1. In any business clim, good leadership is perhaps the most important competitive advantage.

2. Meanwhile, billions in shareholder value is erased as such companies as Vivendi imitate the merger and acquisition strategies of their competitors, rather than respond to business cond.

3. In Chinese business culture, a person’s reputation and social standing rest on saving face. If Westerners cause the Chinese embarrassment or loss of composure, even unintentionally, it can be disastrous for business nego.

4. Making high-stakes business dec has always been hard.

5. Experimentation is only the first step in an extended, multistage process of business devel.

6. The executive vice president for the European business div wants to discuss disturbing competitive trends in her region.

7. Similarly, a business ecos should be capable of surviving disruptions such as unforeseen technological change.

8. New data reveal that the way senior executives interpret their business enviro is more important for performance than how accurately they know their environment.

9. It’s not enough to read a book and take a one-day course on Japanese business etiq before you go.

10. There is no such thing as the perfect personality profile for a specific business fun.