green movement has created a plethora of buzzwords. One of the more popular phrases is renewable energy. And for good reason. Businesses, traditional and emerging, will soon be affected by how they will respond to the reality of renewable energy depending on where they fall in the supply chain. Renewable energy is a term [...]
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By gpatterson on July 27, 2008
The green movement has created new marketplace opportunities with the emergence of intelligent green software. Industries, traditional and emerging, will soon be affected by the adoption or disregard of such technology as they move into some version of energy peak load or variable electrical pricing (where the current price is determined by the power load [...]
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By gpatterson on July 27, 2008
The green movement is creating new marketplace opportunities as a result of developing new green technology. One technology is smart grid software. Businesses, traditional and emerging, will soon be affected by how this technology will be deployed and adopted as they move into some version of peak load or variable pricing. The modern electric grid [...]
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By gpatterson on July 12, 2008
The green movement has created a plethora of buzzwords. One of the more popular phrases is “carbon tax.” And for good reason. Businesses, traditional and emerging, will soon be affected by a carbon tax depending on where they fall in the supply chain. Wikipedia defines a carbon tax as a direct tax on carbon dioxide [...]
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By gpatterson on June 15, 2008
“Just when you thought Sarbanes Oxley concerns had been sufficiently addressed so that non-public companies could take the issue off their dashboard, things have changed, ” says Gary W. Patterson, Enterprise Risk Management expert and speaker. He forewarns that Enterprise Risk Management (also referred to as ERM) will soon become a business issue for almost [...]
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By gpatterson on April 25, 2008
While growing and developing a business is never likely to be considered easy by anyone, sometimes the greater challenges come when the business has been developed and reaches a stage where it needs to progress to a higher level to continue growing profitably. It is very easy for an organization to rely on keenness, motivation [...]
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By gpatterson on April 16, 2008
Which of these five sleeper trends in the alternative healthcare industry can either be a boon or a bust to your business model? This article raises some important questions you should ask when you are thinking of growing your company. 1. What do you think of the Methuselah Lifespan Effect? More of us have the [...]
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