Built To Last - Summary of Key Points Written by James Collins & Jerry Porras both are associated with Stanford About this book: This summary of Built to Last is included because if one is going to change an organization‚ one needs to know what to change towards. This book is one of the best we know of that answers that question. It is one of the best pieces of research done on why certain organizations are more successful over time than others. Because its time horizon is a minimum of 50 years
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and the compensation pillar. The audit pillar refers to the financial filling manner of a company while the board pillar refers to the directors’ composition and compensation. The shareholder rights pillar means the hostile takeover restrictions. Last but not least‚ the compensation pillar means whether it is aligned with performance and the power of shareholders in setting it and how well it is being disclosed. Talking about the corporate governance structure of Alibaba Group Holdings Limited
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part of today society. Years back women were not recognize like they are today. 4. The materials that were used is a Lambda print on aluminum 5. The text is organized in different parts. This art is a paint of women back cover with different types of leaf and flowers. My eyes were draw to the hair of the women in the paint that is not covered by the flowers. What is less obvious is that in the paint it only show a women back from the middle
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Legal Brief Facts summary Mr. Potbelly holds a garage sale at his home. Mr. Slim Jim stops by the sale and upon noticing a rare piece of art pottery offers a price of $100 for the art that is marked $250. Mr. Potbelly accepts Mr. Slim Jim’s offer. Mr. Potbelly informs Mr. Slim Jim he is selling his home because he is moving up north because he has lost his job. Mr. Slim Jim asks how much he is selling it for and Mr. Potbelly informs him he is thinking $75‚000. Mr. Slim Jim offers him $70‚000
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Louise post war life was both amazing and horrible. He was happy to see his family and all his friends but he also fell in love with Cynthia and then he married her only a couple weeks after they met. “Later in his last lap‚ there was an abrupt slicing sensation in his ankle. he half hopped to the line and collapsed. A doctor confirmed he’d worsened his war injury disastrously. It was all over.” I felt really bad for Louie because this injury ended his running career
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averaged an age of 21 years old. This would be the youngest team in US Olympic history and also the youngest team at the Olympic Winter Games. This in no way shape or form stopped the team from achieving their goal: an Olympic Gold Medal. In the last exhibition game leading up to the Olympic Games‚ the US team faced the Soviets. At the time the Soviet team had four Olympic gold medals since 1964 and were the favorites to win to the 1980 Olympics. They proved their strength when they defeated the
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Okonkwo’s shameful end A comment on Okonkwo’s suicide in TFA Things Fall Apart is by far considered a classic model of tragedy‚ it can be compared to other tragedies such as Macbeth and Hamlet‚ due to the main character in the story; Okonkwo‚ who happends to be the tragic hero‚ which is by definition someone who lives a downfall or a tragic‚ not only because he is evil or a bad person‚ but as well because of a quality in him that brings him to his fate; fear‚ love‚ or even pride. This essay
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This play is a story between a French diplomat Rene Gallimard and a Chinese Peking opera singer Song Liling. In the year 1960‚ the French diplomat Rene Gallimard met Song Liling in a German ambassador’s house for the first time. With his fascination with Madame Butterfly‚ Gallimard fell in love with Song at the first sight‚ because he believed that Song was his submissive Madame butterfly. Days later‚ Gallimard was invited to Song’s apartment and began a love affair with Song. During this period
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NF223 This is a cool course. Random repeated stuff. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food Food is any substance[1] consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin‚ and contains essential nutrients‚ such as carbohydrates‚ fats‚ proteins‚ vitamins‚ or minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism’s cells in an effort to produce energy‚ maintain life‚ or stimulate growth. Historically‚ people secured food
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A brief history of English literature This study guide is intended for GCE Advanced and Advanced Supplementary (A2 and AS) level students in the UK‚ who are taking exams or modules in English literature. It should be most useful right at the start of the course‚ or later as a resource for exercises in revision‚ and to help you reflect on value judgements in literary criticism. It may also be suitable for university students and the general reader who is interested in the history of literature. This
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