… means of shaping the economy at the end of the twentieth century, significant disagreements concerned with the fundamental purpose of businesses still persist. The classical Friedmanite view of the profit-maximizing motive as the sole means of fulfilling…

… steel producer having nine plants in US. The Company has always been proactive on issues related to environmental pollution, and was placed first by the Council of economic priorities concerning pollution in steel industry. Currently, the company…

… of Suzuki Motor Corporation, the largest manufacturer of mini passenger vehicles in Japan in terms of sales volumes. Suzuki was also the eleventh largest vehicle manufacturer in the world and the fourth largest manufacturer in Japan in terms of worldwide…

… industry. Overcapacity in this high fixed-cost industry is not distributed equally around the globe. Also, the effect of "lean manufacturing" and heavy concentration was changing the structure of the auto industry - only two suppliers remained…

… of the Starbucks brand image and by increasing its presence in different markets. Starbucks is growing very rapidly and is consistently evaluating new opportunities in its domestic and international retail markets, new specialty sales partners,…

… been a popular economy to invest into in recent years second only to the United States. Endorsed by the fact that with only one percent of the world's population the UK receives nearly 8% of the worlds cross border foreign investment. The greatest…

… management of material logistics (Ford, 2002). Positioned at the interface between the customer and the supplier, responsibility often falls on this function for managing the relationship between the customers and suppliers in the supply chain.…

… 21% belong to biotechnology. The industry has had the fastest growth for any major industry adding roughly 12% more jobs from 2000 to 2002. Generally, biotech companies are able to raise $10m to $30m in venture capital and are successfully floated…

… beer is the hardest thing he抣l ever have to do, he抯 doing well. IT'S all about beer for Heineken Australia marketing manager Steven Muller, who takes the rigours of the job in his stride. "We all have to make sacrifices when…

… Plains, N.Y. Agencies: Lowe/SMS, N.Y. (ads); Ryan, Westport, Conn.(promotion); Dunwoodie, N.Y. (pr) Key players: Heineken: Steve Davis, vp-mktg; Ken Kunze, brand dir; Scott Hunter Smith, brand mgr; Pepe Carreras, assoc brand mgr; Steve Hauser,…