of leadership‚ character multi-year research projects and works with executives from the private‚ public‚ and social sectors. Jim has served as a teacher to senior executives and CEOs at corporations that include: Starbucks Coffee‚ Merck‚ Patagonia‚ American General‚ W.L. Gore‚ and hundreds more. He has also worked with the non-corporate sector such as the Leadership Network of Churches‚ Johns Hopkins Medical School‚ the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and The Peter F. Drucker Foundation
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Chapter 1 ANSWERS TO DISCUSSION QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS What is your favorite retailer? Why do you like this retailer? What would a competitive retailer have to do to get your patronage? Students may choose an example from a wide variety of retailers. Answers will likely range from national chains including but not limited to K-Mart‚ The Gap‚ Bloomingdale’s‚ McDonald’s‚ The Sports Authority‚ Starbucks‚ JC Penney‚ to online retailers like Amazon.com and eBay to favorite local shops and hangouts
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Teaching Case ______________________________ Journal of Applied Case Research Sponsored by the Southwest Case Research Association “BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL”: A CASE STUDY ON THE BODY SHOP Subhadip Roy ICFAI University‚ India Lopamudra Ghosh ICFAI University‚ India © Journal of Applied Case Research Accepted: September 2008 2 “BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL 1 ”: A CASE STUDY ON THE BODY SHOP “The business has existed for one reason only – to allow us to use our success to act as a force
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ETHICS IS MORE THAN LEGALITY In the early 2000s‚ the U.S. public was shocked to learn that Enron‚ the giant energy trading company‚ had created off-the-books partnerships to unlawfully hide its debts and losses. The Enron disgrace soon was followed by more scandals at major companies like WorldCom‚ Tyco International‚ ImClone‚ HealthSouth‚ and Boeing. (See the Legal Briefcase box for a brief summary of a few of these cases.) In recent years‚ greedy borrowers and lenders alike were among those who
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511-060 Nike Football: World Cup 2010 South Africa Nike Football revenue had grown from $40 million in 1994 to more than $1 billion in 2008. In just under 15 years‚ it had reached a sales level that took some of its competitors over 50 years to achieve. Although not the end goal‚ the 2010 World Cup was another unique moment in time for Nike to create separation between the company and its competitors. Edwards knew he had to seize this opportunity and pull his team together to deliver a
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C H A P T E R Organizational Culture Learning Objectives After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: • Describe the elements of organizational culture. • Discuss the importance of organizational subcultures. • List four categories of artifacts through which corporate culture is communicated. • Identify three functions of organizational culture. • Discuss the conditions under which cultural strength improves corporate performance. • Discuss the effect of organizational culture on business
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Oliver Breitenstein Development of a Flapping Wing Mechanism Semester Project Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich Supervision Dr. Samir Bouabdallah‚ Stefan Leutenegger and Prof. Dr. Roland Siegwart Spring Semester 2009 Contents Abstract Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 Review 2.1 Aerodynamics of flapping wings . 2.1.1 Wagner Effect . . . . . . . 2.1.2 Leading edge vortex . . . 2.1.3 Clap and fling mechanism 2.1.4 Rotational lift . . .
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Introduction The continent of South America has about one-eighth of the Earth’s land surface‚ situated between latitudes 12°N-55°S and longitudes 80°-35°W; no other continent has a greater latitudinal span. Eighty percent of its land mass is within the tropical zone‚ yet it extends into the subantarctic. The extensive zones of temperate and cold climates in the vicinity of the Equator‚ in the Andes‚ are unique. The land area of about 17‚519‚900-17‚529‚250 km² is under the jurisdiction of 13 countries
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Indian Navy From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Indian Navy Bharatiya Nau Sena Indian Navy crest Active Country Branch Size 1947–Present India Navy 58‚350 active personnel 190 aircraft List of active ships Part of Ministry of Defence Indian Armed Forces Headquarters Motto New Delhi शं नो वरुणः Transliteration: Sham NoVarunah (May the Lord of the Oceans be auspicious unto us) Anniversaries Engagements Navy Day: 4 December Portuguese-Indian War Indo-Pakistani War of
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RELIGION : A SAVIOUR FOR ENVIRONMENT WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON HINDUISM Author : Mrs. Nandita Verma Head‚ Faculty of Management Studies Institute Of Technology & Management‚ NH. No. 79‚ Bhilwara Chittor By-Pass Chittor Road‚ Bhilwara Rajasthan ‚ India Phone No. 09460987602 Email vermanandita@gmail.com RELIGION: A SAVIOUR FOR ENVIRONMENT WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON HINDUISM Abstract The concern for environmental issues is among the most topical issues in academic‚ business and political debates
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