We can only wonder how long it will be before ALL corporations recognize that aligning business core competencies with the needs of society creates shareholder value.
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"It needs to get into Google's core business in a serious way so Google can't get into Microsoft's core business"--software services.
"Mr. Sasa's career spans 30 years in the Company's core Medical Business, and in recent years he has been deeply involved in the management of this core business, " Olympus said in a statement.
It appears that Blankfein has heeded this advice and Goldman Sachs plans to establish a Business Standard Committee to examine each core business central to Goldman Sachs.
Ibrahim Ajami, the CEO of ATIC, told me that government and business leaders had identified semiconductors as a core business to compete, part of a long-range 2030 plan to transition the economy from oil and gas business to high technology and to build its own chip foundries.
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Furthermore, innovative business models have shifted to include corporate volunteer programs to help support core business functions.
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As we have said before, owning real estate is not part of Nokia's core business and when good opportunities arise we are willing to exit these types of non-core assets.
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In most cases the core business value chain will need to be opened up by mobile-enabling legacy enterprise applications, transactions, and databases to make core functions available on which to build a set of new mobile-friendly business functions.
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We agree that the casual and core markets are very distinct, which is why we organized into our two focused business units: Core and Kids, Family and Casual, over two years ago.
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"Business looked really strong, especially from a profitability perspective - they really grew their margins in the core business, which is quite amazing, " said Sameet Sinha from B Riley.
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SprintNextel may no longer be a takeover target, but Wednesday's announcement that Sprint and Clearwire are combining their WiMax business to create a new mobile broadband company doesn't mean that the problems with Sprint's core business will be resolved.
Cost-cutting has helped the company deliver profits in its core business, despite weaker revenue.
But that reflects an acquisition, suggesting that expectations for the core business have weakened.
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When the core business goes wrong, companies fix it from within or lose customers and credibility.
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Just how Akamai will integrate peer-to-peer file transferring with its core business remains a mystery.
Focus on sustaining innovations to your core business, and use those to feed disruptive ones elsewhere.
For credit card companies however, the change is a disruption to their core business.
Amazon and Apple are actually two totally different companies when it comes to their core business.
For some time, the two companies stayed with their core business, avoiding challenging each other.
"That's something very untraditional to the Asian market and to East West's core business, " he says.
Core business processes, and those that enable competitive differentiation, rise to the top of the list.
The Post is dealing with a steep decline in its core business of print advertising.
All the while, Xerox strengthened its core business by maintaining an organization-wide focus on innovation.
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And this new department would consolidate the core business and trade functions of six agencies.
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Google has rapidly branched out from its previous core business of search in recent years.
In the past, sticking to its core business was seen as Munich Re's strength.
The core business emerged in a strong position just in time for the most recent run-up.
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It may cannibalise its core business but at least it will keep its customers.
He told Kitco News that instead, he looks at exploration companies, which is his core business.
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"Lending remains naturally a core business for us, " a spokeswoman for Raiffeisen Bank International said.
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