Sentences with phrase «of company history»

It's wise to browse the company website and social media feeds to get an idea of company history, values and purposes.

In our 15 + years of company history, no one has ever sustained a serious injury on a Channel Islands kayak trip.

Rowson says this section can include discussions of a company mission statement, what is its reason for being, who are its customers, what is its position in the marketplace, etc. «You might talk about the founder to get a sense of the company history or culture,» Rowson says.

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Liquor company Diageo tried to promote the progressive history of its Johnnie Walker brand in late February when it introduced its limited edition «Jane Walker» scotch whisky, its traditional Johnny Walker bottle with a female iteration of the brand's Striding Man logo.

Well, if we look at this five - year strategic plan that we've outlined, it is the most ambitious strategic plan in the history of the company.

Smith selects the different charities that Cotopaxi supports through the personal relationships he has forged with nonprofits, as well as by targeting areas and companies that have a history of making an impact in education and healthcare.

Potdevin joined Lululemon at the tail end of the worst year in company history.

Schultz added the company's European stores had the best quarter in the history of Starbucks.

Company director Shinya Takahashi followed with a history of Nintendo's platforms illustrating how Switch is in effect a composite of everything the company's been working toward for decades: a game system you can dock with a TV, but also removed to go mobile, and attach a pair of left and right controllers — called Joy - Cons — that let you play anCompany director Shinya Takahashi followed with a history of Nintendo's platforms illustrating how Switch is in effect a composite of everything the company's been working toward for decades: a game system you can dock with a TV, but also removed to go mobile, and attach a pair of left and right controllers — called Joy - Cons — that let you play ancompany's been working toward for decades: a game system you can dock with a TV, but also removed to go mobile, and attach a pair of left and right controllers — called Joy - Cons — that let you play anywhere.

Even without Facebook's current predicament, the history of big consumer tech companies dealing with medical data is not without blemish.

The company's management (for more, see our feature on Costco in the Dec. 15 issue of Fortune) and history of earnings growth earn rapturous reviews from Don Kilbride of Wellington Management, who oversees Vanguard's Dividend Growth Fund: «I could talk forever about Costco.»

But that comparison misses a fundamental piece of Nintendo's history: games made by companies other than Nintendo.

It is the manifestation of a company's mission and business philosophy and stands for its history, present and future.

The highlights of 2011 are almost too painful to mention: the PlayBook, RIM's first tablet, was a flop; its latest line of BlackBerry smartphones was delayed; weak sales forced the company to issue a profit warning in the spring; its network was hit by a massive service outage in the fall; and it suffered the largest wave of layoffs in its history.

Companies in these segments still were standing and history showed they did well when the value of the currency declined.

Essentially, a company credit report gives you the benefit of seeing an objective summary of a company's credit history and from this you get its credit score, which is used by all financial institutions in assessing credit worthiness.

The New Jersey — based company has a recent history of anointing the next big thing in biotech.

The first female CEO in Lloyd's of London's 328 - year history, Beale says reverse mentorship is what has helped her company to think outside the box when it comes to new ideas.

AeroVironment is one company making the move from a military history to a broader range of business clients.

This latter legislation, known as «Ban the Box,» took effect Jan. 1, 2018, and bans private companies from asking about the criminal history of a job applicant.

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Of course there's any number of ways to introduce new hires to company history, and you don't want to get too didactiOf course there's any number of ways to introduce new hires to company history, and you don't want to get too didactiof ways to introduce new hires to company history, and you don't want to get too didactic.

«In the middle of the 20th century, it was the most famous, the most admired, the most widely respected company in the world,» says Quinn Mills, professor emeritus at Harvard Business School and the author of «The IBM Lesson» and other books about the company's history and culture.

History will remember Mary Barra as the first female CEO of a major automobile company.

But what emerged is a story of a company trapped by an overly ambitious launch schedule, an inexperienced leadership team expected to deal with the biggest crisis in the firm's history, and a sophisticated retail giant felled by the most mundane, basic and embarrassing of errors.

A treasure trove of curious tidbits torn from the pages of Backrub's — oops, we mean Google's — company history.

«That said, there have been some great Canadian success stories, like Shopify, that are changing history in that respect,» Ablitt adds, noting that the mere presence of other successful companies in Canada is encouraging for young talent and entrepreneurs.

There are also subscription services such as Hoover's, which provides detailed descriptions of companies for a fee, and Dun & Bradstreet, which sells reports on companies with information about history, directors, customers, employees and recent developments.

(The company declined «for competitive reasons» to reveal when it plans to equip other outlets with such gadgetry, but the reality for the chain is that its dealers, who own their stores, have a long history of resisting new, and potentially costly, merchandising ideas from head office.)

«Unlike other automakers who in the past have been cited by OSHA for record - keeping violations, we have never in the entire history of our company received a violation for inaccurate or incomplete injury record - keeping,» Tesla said in the emailed statement.

Jack Ma's fairytale journey from schoolteacher to China's richest man was the signature entrepreneurial storyline of 2014, an arc that culminated in his e-commerce company Alibaba completing the splashiest IPO in Wall Street history.

The iconic game company sold 906,000 Switch consoles in the U.S. in March, making it the fastest - selling Nintendo game system in history and one of the fastest - selling game consoles of all time.

Uber is one of the fastest - growing companies in Silicon Valley history, spawning thousands of startups claiming to be the Uber of every niche.

The week after Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico and unleashed the single largest blackout in US history, Blake Richetta, the senior vice president of a renewable - energy company called Sonnen, boarded a plane bound for the island.

New hires get introduced to the company's history, and to it's ecological commitment, on a bike ride that passes the three locations the brewery has held in its 20 year of existence.

Sometimes it's an obvious misstep — bankrupt airbag supplier Takata ranked last in the Harris poll this year after the largest recall in the history of the auto industry (and 22 deaths due to the company's products).

If you go to an Ivy League school, «there are prestigious companies that will take a chance on you even if you majored in classics or medieval history,» he writes, but «the problem is that while we need lots and lots of people with humanities and social science backgrounds, in today's increasingly anti-intellectual climate, majoring in philosophy is becoming a risk that fewer and fewer people can afford to take.»

It was the biggest deal in the company's history, but last February it announced a $ 2.49 - billion writedown after finding out that the gold at Red Back's Tasiast mine was of a lower grade than previously thought.

To get 75 percent of what you need, you might need to establish that they are a reputable company with a solid history of being in business.

The company has a history of scandals and episodes in which it skirted the law.

While the company amassed an army of fanboy followers over much of its history as the underdog in the epic struggle against the «evil empire» (Microsoft), it's perhaps understandable that haters are now popping out of the woodwork.

Frankly, if Twitter wanted to adopt a «no world leaders» rule now and then quietly drop it in three or seven years» time, that would be perfectly consistent with the company's history when it comes to safety and abuse, which is one of inconsistency.

And three, taking me to ride electric dirt bikes at Pigeon Point is important because it demonstrates a vital part of the company's product development history.

In the history of Canadian business, there is perhaps no greater tale of fortune and glory won and lost than that of Seagram Company Ltd..

The halls of business history are littered with companies that failed to adapt when the market dictated it.

Amazon has a long history of acquisitions, the company bought Diapers, Zappos, and Twitch in the past.

Boosting the score may take years for companies with a derogatory or nonexistent credit history, so the process of strengthening creditworthiness needs to begin long before a credit application is submitted.

Now one of the most prominent jeans companies in the United States, Lee actually has a long — and eclectic — history.

To Wells Fargo analysts however, the bonuses seem insensitive in light of the company's recent history with drug price gouging allegations.

«I think this is one of the most attractive times in the history of the company to invest,» Ackman said.