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Leadership in the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association

Coaching Tip

Presented to an individual within the RV industry who has made extraordinary contributions to the industry''s overall success. Norm Jacobson. Lance Camper Manufacturing Corp. Sid Johnson. Jayco, Inc. The RV Financing Community. Pete Liegl. Forest River, Inc. Wade Thompson. Thor Industries. Jim Sheldon. Monaco Coach Corporation. Don Walter.

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John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson Make Sparks - Nicole Kidman Grabs Your Heart

Building Personal Strength

The first is "A Love Song for Bobby Long" (2004), starring John Travolta and Scarlett Johansson. I'm particularly fond of stories about contract killers, e.g. "The Mechanic" (2011) or "The Professional" (1994) or a good science-based sci-fi flick, e.g. "Aliens" (1986) or "Artificial Intelligence" (2001). Copyright 2011.

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How Chinese Subsidies Changed the World

Harvard Business Review

In parallel, from 2004 to 2011, U.S. In 2011, the U.S. Since 2001, when China joined the World Trade Organization, subsidies have annually financed over 20% of the expansion of the country''s manufacturing capacity. In 2000, labor-intensive products constituted 37% of all Chinese exports; by 2010, this fell to 14%.

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What U.S. E-Commerce Can Learn from Its Global Copycats

Harvard Business Review

Ozon raised $100 million in 2011 from a consortium of investors, including the Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten , to continue to build out infrastructure and expand into new categories. also in 2001 ) and India ( Bazee in 2004 ). also in 2001 ) and India ( Bazee in 2004 ). Once a copycat succeeds, U.S.

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Scaling: The Problem of More

Harvard Business Review

Back in 2011, in Citrus Lane’s first six months, its small founding team worked in a house and ate lunch together every day around a big table. In a 2001 interview with HBR, UPS’s then CEO Jim Kelly described the growth of the company: “For decades, we’ve been able to grow tremendously simply by expanding our core business geographically.

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Cool Alone Won't Save Your Company

Harvard Business Review

When Bob came on board in 2001, he inherited a mainly crummy set of 2001-2004 car launches. Finally, GM aimed a great car in its best channel at Camry with the 2008 Malibu and a refreshed Cadillac SRX at the Lexus RX in 2010, and then, at long last, the new Chevy Cruze at the Corolla in 2011. And in the U.S.

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A History of the Job Listing and How It Just Died [Infographic]

Kevin Eikenberry

It worked: venture capital poured in and the growth propelled the company to a $436 million sale to Yahoo in 2001. With social networks growing in importance, and venture capital coffers filled anew, a rash of new utilities appeared in 2010 and 2011, all looking to compete with LinkedIn and leverage Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms.

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