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London Succeeds in Its Olympic Trials

Harvard Business Review

This is not even a marketing partnership. million cost of the tower has been covered by the Mittal Family, with a small subsidy from the London Authority looking to drive tourism post-Games. Despite this, the 2012 Oympic Games has become a critical component for it. This is no unbudgeted ego statement, but good business.

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The Gulf Spill: BP Still Doesn’t Get It

In the CEO Afterlife

More recently, the BP-sponsored Gulf Coast tourism TV campaign has implied that everything is back to normal. Early on, BP ran some print advertising reiterating its responsibility to learn from the spill and share findings to ensure that the tragedy never happens again. No doubt, substantial reparative progress has been made.