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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Uncle Sam’s Business Man
at an international trade and investment fair in China, he informed the gathering that between 2005 and 2010, China was the fastest-growing source of foreign direct investment in the USA. Said Johnson, “Companies invest in America because... View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
so business and leadership were really the world that I grew up in and I realized pretty early that business could be an incredibly powerful force for good and for general human flourishing, as well as a pretty powerful source of... View Details
- 18 Jul 2019
- News
A Category Leader
to lead is a key source of our competitiveness and makes the company sort of the family company that it is today. “One of the most amazing things to me is that we are a company that is 93 percent women. And when you look around the room... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
Winning Bid
housed more than any other vertical in my mind,” Bright told Black Enterprise. “Where else could I go from sourcing and servicing Elvis’s piano to partnering with [designer] Brad Ford to decorate the most expensive penthouse in New York?”... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
'Rooted' In Innovation
products, thereby gaining a foothold in the $1 trillion global health-and-wellness food market. This could yield unprecedented opportunities for the 500 farmers in Cameroon from whom CassVita sources the produce. “I love using technology... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
harvest data with one another to help find the best performing seeds—which represented their largest variable expense. The idea quickly evolved into developing a completely independent, farmer-driven information source identifying top... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
businesses concentrating on the bottom of the pyramid, such as microfinance, could profit from using the same tools and approaches as any other financial institution. “I hired a team that is a classic private-equity, venture-capital team,” he says. “They View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
triumph since 1972 hold lessons for other kinds of organizations and companies? Sports and games serve as a handy source of metaphors for business. Performance metrics abound, and success and failure are on the scoreboard for all to see.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
But It's All Right Now (In Fact, It's a Gas)
somehow revive the dormant business, stated a front-page article in the Wall Street Journal (March 13, 2001). Seeking a new source of supply, Shearer eventually settled on Trinidad and Tobago, better known as the calypso capital of the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Dean’s Award
Douglas K. Schillinger (fifth from left), for his diligence, determination, humility, and strength while undergoing treatment for melanoma Father Thomas Patrick Doyle, C.S.C., for being a strong and generous source of support for not just... View Details
- 14 Jul 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Nicolas Manes (MBA 2020)
one-third of all the food in the world is wasted.” How does the company’s food distribution process work? “We focus on resolving the nutritional needs of community kitchens by distributing high-quality nutritious food and providing training on the best way to prepare... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
men applied to join the venture; another source put the number of candidates at five thousand. Bridges Adams, an acquaintance who directed an acting company, remembered a conversation in which Shackleton explained his views on hiring. The... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
source of development visions and capital.” His vision for New Center and for Detroit is “a more granular, more organic, more diverse source of development visions and capital.” On this day, it’s been six... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
retaliate against the whistleblower, with firing being the most severe form of retaliation. Should companies do more to encourage employees to report misdeeds internally? Heese: Companies have to understand that their employees can be a big View Details
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
new logo, website, and mission statement to reflect the broader vision for the waste-to-energy business. “Combusting garbage to produce electricity in an environmentally controlled manner keeps waste out of the landfill and creates electricity from a fuel View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
talent in order to remain successful. The authors argue that the source of competitive advantage already exists within every organization and that how a firm creates and uses talent is far more important than how the firm attracts it. The... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
and law-enforcement personnel about criminal, corrupt, and commercially tax-evading flows. U.S. and international agencies, such as the World Bank and the United Nations, are also important sources of information on these matters, as are... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
currently engages over 1,000 young Nigerians. AACE Foods sources from 10,000 farmers and processes spices, seasonings, and complementary food for local markets and export. We want to ensure that Africans have access to nutritious,... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Porter's Paradox
during the past decade. "Absolutely," Porter replied. "It's a very interesting paradox. In a global economy where it's easy to move goods and information around the world, these things become givens available to any enterprise. As a result, they are no longer a View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
and air sealed, there is near silence inside the house. Heating and cooling is provided with nine heating and cooling zones from an ultra-high efficiency air source heat pump system–completing the all-electric house which uses no fossil... View Details