But that would have been contrary to Johnson Controls' business principles and cultural environment.
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This is not to say that sound business principles should be ignored in your next startup.
The Republican frontrunner remains Mitt Romney, who promises to apply business principles while portraying the presidency as a CEO.
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But now the business principles of factories are being used to prepare students for a markedly different economic environment.
But we would be bankrupt very soon if we didn't follow business principles.
We have to get more towards basic business principles like brand lift.
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His mission: to create the world's first zero-emission, hydrogen-based economy--and to pull it off through no-nonsense business principles, not tree-hugging wishful thinking.
Such companies must understand how intrinsically Western business principles, such as employee empowerment, translate to different Asian cultures steeped in distinct traditions and entrenched business practices.
For those indefensible comments, and perhaps the failed apology, and for reasons I think are sound business principles, Walt Disney-owned ESPN removed his song from its program.
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"It's not Einstein stuff, it's basic business principles, " says Kahn.
Social entrepreneurs apply for-profit business principles to social problems.
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If the firms that do most of the hiring are not consultancies or investment banks, they may demand different skills: perhaps expertise in engineering or law, rather than a general understanding of business principles, acquired at great expense.
The potential is enormous, but governments will need committed leadership, a full understanding of e-business principles and a clear strategy for overcoming the barriers to change: the departmental rivalries, the hostility of unions, the fears of individuals and the sheer size of the thing.
They are a Wall Street focused company run by people who really care about what their product is and only about the business school principles of making it cheaper, faster and more profitably.
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Which is logical: In one sense, Patagonia's current success stems from classic business-school principles.
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It defines why you are in business and what principles guide you.
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, which were unanimously endorsed by the U. N.
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And as a result, you started to see in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and in Sudan the development of large Islamic banking institutions who did business according to Islamic principles.
Mutual funds tracking one of the Islamic indexes, publicly traded bond issuances and the trading of securitized bond issuances on a secondary market, and even U.S.public companies announcing their commitment to conducting their business according to the principles of Shariah are some of the more obvious examples.
Philip Anschutz has combined his business acumen with his religious principles through his movie-making Walden Media group.
Our core principles build responsible business practices into the fabric of our operations.
"Chinese telecoms companies have been developing their international business based on market economy principles, " ministry spokesman Hong Lei said.
Even more impressively, you can join user-created campaigns to boycott business practices that violate your principles rather than single companies.
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Credit Suisse Securities LLC consented without admitting or denying guilt that it failed to adhere to principles of good business practice.
Some Christian leaders are urging their followers to "affirm a business that operates on Christian principles" by eating Chick-fil-A's delicious sarnies.
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These new digital platforms offer an exciting opportunity to restore marketing to its fundamental roots, the basic principles of driving business growth by understanding and adding value to current and future customers.
In an article for Forbes.com, Business Secrets of the Trappists, I outlined the monastic principles that make monasteries the world over so successful in business.
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From the day Truett Cathy started the company, he began applying biblically-based principles to managing his business.
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"The fact that business and labor have agreed on principles is a major step forward, " Mr. Schumer said.
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