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Google has announced that Eric Schmidt, the firm’s chief executive, will be handing over the reigns as the company’s CEO to co-founder Larry Page. Schmidt will become executive chairman, dedicating his efforts to acquisitions and government relations, while continuing to act as an adviser to Page and Sergey Brin, Google’s other co-founder. While surprising, the…
A housing association working in the UK reported that a turnover of nearly £115m provides approximately 16,000 homes for more than 30,000 people. It works in partnership with local authorities, organizations and residents to create safe, sustainable communities.
”We started our Lean journey at Ford Motor Company in 1983. Inspired and impressed by the success in gaining market share achieved by the Japanese car manufacturer Toyota we went to Japan to study their means and methods, and we came back with the right recipe. With this is at hand we implemented all the good things we have…
When I was a child, I remember the prices on products at the store were merely stickers with a currency value on them. Sometimes, there were several stickers – one on top of the other – and you could see if the price had changed upwards or downwards.
Public-sector unions or government workers across the world have enjoyed a cushy deal for the past few decades. However, since the onset of the global debt crisis, the tables may be turning. Governments across the world (and particularly in the first world countries such as America, Canada and the United Kingdom) are being pressured to…
Today, the world’s best companies dedicate large amounts of time and resources to finding and keeping “the vital few”, that is, those who do currently / are predicted to account for much of the progress made by a company or organisation. Deloitte and other consultancies have noticed that companies are now trying harder than ever…
