But there are some key things that Dr. Thompson does that make him a great example of Reality- Based Leadership.
For example, Miami-based Ivax (amex: IVX - news - people) derived nearly half of its 2000 revenue from proprietary brand products.
Ray gives an example: Arizona-based bicycle manufacturer State Bicycle Co.
Engineering and the City can and must work together, as another space-based example demonstrates.
To take one example, the London-based consultants Capital Economics forecasts a contraction of 2.5% for the eurozone next year.
For example, the vector-based maps load quickly and allow for smooth tilting and rotating of 2D and 3D views.
For example, Tel Aviv-based Ratio Oil Exploration just two years ago employed a handful of employees and was worth less than a million dollars.
For example, large fleet-based businesses such as Waste Management and Werner Enterprises Inc. recently cited high fuel costs as one reason for lower-than-expected earnings.
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For example, east-coast based StartupValley, will focus on providing a market for tech-focused entrepreneurs to find investors because Bryant believes niche portals will be the ones that succeed long term.
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One example: In February Massachusetts-based Voter Activation Network, which provides voter technology for Democrats, recently launched an iPhone app to make voter canvassing easier.
For example, the critical cloud-based services of many companies (including our own) had no downtime during the incident in June, mainly because of the use of multiple, redundant availability zones.
Wharton marketing professor Patti Williams cites Gold's Gym--the Texas-based gym chain--as an example of a company that has found a way to navigate the economic slump while promoting a product that might seem discretionary or self-indulgent in hard times.
The most recent and perhaps final example came Tuesday when Paris-based Lagardere Active announced that Alain Lemarchand, who has served as CEO of Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S. since June 2008, will be stepping down and that former Primedia Enthusiast Media and Source Interlink Media president Steve Parr will take his place.
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Fossil fuels, similarly -- we are trying to target fossil fuels and design so that you get fossil -- biomass to replace fossil fuel, but biomass based on, for example, woody materials, based on agricultural waste like wheat straw, corn cobs -- agricultural waste, lumber waste residues -- that's very inexpensive feedstock.
For example, employers might use lottery-based approaches to persuade workers to get their annual flu shots.
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The Toyota example illustrates more how a competency-based learning system would work.
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For example, expanded credits for forestry-based offsets, including reforestation, afforestation and avoided deforestation, would give the rural poor a critical source of income to manage and sustain their landscapes.
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For example, many of the zombie-based, distributed denial-ofservice attacks that occurred in February were traced back to benign networks which were merely unwitting hosts to remote-triggered Trojans located on their servers.
Take the example of Williams, an Oklahoma-based energy company that delayed releasing its final 2001 results while it worked out exactly how to treat potential liabilities related to its telecoms unit.
In social housing, for example, we will extend choice-based lettings - which give council and housing association tenants a new service to identify locations and properties, in place of traditional schemes where tenants were simply allocated a property on the basis of a centrally-imposed points system.
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Take TapWave, for example, which produces the Palm OS-based Zodiac handheld showed initial promise.
Some faith-based funds, for example, shun drug companies because of their work on abortion-related treatments or stem cell research.
This has put a premium on generating more revenue from fee-based services, for example by selling pensions and insurance policies.
With the fast adoption of SIP and the move to Cloud-based communications, this example is no longer hypothetical, complex or expensive.
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There are computer-based systems, for example, those involving payments over the Internet.
Toronto-based company Rypple for example provides a means for individuals to send out and collect input from their network, whether identified or anonymous.
For example, the tilapia fish produce ammonia-based waste, which is sent through a biofilter before the nitrates are fed to plants growing in hydroponic beds.
Water-based testosterone, for example, leaves the body in a day.
Example: CareFusion, a San Diego-based maker of medical devices, has more than 50 nurse educators on its staff, plus a part-time team it hires through the staffing company Adecco.
Companies that have their origin in social enterprise find that meeting commitments are part of their founding corporate DNA. New Jersey-based TerraCycle, for example, builds its products from non-recyclable waste that would otherwise be dumped in landfills.
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