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...read: unsentimental), short-term (read: myopic) obsession with the bottom line that in their view characterized American corporations. In the past 10 years, that attitude has reversed. A Japanese executive recently told me, "Japanese business is trying frantically to adopt an American style of management, and the result is turmoil and confusion. As financial performance continues to drop, top management demands a management revolution?that is, a total denial of our traditional ways of conducting business...
...Samsung televisions to Kodak digital cameras. Most humiliating, Sony lost its leadership in portable music players by failing to capitalize on the popularity of MP3 files, a gap that Apple's iPod-an idea that would once have shrieked "Sony!"-has exploited spectacularly. The Japanese company has been in turmoil ever since April 2003's "Sony shock," when the firm announced drastically lower sales and earnings. Its stock has dropped 66% over the past five years...
...competitors, ranging from Sharp televisions to Kodak digital cameras, in virtually all its product lines. Most humiliating: Sony lost its leadership in portable music players by failing to capitalize on the popularity of MP3 files--a gap that Apple's iPod has exploited masterfully. The company has been in turmoil ever since April 2003's "Sony shock," when it announced drastically lower sales and earnings. Its stock has dropped 66% over the past five years...
...Amin Gemayel: We don't know, and it's not a Lebanese concern. We don't have an interest in a strong confrontation between Washington and Syria. The Lebanese people are exhausted after 30 years of war, occupation, turmoil and chaos. I lost my brother, I lost my nephew, I lost my niece. All of them were assassinated during the war. Every family lost a lot. Enough bloodshed! Enough chaos! It is in the real interests of Syria to understand there is a new era, a new approach, and after 30 years of military presence in Lebanon it is time...
...added that while universities are always looking to recruit senior faculty from other institutions, these efforts have been encouraged by Harvard’s recent turmoil...