They had a management team that supported speedy and calculated risk taking.

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Thats why core companies should always maintain itself as majority ownership of itself, to carry out some of the calculated risk taking ventures, as majority shareholders wouldnt let them.

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Couple that with processes that seek certainty at the expense of creativity and calculated risk taking and you have the perfect mix for incremental results or worse yet, market failure.

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Through their ingenuity, and calculated risk-taking, they create game-changing movements.

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There are literally thousands, they're going to be with us, we're not taking them down, they're going to be occupied, so people will be taking a calculated risk.

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Yet another example of a company taking a calculated risk to set its brand apart is Cadillac which is suggesting that seekers of high performance cars give credit where credit is due.

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This risk can only be calculated using a set of specially devised tables, taking into account all the possible risk factors, such as smoking, family history, and cholesterol levels.

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