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Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.
Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.
A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is read more
A Yale University management professor in response to student Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service: The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from read more
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Despatch is the soul of business.
Despatch is the soul of business.
There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist - the taxidermist leaves the hide.
There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist - the taxidermist leaves the hide.
Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city,
whose merchants were princes, whose traffickers are the
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Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city,
whose merchants were princes, whose traffickers are the
honourable of the earth?
A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant read more
A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.).
A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you read more
A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.
There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down.
There is no way of keeping profits up but by keeping wages down.