In Cameroon, there is on average one reading textbook for eleven pupils and one mathematics book for 13 children.

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One standout Exhibit in that book highlights the difference in results over an eleven year period between twelve companies that did and twenty companies that did not have this sort of culture.

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"They have a giant warehouse so they have to pay rent, pay wages for warehouse employees and carry a huge amount of inventory at their own risk, because not every book is going to get sold, " says 7-Eleven Japan Vice Chairman Masaaki Kamata.

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