Word: aims
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According to the dean, the new fund will aim to deepen the understanding of not-for-profit management through research and teaching. It will also encourage "social entrepreneurship," for both not-for-profit and for-profit organizations...
...deals along the lines of both the Time Warner merger and the AT&T breakup. (Businessman Donald Perkins and former U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills sit on both boards, which voted for conflicting goals.) D'Aveni discerns an intrinsic cycle: poorly conceived mergers turning into spin-offs. The aim is to dominate a market, as Microsoft rules software, Delta dominates the Atlanta airport and Chrysler is the king of minivans. A likely lesson: if sprawl and diversity get in the way of market dominance, break up the company. A likely corollary: if all that stands between you and market dominance...
...exhibitions, James Billington has had tremendous success...But he is the captain of that ship, and the captain is ultimately responsible. Questions have been raised in every aspect of management. How could that have escaped his attention?" Billington insists that he is serious about cleaning up the stacks. "The aim has always been and remains and is intensified--we're not going to accept any loss in the national collection," he says...
...Brown Sugar is a love song with an uplifting gospel spirit called Higher. "Feels like heaven when I think about you," he sings. "Sparking that love within my soul." It's the best track on the CD. When D'Angelo sets his sights high, musically and spiritually, his aim is true...
Also, aggressive small lenders are wooing dis gruntled customers away from the sometimes clumsy giants. California's Glendale Federal has taken aim at Bank of America, which merged with Security Pacific in 1992 in a $4 billion deal. Draped over the en trance of Glendale Federal branches are banners with a red circle and slash mark above the Bank of America logo and the slogan you deserve better. That and everything from free checking to discount airline coupons are designed to lure people like Juliet Kaz, a Security Pacific customer who complains of long lines and new charges since...