The matrix is a crisscross of business units and functions (portrayed as verticals and horizontals).

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Later, board one of the ferries that ply the Chao Phraya River and the canals that crisscross Bangkok once called the Venice of the East for a deeper understanding of the vital role in the city these waterways once played.

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To reach Luis and Pepe Banco Azteca employs a fleet of 4, 000 loan officers who hop on motorcycles to crisscross the poorest neighborhoods of Mexico's crowded cities and backwater towns.

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