Carlos Santana Ryan Conroy All the world knows the special magic of Carlos Santana. Since 1966‚ he has led the group that bears his name‚ selling over 30 million albums and performing before an estimated 13 million people. In every performance‚ Carlos shares with his audience a personal communication that crosses all boundaries and differences. Carlos was introduced to traditional music by his father‚ Jose. An accomplished mariachi violinist and experienced musician‚ he taught Carlos the basics of
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Carlos Slim The reason I have decided to research Carlos Slim is because he is currently the most wealthy man in the world and has been since 2010 according to the Forbes rich list. Carlos Slim was born in Mexico on the 28th January 1940. Carlos Slim has a net worth of $68.8 billion with $49 billion coming from America Movil which during 2010 was the main mobile phone carrier in Latin America. Carlos Slims parents are both from Lebanon descent‚ Carlos Slims father emigrated at the age of 14
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1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background of Renault and Nissan French Renault is the ninth largest manufacturer with 4.3% of the market in the world. Bartlett‚ Ghoshal‚ and Beamish (2008‚ p. 587-588) found “In the spring of 1997‚ Georges Douin‚ Executive Vice President in charge of corporate strategy‚ had submitted an international development plan to Renault’s Management Committee‚ at the request of Louis Schweitzer.” Renault wants to entry in the Asian market. Especially‚ it researched Nissan which
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Carlos Fuentes’ smile On top of El Ángel‚ on top of the Monumento a la Revolución‚ on top of the Catedral‚ Carlos Fuentes was always on top. When he was young‚ he was afraid of height; even in June 1959‚ at the time of the Cuban revolution‚ in the same plane as General Cardenas‚ he asked: “Do you think it is going to fall?” We are already flying high. Since he was child‚ he was destined to be on top. He had just published Where the Air Is Clear‚ which caused uproar in Mexico City. Back then‚ all
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Carlos Santana Carlos Augusto Alves Santana aka Carlos Santana was born July 20 1947 in Autlan de Navarro‚ Jalisco‚ Mexico with a father of musical arts. When at the age of five he took up the violin which then developed his interested in music. Years later after his family moved to Tijuana it was then he began to play with the guitar‚ the instrument that would lead to his greatness. He was fascinated and surpassed his guitar heroes; they were John Lee Hooker‚ T. Bone Walker‚ and B.B. King
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Carlos Ghosn led one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the history of the modern corporation. Dispatched to Tokyo in 1999‚ with orders from France’s Renault SA to rescue its floundering Japanese business partner‚ Nissan Motor‚ Ghosn moved boldly. He slashed costs‚ closed unprofitable factories‚ shrank the supplier network‚ sold unprofitable assets‚ and rewired Nissan’s insular culture. Skeptics pronounced his efforts doomed. But within a year‚ Ghosn had returned Japan’s second-largest auto manufacturer
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organization. Realizing that immediate change was needed‚ Nissan turned to Carlos Ghosn to revive a company headed towards bankruptcy with a record loss of more than $6 billion in fiscal year 19991. Using core tasks of change leadership Ghosn implemented procedures and technologies to deal with rapid changes in the business environment which transformed Nissan into one of the most profitable companies in the world. Simply put‚ Carlos Ghosn’s leadership spearheaded one of the most astounding turnarounds
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The Old Gringo‚ Carlos Fuentes The Old Gringo is a fiction novel written by one of Latin America’s most renowned and eloquent authors‚ Carlos Fuentes. Filled with war‚ adventure‚ love and more‚ this novel takes you back to the Mexican revolution fought in 1912. This contemporary fiction is based on many themes found and experienced by the main characters in this novel. The relationship between Mexico and the United States‚ the drive to find one’s true self and the different ways
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Carlos Ghosn – Change Leadership Carlos Ghosn implemented highly effective change leadership when transforming Nissan from a company that was experiencing several years of negative growth to one of the best managed and most profitable corporations in its industry. He accomplished this by executing management techniques that can be categorized within the “core tasks of change leadership.” The evaluation of Ghosn’s execution of each task is covered in the following paragraphs below. The case
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commercial district of Mexico City. These enterprises became the source of considerable wealth. In August 1926‚ Julián Slim and Linda Helú married. They had six children: Nour‚ Alma‚ Julián‚ José‚ Carlos and Linda. Slim and his siblings were taught basic business practices by their father. At the age of 17‚ Carlos earned 200 pesos a week working for his father’s company. He went on to study engineering at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In 1965 he incorporated Inversora Bursátil and then
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