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- 29 Jan 2019
- News
Gloria Steinem and Diane Paulus Take Center Stage
of Africa’s businesses. Along with CTO Joshua Ihejiamaizu and board member Temi Awogboro, Chow ensures GEN’s programs effectively break young Nigerians out of dead-end, low-skilled work, through its international operations and presence... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
be someone you're not, you won't be a good leader. You also have to know the people you work with. An awareness of what's important to them -- a daughter graduating from high school, say, or a family problem at home -- allows you to be a much more important View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Books
for a higher standard of performance has been emerging for decades in response to the corporation's expanding presence in society. Globalization, privatization, and technology have added impetus to this trend in recent years. To be a... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75
The Internet is becoming as familiar a presence in households and offices as the telephone, but, like many big ideas, it was once no more than a twinkle in someone's magazine story. Writing in the days before computers had even become... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
arena," Goldman says. "More than a discount transaction house, we're positioning ourselves to compete now as a full-service investment firm without charging the hefty commissions that 'full service' usually implies. Our online presence is... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
corporations - Dow Chemical, for instance - are putting down important roots in South Africa, others such as Hilton Hotels, Coca-Cola, and McDonald's are boosting their presence throughout the sub-Saharan area. As noted, South Africa's... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
Valley, Singapore, and Shanghai. Accel Partners is one firm that already has successfully established a presence abroad, having opened a London office in 2001. Currently, it is evaluating whether to open an office in China. “We will make... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- News
Inside Africa
news, lifestyle features, travel and entertainment information, plus an A-to-Z (Algeria to Zimbabwe) guide to each African nation. In one of its latest ventures, Africa.com has begun selling domain names to companies wanting to create a web View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
managerial demands of the war had prompted new courses in, and research emphasis on, human relations and control. Commensurately, the School began to boost its faculty (it had 98 members in 1946). By 1950, HBS was a commanding presence in... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
local car dealers. Is there any place you haven’t been that you’d like to visit? Sub-Saharan Africa. GE now has a presence in countries like Angola, Nigeria, and Tanzania. I like being able to identify personally with every place we do... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
because of the size and makeup of the audience it attracts." Of Fox's television contract with the NFL, Steve Greyser notes, "While many people thought Fox overpaid for its NFL rights, in reality it was a coup - with one stroke, the deal established Fox's credibility... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
Kirlin received a patent for recessed lighting, to this day a landmark innovation for Kirlin and its customers. Throughout Detroit’s ups and downs, Kirlin has remained a stalwart manufacturing presence and loyal member of the community.... View Details
- 25 Jun 2020
- News
Covering All Corners
the pharmaceutical needs of emerging markets and has a strong presence in more than 40 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East-North Africa region. “We are a very purpose-driven team and believe in empowering the fight for health... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
presence “somewhere” in Asia and “somewhere” in Europe in addition to our offices in New York. Facing the same concern as you—how do we make sure that our value proposition and brand remain constant across the regions—we took our time and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
and opportunity here is Afghanistan. Syria is a relatively small pool of migrants. In Afghanistan, you have a potentially enormous pool of refugees who could arrive at any moment in Europe. One of the things that Europe is starting to understand is it has to have much... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic
them across catalog and online channels. I'm currently in charge of Gap Online and the Banana Republic catalog. Soon we will bring Banana Republic and Old Navy online. What will the Web bring to Banana? Having a presence on the Web will... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
focused on partnership developments in Europe. We're in most countries in the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle East already — we even have some presence in China, in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. Expanding into Europe is a bigger... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
People don’t spend a lot of time corresponding on Craigslist. They set up a mutually agreeable time to see the merchandise! I also do a lot of coaching on social media. You absolutely need to have a Facebook presence with just as good a... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
she was doing fine. She didn't need me. You know, things were going well. I think what you learn as CEO is where you can add value but also where your presence just screws things up. Right? You create busy work and, and, and you're going... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Your Whole Self
book, The Leader You Want to Be: Five Essential Principles for Bringing Out Your Best Self. Those principles are what she calls her five Ps: Purpose, process, people, presence and peace. And in this episode of Skydeck, contributor April... View Details