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...like R.-and-D. expertise) that multinationals can derive from global sourcing and manufacturing. In fact, companies that increase foreign sales and profit at a sustained and healthy clip (at least 8% annually) yielded superior shareholder rewards. From 1995 to 2000, their stocks delivered compound annual growth of 36%, vs. 21% for the Standard & Poor's 500 index...
...World Congress of Accountants is a summit where 5,000 bean counters meet to discuss the industry's searing issues, like solar vs. battery-powered calculators or the long-awaited switch to No. 3 pencils. Usually it would be the dullest four days this side of, well, a meeting with 5,001 accountants, but thanks to the bookkeeping debacles at kleptocorporations like Enron, once-ignored accountants are suddenly the mysterious bad boys of the corporate world. This year's congress was the perfect chance for the tarnished industry to pick itself up, dust itself off and blame Kenneth...
Your article on psychologist Steven Pinker's new book, The Blank Slate, discussed the author's views on how much of human character is shaped by genes and how much by environment [SCIENCE, Oct. 28]. I am always amazed when I hear the phrase nature vs. nurture. What about free will? For most of us, neither nature nor nurture governs our ability to choose freely, at least not in a democratic society. Genetics, environment and upbringing can powerfully influence us to choose a specific path, but we are still able to choose an alternate...
...nature vs. nurture: back in the '50s, when I worked with Lenny Bruce, he used to tell this story: An infant child born to a pair of brilliant astrophysicists gets lost in the woods. Raised by a pack of wild dogs, he finds his way back to civilization years later and goes on to graduate with honors from M.I.T. But a year after that, he gets killed chasing a car. ORSON BEAN Venice, Calif...
...Zealander best known for the obscure 1994 Maori drama Once Were Warriors. "It's not that you must stick with them, but if you don't, you may be doing the film--and the genre--a disservice." So he gives us the staples: action, exotic settings, a good-vs.-evil showdown and Bond Girls (Berry plus pale, slinky British newcomer Rosamund Pike). Enlivening these elements are blasts from the past in honor of the franchise's 40th anniversary--nods to Bond history, from Berry's sexy play on Andress to a Union Jack parachute to cameos by memorable gadgets (Thunderball...