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From: John Navas on 27 May 2010 10:20 On Thu, 27 May 2010 12:29:27 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in <vaisv5p7lgmqqfuodtanar2dbgu9p3j3sb(a)4ax.com>: >John Navas writes: > >> Some are; others are not. There are many very successful companies >> without a single superstar, rather a team and a culture. > >Examples? General Electric is often cited, but it's the exception rather than >the rule. I disagree, and we're getting way off topic here, so I'm just going to give a few examples (in alphabetical order) and then drop the subthread: Aetna, Allstate, Altria Group, American Express, AT&T, Bank of New York Mellon, Best Buy, BMW, Caterpillar, Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola, Corning, Costco Wholesale, Deere, DuPont, Exxon Mobil, FedEx, Genentech, General Mills, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Home Depot, Ingram Micro, International Paper, Johnson & Johnson, Juniper Networks, Marriott International, Nestle, New York Life, Nike, Nokia, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, Safeway, Singapore Airlines, Schlumberger, Southwest Airlines, Staples, State Farm Insurance, Sysco, Target, Texas Instruments, 3M, UPS, Walgreen, Wells Fargo, Weyerhaeuser. >And some companies, such as Exxon, are successful mainly because >it's so easy to make money in their fields. The oil business is actually very complex and difficult. -- Best regards, John "Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge." [Lao-Tzu]
From: John McWilliams on 27 May 2010 10:31 Mxsmanic wrote: > John Navas writes: > >> Some are; others are not. There are many very successful companies >> without a single superstar, rather a team and a culture. > > Examples? General Electric is often cited, but it's the exception rather than > the rule. And some companies, such as Exxon, are successful mainly because > it's so easy to make money in their fields. Easy? Oh, yeah, that's so easy. John is right: There are more companies that don't rely on a single man or woman than do. Don't forget, both MS and APPL are very young companies. Did IBM crash after Tom Watson retired? H-P after Messr's Hewlett and Packard? Std. Oil after the Rockefellers? Northern RR after JJ Hill? And on and on. Sure, some small companies fell by the wayside after their founders died or left. Graveyards full. -- john mcwilliams
From: Mxsmanic on 27 May 2010 14:02 John Navas writes: > The oil business is actually very complex and difficult. It certainly seems to have been that way for BNP. Or perhaps BNP is just too greedy.
From: Mxsmanic on 27 May 2010 14:03 John McWilliams writes: > Did IBM crash after Tom Watson retired? It has never recaptured the glory deads of Watson. > H-P after Messr's Hewlett and Packard? Carly Fiorina pretty much destroyed HP.
From: Mxsmanic on 27 May 2010 14:03
Bruce writes: > Yours being a few years ago ... I'm still waiting for my fifteen minutes. |