Sentences with phrase «other business cultures»

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«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.

In addition to having your new hire sign forms, contracts, nondisclosure agreements, and direct deposit paperwork, share materials like handbooks, videos, and other collateral material, that gives a flavor of the business culture.

Bootstrappers attract other bootstrappers and that creates a culture of people who are passionate, patient, and love running businesses they are proud of.

It's also a great way to gain hard intel on how other cultures do business, what's different about overseas markets, and how to sell to those from a different background than your own.

If the culture of our business is right, all of the other elements required for success, such as great customer service, will just happen.

Other entrepreneurs value the local business culture for its down - to - earth acumen and frankness.

Your company's values, how you treat each other, your clients, and stakeholders, and a healthy work culture are more important than the business strategies you execute.

Other than our company culture, customer experience is the single most important part of the business.

In this candid conversation, Shopify's Harley Finkelstein — one of the most influential and innovative young business leaders in Canada today — shares his experiences scaling Shopify from a scrappy startup to a world - leading provider of commerce solutions, covering, among other things, the key operational, strategic and culture components that differentiate truly great businesses from those that are merely good.

Dara Khosrowshahi, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and others discuss business culture at tech firms.

Their Game Design degree, like many other schools that offer such a degree, focuses on visual communication and game design theories, rather than the culture and businesses behind gaming environments.

Creating a culture is unlike any other business endeavor; it involves creating an intangible set of subtle rules and ideas that are often difficult to manage.

New Yorker business writer James B. Stewart's latest book is an exploration of a relatively narrow subset of this culture, the lies «told under oath or to investigative and other agencies of the U.S. government» that qualify as perjury.

Culture is the embodied values, principles and practices underlying the social fabric of a business, which permeate its actions and connects the stakeholders to each other and to the company's purpose, people and processes.

Other important decisions included: understanding that investing in marketing was critical to generating sales; focusing on sales training, including the science and art of selling, was critical for building an expert and successful sales team; and most importantly creating a can - do business culture where coming to work was fun.

As Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and an army of like - minded souls work to change the role of women on the business side of things, others are striving to advance the role of women and minorities within the predominately male Silicon Valley engineering culture.

Shiva Rajgopal, an accounting professor at Columbia Business School, teamed up with three others from Duke's Fuqua School of Business to conduct a study on corporate culture.

The right values and culture were not sufficiently embedded in JPMorgan's G10 spot FX trading business, which resulted in it acting in JPMorgan's own interests as described in this Notice, without proper regard for the interests of its clients, other market participants or the wider UK financial system.

Meaningful exchanges with other cultures will always be based on the careful development of international business relationships on a personal level.

There is no doubt that integrating other cultures, foreign languages and different ways of doing business into our economy is not easy, but companies should be seeking ways to harness newcomers» former business experience in real terms.

I think it has inspired me to support and create other styles of business culture that value diverse perspectives and, I believe, are more effective for bringing out the best in a team.

Topic: Autonomy, Decentralization and Trust in Corporate Culture Takeaways: (1) the power of human agency that gives value to autonomy in corporate culture, (2) the logic of many specific Berkshire Hathaway decentralization decisions and how to apply the lessons in other busiCulture Takeaways: (1) the power of human agency that gives value to autonomy in corporate culture, (2) the logic of many specific Berkshire Hathaway decentralization decisions and how to apply the lessons in other busiculture, (2) the logic of many specific Berkshire Hathaway decentralization decisions and how to apply the lessons in other businesses.

«What's going on is that many CEOs, COOs, GMs, and other executives haven't figured out that sales and marketing alignment is more about culture, philosophy and business orientation than it is about marketing providing sales with leads, marketing messages and sexy product brochures and sales selling enough so everyone, especially those in marketing, gets to keep their jobs.»

When any corporation may suffer a hostile takeover at the hands of other business interests that want to exploit its resources for short - term gain, the issue is not just culture or leadership but legal norms, the institutional structure within which corporations can operate.

At other times they adopt a «Christ above culture» attitude, for instance, in adopting the prevalent American attitude that «business is business,» while adding to it higher spiritual practices.

They must stick their nose in others peoples business with a totally different culture and upringing, in attempt to «Americanize» and abolish others religions, beliefs and customs.

Although the basis of their successful businesses does not, so far as I can tell, have any special connection to African or Afro - American culture, its separateness allows them to maintain their separatist identity in other ways.

But i must complement wenger he has changed the culture of the club and given the team a spirit But does that give him the right to neglect the needs of the fans for some trophies Arsenal tickets are the most expensive yet the fans settle for good football as opposed to winning football as mentioned on this blog i don't get it But wenger knows once you keep the share holders happy then your in business It puzzles me that a modern manager can go six (6) yes six seasons without a single trophy and some people can come here making bone dry excuses, the ambition of the club has dropped wenger can coach at no other top club in Europe and not win a trophy he would be shown the door.

I thought our culture is more leaned on «looking the other way» especially when it is not our business.

These include departmental committees, such as those for Business Innovation & Skills (which carried out the questioning of Ashley and Green) or Culture, Media & Sport (which questioned Rupert Murdoch and others over phone hacking), as well as cross-cutting committees such as Public Accounts (the source of the Google inquiry on tax avoidance) and Science & Technology.

Other implementing partners are iMPACT Booster of the Netherlands, and the Ghana Netherlands Business and Culture Council.

In a culture in which it can almost seem eccentric not to be «of counsel» to a major law firm that represents clients with state business, say, or to have a beef with the practice of steering pork, tax breaks or other public benefit to political donors, this sets significant precedent.

Especially for Singapore, Otis stressed that an ability to understand other cultures well will be more critical than ever as international business becomes more important.

In French business culture, management and other high - level jobs usually go to graduates from the French Ecoles d'ingénieurs, which offer prestige, more hands - on training, and an extended network of potential employers.

«For example, a business could implement mindfulness training or other strategies in the workplace that make it a more supportive culture, one that recognizes employees have a life outside of work and that sometimes there's conflict.

With this level of transparency, Gnosis can confidently conduct business that honors the culture and tradition of those who tend crops we are so grateful to obtain for our alchemical blends of cacao and other sacred botanicals.

With the growing mainstream popularity of comic book movies, conventions, video game culture, and other mediums once considered niche and nerdy, the time is ripe for geek - centric businesses to thrive.

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In one of several essays in this issue addressing relations between unions and school boards, George Mitchell and Howard Fuller («A Culture of Complaint,» page 18) propose that bargaining be subject to the same sunshine laws that apply to other public business.

Learn the fundamentals of school culture and discover the steps other business officers have taken to achieve success at their schools.

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Rob Salkowitz is author of Comic - Con and the Business of Pop Culture (McGraw - Hill, forthcoming in June 2012) and three other books on the future of business in the digiBusiness of Pop Culture (McGraw - Hill, forthcoming in June 2012) and three other books on the future of business in the digibusiness in the digital era.

Rob Salkowitz is author of Comic - Con and the Business of Pop Culture (McGraw - Hill, 2012), Young World Rising (2010), and two other books on youth and digital media as agents of change.

Mike is eager to find nonfiction books that will excite big and midsize houses: how - to's, self - help, business, personal finance, popular culture, biography, current affairs, history, health, medicine, spirituality, inspirational books, trends, technology, the future, and other books with practical, social, or literary value.

Why did the FFEL culture that Sallie Mae and others had so much trouble shedding impact business planning only when it came to handing out loans to borrowers with little or no ability to repay?

After contacting Altier in June of last year, we found each other's culture and business strategies to be a good match.

Topic: Autonomy, Decentralization and Trust in Corporate Culture Takeaways: (1) the power of human agency that gives value to autonomy in corporate culture, (2) the logic of many specific Berkshire Hathaway decentralization decisions and how to apply the lessons in other busiCulture Takeaways: (1) the power of human agency that gives value to autonomy in corporate culture, (2) the logic of many specific Berkshire Hathaway decentralization decisions and how to apply the lessons in other busiculture, (2) the logic of many specific Berkshire Hathaway decentralization decisions and how to apply the lessons in other businesses.

Creating wealth by building an enterprise, unleashing the capital inside the business by selling to Berkshire, preserving the unique management culture and values, and passing the wealth on for the benefit of others.

Other eye - catching developments include Thai Airways» new - look business and economy class cabins, which have been designed to reflect Thai culture and traditions through the use of materials, lighting, artwork and branding, while China Airlines has followed in Air New Zealand's footsteps by introducing the spacious «Skycouch» on its new Boeing 777s.

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