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Discover Toyota’s Global Success Story: No robots here, because when Mitsuru Kawai first began working at Toyota, he learned how...
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, that oversees and manages a number of subsidiary companies. The company averaged an annual growth in book value of 20.3% to its shareholders for the last 44 years, while employing large amounts of capital,...
Back in the early ’90s, sending and receiving payments online between individuals was not an easy process. People didn’t even...
Most people in the UK would not be able to define franchising, with the industry either flying under the radar...
Communication is the glue that holds people and organisations together. It is the key to success for any successful organization and individuals, especially in these digital times. Effective communication has become one of the most important parameters to define organizational effectiveness. Organizations are built around people and an environment of...
Have you noticed the hashtags everywhere on social media sites? Who do you think is responsible for this? Twitter. It...
Well, OK, maybe some of you have. However, that in no way detracts from their practical innovativeness. And by practical,...
Sometimes you come across the name of a company and have to do a double-take. Are they really called that? You look again and, yes, sure enough, that’s their name. Reactions like this can feel a little disruptive. Seeing an outrageous brand name is unexpected, particularly in a world where...
The story behind how Bikini Luxe went from being a small company to a global brand through unconventional marketing. Many...
These eight significant companies all had a particular story for why they chose their colours. Here they are … THE RED IN COCA-COLA BRANDING The...
Amazon.com Inc. has always been innovative and forward-thinking. They started out as an online book store at the beginning of the dot-com craze, before expanding into music and then everything else you could ever think of, including socks for your dad’s birthday. Then came the Kindle which has acted as...
For Alan Mulally, retired CEO of Ford Motor Company, the Japanese principles of Kai and Zen (Kai for change, and...
A simplistic analysis of Jeff Bezos’ Amazon corporation might simply point to its 2016 $136 billion revenue or its 2019...
“Start-up” has been a buzzword in the age of the internet, with business opportunities aplenty for anyone with a decent idea and connection. But the era is just as notable for its short-lived “shut-downs” – those companies who didn’t quite have the ruthlessness of Amazon or the right-time-right-place of Twitter....
Five innovative companies working to help people have a better quality of life during the coronavirus lockdown. Life as we...
Colin Baird World War II had just ended. Japan lay in ruins. In three large cities, millions of people had...
Introduction Great Britain is one of the few countries in the world with well-documented archives spanning over a millennium, with a wealth of history and heritage. We wanted to find out the oldest businesses in the UK which have navigated the decades, breaking through the prestigious and very rarely achieved...
Tesla and its competitors in the electric car manufacturing sector. Three years ago at the Detroit auto show, General Motors’...
For those of you Luddites who have not yet heard of Uber, it is a technology platform that allows you to...
