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Leadership in the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association

Coaching Tip

The RV Financing Community. 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. Pete Liegl. Forest River, Inc. Wade Thompson. Thor Industries. Jim Sheldon. Monaco Coach Corporation. Don Walter.

Industry 106
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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

In May of 2005, Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, cofounder Jerry Yang, corporate development executive Toby Coppel, and I — I was then chief financial officer of the Silicon Valley internet company — went on what would turn out to be a fateful trip to China. We were optimistic about Yahoo’s future in China as the deal closed in January 2004.

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Cool Alone Won't Save Your Company

Harvard Business Review

Hence lots of the analytical, linear thinking at GM drove him to distraction; Product Planning analysts in particular: "a department composed of recycled finance types" as he calls them in the book. When Bob came on board in 2001, he inherited a mainly crummy set of 2001-2004 car launches. And in the U.S. market: small and mid-car.

Company 11