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...among its work force, and a culture that confers high status on manufacturers and engineers. But a little Japanese-style teamwork, in which companies pool their resources on long-term research, could do wonders in the U.S. "The Japanese don't share all their secrets either," says John Young, CEO of Hewlett-Packard. "They get people to develop the basic technology, and then they go home and build like crazy...
...help burnish its image, Drexel has been courting Howard Baker, the former Senator and White House chief of staff, as a possible new chairman or CEO. Joseph may step aside after the settlement is complete. Without a forceful new leader of unquestioned integrity, the company is in danger of losing morale and momentum -- and something else as well. Mike Milken engendered an innovative spirit at Drexel. If the company is to thrive once again, it must somehow preserve that spirit while at the same time escaping the darker side of his legacy...
Baker and Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady nonetheless wanted Bush to name a top deputy whose management skills would signal that the new Administration & is serious about budget cutting. Not many candidates wanted to play second fiddle. Norman Augustine, chief executive officer of Martin Marietta, and Paul O'Neill, CEO of Alcoa, turned down the deputy's job. Republican Senator Pete Wilson of California began whooping it up for Rand Corp. president Donald Rice, whose many qualifications include the fact that he is a close friend and golfing partner of the most influential defense expert in Congress, Democrat Sam Nunn. Rice...
...obvious response is no, but why no? I haven't been the most orthodox CEO, because I figure if you always run by tradition, I would probably still be an accountant for the General Electric Co. In three years, we averaged earnings up nearly 70%. Nothing happened ((to the stock price)). Then we had Black Monday. Stocks went down. It really became evident that this business, especially the tobacco business, should be run as a private business. The shareholders, who are the people who invest in this thing, aren't making...
Sage also said that the alumni support which the Harvard B-School offers cannot be matched by other schools. "The fact that Harvard has more CEO's than any other school by a factor of five is what is significant to me," he said...