Curiously, even though Gekko is the film's villain, the character seems to be remembered largely in a positive sense--as a business guru, a take-no-prisoners negotiator and an all-around master of the universe.

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Two decades ago, organizations were designed around stand-alone business units, so all managers had to understand finance, technology, manufacturing, sales, marketing, strategy, human resources, and more.

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And so, all around us there is growing evidence that the high-tech industry, especially the world of Internet-based business, will soon take flight again.

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Having signed a three-year agreement not to compete with his former employer, all he could do was play golf and bat around business ideas with Martin Slagter, a schoolmate who had run Dell's European operations for him.

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Regardless of all of the above, one thing you should always do when traveling around China is carry with you Chinese-language business cards of your hotel or of places you wish to visit so you can show passers-by, taxi drivers, bus conductors and the like.

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