Executives who presume that boards are not that important—or who believe that adequate board members can be identified primarily on the basis of their friendship with the CEO or major shareholder—need an urgent reality check. […] Read More
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Executives who presume that boards are not that important—or who believe that adequate board members can be identified primarily on the basis of their friendship with the CEO or major shareholder—need an urgent reality check. […] Read More
When executives at the Earle M. Jorgensen Company decided their Schaumburg, Ill., plant needed a major upgrade, replacing people with machines was high on the agenda. Manually stocking and retrieving steel products for the company’s […] Read More
Chris Gash“Defense contractors talk about it all the time” at industry conferences, says Joe Homko, senior director of manufacturing at Liberty Ammunition, a Clearwater, Fla.-based ammo maker that has sold to the military but mainly […] Read More
“The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.” —Dwight D. EisenhowerIke said it pretty well. An earlier president was a bit saltier: “Elections belong to the people. … If they […] Read More
Mobs of bulldozers, excavators and strategically planted explosives have been blasting away at the Isthmus of Panama since 2007, carving the new Panama Canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific.By the end of 2015, big […] Read More