But their employers do not give them the freedom to develop within the company structure.
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However, as the company structure moves from closely held to publicly-traded the distribution costs increase.
As investors get their hands dirty with this company, more will come out about its ownership structure in China to get a sense of the relative risks involved with the holding company structure.
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In October, the company named Glenn Fischer as the new president and chief operating officer in an effort to give the decentralized company some structure.
At that time, the new CEO at Merck was very focused on reducing the cost structure of the company.
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Once merely an important growth market, China is fast becoming GM's global export base, and the change can be seen in the very structure of the company.
Blu - which had asked for the licence auction to be suspended on Friday afternoon - has been embroiled in a shareholder dispute over the company's ownership structure and the likely cost of the new licences.
In a very public battle with Liberty Media's (nasdaq: LCAPA - news - people ) John Malone, a part owner of IAC whose ownership would be diluted by the new voting structure of the company, Diller called Malone "insane" and Malone brought Diller to court trying to get him thrown off the board.
Mr Winsor blames these escalating costs on the company's structure.
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The announcement today is the outcome of a detailed study on the structure of the company, comparing what we need for the future with what we have today.
Yahoo, Softbank and Alibaba Group issued a joint statement Sunday that is clearly addressed at trying to calm the storm over the ownership structure of the online payments company Alipay.
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The startups that really get hosed are going to be the ones that have easy money built into the structure of their company: the ones that raise a lot on easy terms, and are then led thereby to spend a lot, and to pay little attention to profitability.
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The company's sacred divisional structure, created by Alfred Sloan in the 1920s, is being eroded.
The more complex a company's structure, Mr Lazzarini finds, the less consumers and private shareholders benefit from public investment in it.
That would include resolving a running dispute with the European Commission over the company's ownership structure.
That prospect may yet lead to a reweighting of the company's ownership structure, as well as its business, toward Asia.
"There is no indication at this time that any other parts of the B of the Bang structure are unsafe, " the company said.
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Wal-Mart said the company changed its reporting structure to centralize control.
At times, the company has built a two-story temporary structure in the parking lot in front of the Central Hall just to accommodate its briefing schedule, while at the same time putting together a substantial booth on the floor itself.
In the typical capital structure of a venture-backed company, the investors have bought preferred stock, which entitles them to get their money back before proceeds are shared with the management team and other holders of common shares and options.
This means it has the structure of a company but is exclusively charitable in its aims.
After next summer we will take a long hard look at the structure of the company.
So Morgan decided to retire outside ownership in favor of a total ESOP structure for the company.
The present structure of the company emerged after the restructuring in the Chinese telecom industry in 2008.
The company has revamped its organizational structure and operating model in an effort to simplify its business lines, notes Zacks.
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Beyond the big wins, Chief Executive Ken Dahlberg , 61, has reorganized, tightened up the company's famous decentralized structure and divested assets.
The company is rejigging its management structure with Alan Wiseman becoming non-executive chairman and brother Robert - currently managing director - stepping up to chief executive.
By taking on additional leverage in an LBO, a PE fund could unleash value and make the capital structure of the company they take private more efficient.
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