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Lesson #3: A Clear Focus Will Take You Where You Want to Go
“We wanted Nike to be the world’s best sports and fitness company,” says Knight. “Once you say that, you have a focus. You don’t end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.” From day one, Knight has had a clear vision about what he wanted his company to be, and where he wanted it to go. There have been many setbacks along the way, but it was in focusing on the larger end picture that Knight was able to keep Nike on track.

Lesson #3: Let Your Intellect Rely On Your Instincts
One month before Ash’s company was set to launch, her second husband died of a heart attack. He had been the one in charge of the legal and financial matters of Beauty by Mary Kay. With him gone, Ash wasn’t sure if she could still succeed in achieving her dreams. When she approached both her lawyer and accountant with the idea to continue launching her company, she was given the same response – she was told she would lose her entire life savings of $5,000. They did not think Ash had what it took to succeed without her husband.

The Man Behind Coca-Cola: The Early Years of Asa Candler
It has become such an integral part of American culture that when the Coca-Cola Company tried to change the original formula for its flagship drink in the mid-1980s, the public backlash was overwhelming; the Old Cola Drinkers of America was even established and tried to sue the company. Today, Coke is sold in the stores, restaurants, and vending machines of over 200 countries. The company is one of the largest in America, and also the largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of nonalcoholic drink concentrates in the world, with over $24 billion in revenue and 71,000 employees. The man behind all of that growth is Asa Candler.

Future of Hotel Call Accounting
Call accounting plays a vital role in hotel/motel management and is as important and beneficial for hotels/motels today as it ever was, and in so many ways.

How To Master Stress and Anxiety Part 2
Why it is more important than ever to learn a new way to handle stress and anxiety in your life; a three-part series on this most important subject.
Six Sigma: A Case study in Motorola
For Motorola, the originator of Six Sigma, the answer to the question "Why Six Sigma?" was simple: survival. Motorola came to Six Sigma because it was being consistently beaten in the competitive marketplace by foreign firms that were able to produce higher quality products at a lower cost.
Privatisation: A Challenge for Sub-Saharan Africa
Thirty-eight sub-Saharan African countries have implemented privatisation programmes, following the mid-1980s pattern in the OECD countries: privatisations of small and medium-sized enterprises in the early 1990s; and larger enterprises, including, companies in the utilities sector, by the mid-1990s.

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High Impact Marketing Programs that You Can Implement by Next Thursday
Ideas about marketing have changed dramatically during the past several years. In contrast to the 1980s approach of creating aggressive strategies to compel sales, the new style focuses on developing a service-oriented business dedicated to solving customers' problems.
Lesson #5: The Storm of Criticism Can and Must be Weathered
As Nike’s market share has continued to grow since the 1980s, so too has the amount of public criticism levied against the company’s business practices. Whether it is focused directly on Knight, who has become the public face and the lightening rod of the company in the media, or against the company in general, the criticism is more often than not harsh and unforgiving.

Lesson #4: You Can Control Your Own Destiny
“Those who say that I am taking over the city centre,” says Helu, “that I have already bought up everything, are not going to stop me from continuing my project.” In the early 1980s, Helu began investing in real estate, construction, mining, tires, and paper goods. From there, he moved into telephones, computers, and even clothing. But, it was not so much what he was buying as the rate and scope at which he was buying them.

Privatisation: A Challenge for Sub-Saharan Africa
Thirty-eight sub-Saharan African countries have implemented privatisation programmes, following the mid-1980s pattern in the OECD countries: privatisations of small and medium-sized enterprises in the early 1990s; and larger enterprises, including, companies in the utilities sector, by the mid-1990s.
4.1 Case studies on export diversification for selected African countries: Economic Report on Africa 2007
So far, diversification trends in relation to African economies indicate that different countries have achieved varying results. The overall conclusion is that, in general, African economies have failed to make gains beyond their initial positions in the early 1980s. It has also been pointed out that they reacted defensively to the crises that beset them in the 1980s. Their macroeconomic stabilization policies did not create an environment conducive for dynamic response, as a good number of countries in Asia and Latin America were able to do. Their defensive response as seen in the oil factor, perpetuated the status quo and worsened it in some instances. Earlier gains in such countries as Gabon, Nigeria and Sudan were eroded.
Conclusions - Promoting Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Learning What Works
Both domestic and external factors contributed to sub-Saharan Africa's poor overall economic performance in the 1980s and early 1990s. Key constraints to growth included inappropriate economic policies, inadequate human capital development, and low levels of private investment. But for the first time in a generation, there is evidence of economic progress in an increasing number of countries in the region.

Do You Think Like an Entrepreneur?
As a business and marketing trainer to hundreds of aspiring entrepreneurs and someone who has a proven track record of growing successful businesses from scratch since the 1980s, including Six Elements (a home staging & interior redesign firm), I developed the following simple quiz to help others gauge their ability to think like an entrepreneur.

Lead by Example – Do the Important Things Better
Modern management practices are often imposed by the forces which require short term results. Back in the 1980s, W. Edwards Deming, a statistician by training, led the charge in seeking to implement a positive alternative for transforming management from this short-sighted objective. We now remember Deming as the philosopher of the “quality movement".

The Importance of Cause-Related Marketing for your Nonprofit
Cause-related marketing (CRM) has gained immensely in popularity over the last few years. The concept caught the imagination of corporate houses and non-profit organizations in the 1980s when a non-profit called “Restoration Fund” joined hands with American Express to raise funds.
Mobile Software Development Benefits
Mobile applications are designed to run on small low-power handheld devices such as smart phones, cell phones, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and Enterprise Digital Assistants (EDAs). Since 1980s, when handheld computers were used for the first time, the popularity of these platforms has risen considerably.
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