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  2. Efficiency movement - Wikipedia

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    Hays, Samuel P. Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency: The Progressive Conservation Movement 1890–1920 (1959). Haber, Samuel. Efficiency and Uplift: Scientific Management in the Progressive Era, 1890–1920 (1964) Hawley, Ellis W. "Herbert Hoover, the Commerce Secretariat, and the vision of the 'Associative State'."

  3. Economic progressivism - Wikipedia

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    Progressive economic policies emerged as a response to the excessive big business power and the concentration of wealth and power amongst a very small fraction of society during the Gilded Age. This period introduced many landmark economic policies, including the introduction of an income tax in 1913.

  4. List of business and industry awards - Wikipedia

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    The European Small and Mid-Cap Awards aim to show best practices and encourage more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access capital markets via IPOs, the Awards is organised as part of the European Commission's SME Assembly [7] Europe: Fortune European Businessman of the Year: Fortune magazine: Businessman of the year Europe: Pomme ...

  5. Progressive capitalism - Wikipedia

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    Progressive capitalism is an economic framework that seeks to recalibrate the roles of the market, state, and civil society to enhance societal well-being. This approach advocates for a new social contract that leverages market forces and entrepreneurship while addressing issues such as market dominance, inequality, and the consequences of globalization.

  6. Progressivism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    One example of progressive reform was the rise of the city manager system in which paid, professional engineers ran the day-to-day affairs of city governments under guidelines established by elected city councils. Many cities created municipal "reference bureaus" which did expert surveys of government departments looking for waste and inefficiency.

  7. Business development - Wikipedia

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    In practice, the term business development and its actor, the business developer, have evolved into many usages and applications. Today, the applications of business development and the business developer or marketer tasks across industries and countries, cover everything from IT-programmers, specialized engineers, advanced marketing or key account management activities, and sales and ...

  8. Managerialism - Wikipedia

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    Managerialism is the idea that professional managers should run organizations in line with organizational routines which produce controllable and measurable results. [1] [2] It applies the procedures of running a for-profit business to any organization, with an emphasis on control, [3] accountability, [4] measurement, strategic planning and the micromanagement of staff.

  9. Progress - Wikipedia

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    Capitalism is thought by Marx as a process of continual change, in which the growth of markets dissolve all fixities in human life, and Marx argues that capitalism is progressive and non-reactionary. [ citation needed ] Marxism further states that capitalism, in its quest for higher profits and new markets, will inevitably sow the seeds of its ...