Sentences with phrase «business executives say»

Over 90 percent of business executives said their past mergers would have «substantially benefited from greater cultural understanding prior to the merger,» reported a McKinsey & Company survey.

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But even with Facebook's increased spending, executives said that its core ad business remains intact.

Allbritton, whose Twitter bio notes that he is also a jet pilot, says in his memo that after VandeHei leaves, «I expect that I will take a title I have historically held with my businesses, that of chief executive officer.»

«In Catalonia, to be on the board of FC Barcelona is more than an honor,» says board vice president Manel Arroyo, also a business executive.

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«I want to thank John Hele for his service as CFO and for bringing a sharper focus on the true economics of the business we write,» MetLife Chief Executive Steven Kandarian said in a statement on Tuesday.

And that's yet another reason executives like PayPal's Schulman say business owners need to take a stance on policy change.

-- BlackBerry plans to forge stronger partnerships with others in the tech industry and build better relationships with longtime business customers as the smartphone company attempts to turn around flagging operations, chief executive John Chen says.

Having founded a video game company, and with major investments in an eyewear company, Piqué is increasingly involved in business strategy himself; in 2017 he underwent an executive program at Harvard Business School, and he says he hopes to run Barça in the future, after he finally retires from football, probably in a few years&raqubusiness strategy himself; in 2017 he underwent an executive program at Harvard Business School, and he says he hopes to run Barça in the future, after he finally retires from football, probably in a few years&raquBusiness School, and he says he hopes to run Barça in the future, after he finally retires from football, probably in a few years» time.

Chris Brogan, founder and chief executive of Human Business Works, a business - training company in Portland, Maine, is one example, sayBusiness Works, a business - training company in Portland, Maine, is one example, saybusiness - training company in Portland, Maine, is one example, says Smith.

«The dominant and accepted understanding at the time, which continues, is that business is there to make a profit for shareholders — period,» said David Langstaff, who went on to become chief executive at national security firms Veridian Corp. and TASC.

More than five years ago, Bentham says, he and his team began to flag to Shell executives changes afoot in the economy that, they believed, might dramatically affect the oil business.

Eric Hoffman from executive compensation consultant Farient says it's important to consider industry and business model when looking at the ratios.

Etihad Airways may have faced turbulence in the last financial year, but its chief executive said it was still business as usual.

Business Insider executive editor Sara Silverstein discusses a recent research note from Fundstrat's Tom Lee says bitcoin could be a true substitute for gold and cannibalize some of the $ 7.5 trillion market.

Alibaba executive vice chairman Joseph Tsai responded later in the day, saying Chanos has withstood «pain» shorting his company's stock and invited him to Alibaba's headquarter to better understand the business.

Location: Vancouver How it Innovates: «Every time they have transformed the business, they keep on pushing the bounds of what they do,» says John Ruffolo, chief executive of OMERS Ventures, which is an investor in Hootsuite.

«This is so a business can understand the external and internal environments they're operating in,» says Ken Garrison, chief executive officer of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP).

But doing something exciting outside of work «to rebalance the boredom of 9 - to - 5» will only get you so far, said Maite Baron, chief executive officer at The Corporate Escape, a London - based career - transition consultancy that helps disillusioned employees become business owners, in an email.

Chief executive Kirk Simpson says up to 60 % of small businesses don't use any software to manage their expenses because most of the available tools are designed for bigger organizations, and are thus too complex or expensive.

Company executives say they can't do houses because it's too hard to dig up streets, which means most Torontonians have only expensive options from Bell and Rogers [which owns Canadian Business].

Wesfarmers chief executive Richard Goyder says the tone of the national conversation has become too pessimistic, challenging business leaders to embrace the opportunities created by Australia's strong

«The progress we have made turning around the F&R business and its future potential are reflected by Blackstone's interest,» Thomson Reuters Chief Executive Jim Smith said in a staff memo.

In fact, 75 percent of the executives said that their primary purpose for seeking content is to research a business idea.

Executives and analysts have said the women's business and footwear sold to both genders are some of the greatest potential sales drivers.

«We benefit entrepreneurs on both sides,» says chief executive Matt Barrie, referring both to business owners in developed nations and to self - starters in developing nations.

Clearly defining your goals can help you determine which email marketing solution is best for your business, says Simms Jenkins, author of The New Inbox: Why Email Marketing is the Digital Marketing Hub in a Social & Mobile World (Incisive Media, 2013) and chief executive of BrightWave Marketing, an Atlanta - based digital marketing agency.

«Last year, Parkwood Entertainment created new departments and recruited new executives from the tech, business and entertainment sectors who joined the team to help grow Parkwood and its interests,» Beyoncé's rep, Yvette Noel - Schure, said in a statement to Page Six.

«In order to grow the business to the next stage I recognized I needed two things: the need to attain significant capital and to attract an experienced executive team with a proven track record of achieving this kind of growth,» says Ashwell.

That then leads you down the path of a favorite quote of mine from the movie RoboCop where executive Dick Jones says, «Good business is where you find it.»

So far he has tried shaking up his own executive team, replacing two presidents of the U.S. business in two years, eliminating the chief operating officer role, and reorganizing the U.S. business to make it «a flatter, more nimble organization,» says the company.

The creator of mobile gaming phenomenon Pokemon Go is exploring more sponsorships by companies that want to attract character - hunting players to their businesses, the chief executive of developer Niantic Labs said on Tuesday.

U.S. Trust has put out similar surveys for about two decades, but this is the first one to include data on high net worth business owners and executives, it says.

«Small businesses tend to be more nimble and are able to react with more immediacy to a tricky situation,» says Andy Bagnall, executive vice president of strategy at PrimeMedia, a niche marketing company.

OneOne is aimed at business executives, lawyers and even doctors, according to Abosch, who said professionals could use the app to send sensitive documents and messages to each other.

«We have the power to run the analysis ourselves, with 400 - plus actions around sales and marketing,» says Fred Shilmover, founder and chief executive of InsightSquared, a business intelligence cloud services startup in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Such tasks can become «all consuming» for business executives, she says, «but a good virtual assistant can take care of all of it.»

Obama, warning of more costs to come for the Kremlin if the situation worsens, said he also had signed an executive order that would allow the U.S. to penalize key sectors of the Russian economy, including its huge energy business.

And there's this interesting tidbit too: One quarter of business executives surveyed said they are simply more effective communicating in their businesses than in their personal lives, which may factor into why so many have trouble communicating plans for passing on their businesses to family members.

«A spinoff of the hotel business and the combination of Wyndham Vacation Ownership with RCI is the best structure to unlock shareholder value and enable strong growth across the businesses,» Stephen Holmes, chairman and chief executive officer of Wyndham Worldwide, said in a statement.

«To be able to effect change that quickly, you have to have a lot of self - confidence, but you also have to know what you're doing,» says Chris Rudge, executive chairman and CEO of the Toronto Argonauts Football Club, who was part of the Canadian Business judging panel that selected this year's top CEOs.

Orlando Carvalho, executive vice-president of the U.S. defence giant, says Lockheed will honour $ 500 million worth of business already awarded to Canadian partners but that other work would be in jeopardy without a Canadian jet order.

Research by McKinsey revealed 94 percent of surveyed executives were dissatisfied with their company's innovative performance, and 85 percent of global entrepreneurs create businesses on someone else's idea, Amar Bhide, said.

If you're starting a retail business, the West Side of Los Angeles, is typically the most high demand area, says Richard Rizika, an executive vice president for retail at Los Angeles - based commercial real estate firm CB Richard Ellis.

Telstra chief executive Andy Penn says the days where companies do all of their innovation, research and development internally are over, while new creative and more nimble startups are proving that the scale of a business is no longer a competitive advantage.

A sure sign is «repeatedly pushing the door - close button on an elevator,» says Richard Jolly, a London Business School professor and executive coach.

«Jeb Bush has a big interest in Latin America, and I expect he would follow in the footsteps of [his] father and brother in being more internationally focused on trade issues,» says Todd McCracken, president and chief executive of the National Small Business Association, a business advocacBusiness Association, a business advocacbusiness advocacy group.

Its end - consumers were said to include celebrities, foreign royalty, business executives, presidential candidates and the Hamptons jet set.

The new chief executive of Uber Technologies appealed to Brazilian lawmakers in the country's capital on Tuesday to block elements of a bill he said threatened the ride - hailing app's business model, calling for more dialogue and sensible regulation.

However, where services are available, crowdshipping can allow small businesses like yours to offer demand shipping at an affordable price, giving you a competitive advantage, says Kevin Mehrabi, the chief executive officer and founder of Runner, a crowdshipping service in Los Angeles.