Sentences with phrase «attempt by a large company»

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Laloux said that he finds the situation at Zappos to be especially interesting, because while he's studied some very successful self - managed companies around the world and across varied industries, there's never been an attempt by a company as large as Zappos at making a transition to becoming one.

It's a long running debate: is Apple's device - first, cloud - second approach to artificial intelligence a brilliant and differentiating maneuver or simply a weak attempt to keep up constrained by the company's larger business aims that prioritize hardware over software and services?

Enter FounderMade, an attempt to bridge this information divide by offering four industry - specific forums (Wellness, Food, Invention, Beauty) that appeal to startup founders as much as to large established companies.

Mr Spalvins was also scathing about the attempts by Foster's Group to manage such a large stable of wine brands prior to Treasury splitting off as a stand - alone wine company in mid-2011.

Leaders of large companies know the power of that first day too; particularly Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who attempts to extend that early energy by republishing his 1997 letter to shareholders every year since.

By announcing these initiatives at SXSW, an arts and technology event, rather than waiting for Comic - Con or the debut of one of Marvel's big crossover movie properties like the Avengers, the company is clearly attempting to stake its claim to a larger chunk of cultural real estate than the niche market accorded to superhero comics in recent times.

While contributing to post-article discussions, I stumbled on a fascinating article by David Vinjamuri (contributor to Forbes Magazine) that attempted to provide an even - handed approach to the state of the publishing industry — and didn't do a too bad job of it, although by its very nature, left out some elements, like the small and middle sized publishing houses, and their topology being different from the larger companies.

Midland Funding is part of Encore Capital Group, one of the largest debt buying companies in the U.S. Through its subsidiaries, Encore Capital and other debt buying companies purchase credit card, medical and other debts, usually from the original creditors after many months, or even years, of unsuccessful collection attempts by the original lenders.

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This approach is an attempt to change the paradigm for sustainability from one in which we judge a company's actions by how long their list of actions or how sizeable their emissions avoided, to one in which action can be planned and assessed within the context of solving the larger problem.

We have seen that attempted by one of Australia's largest banks with eCommLegal, an insurance company (Guild Legal) and even the Salvation Army.

There was also apparently an attempted amendment to the bill that was championed by one of the largest life settlement companies, Coventry First (almost sounds religious doesn't it?)

Pharma companies are attempting to improve their perception within society, moving away from the image of large companies driven by profit at all costs, and instead as more altruistic organisations providing a much needed service.

I was particularly moved when I heard about the exceptional gesture the president of a large real estate company made by visiting every office in the company's network and attempting to speak to every single person in the organization.

Don't leave your largest investment to chance by trusting a subpar property management company or attempting to handle it yourself.