Syntel: Meeting The Challenges of Sustaining Success in the 21st Century
As return on investment goes, this one was pretty good. After starting the fledgeling company Syntel in their Troy, Michigan apartment with an initial investment of only $2,000 in 1980, Bharat Desai and his...
JAB Holdings: The Secrets To Multi-Generational Success
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While every family-owned business is unique, the challenges they face are often strikingly similar. How do you keep family conflict from affecting the business? How do you ensure the next generation of leaders have...
[Podcast] Leadership through Resilience
Rodolfo De Benedetti was a mere 30 years old when he became the CEO of Compagnie Industriali Riunite (CIR) Group, a business established by his father, Italian business tycoon, Carlo De Benedetti who founded...
The Fall of Toys R Us: How the ‘Category Killer’ Met Its Demise
A child’s question. A father’s answer. Together they would plant the seed for one of the most influential commercial enterprises of the 20th Century.When Charles Lazarus was a child working in his father’s Washington...
Philips: A Legacy of Innovation and Sustainability
When the Philips Corporation launched their sustainability vision in 2012, it was seen by many as a brand new venture into furthering 21st-century technology. There can be no question, the Dutch-based company was viewing...
