1. Alliances and partnerships have become the basis for business gro.

2. Often, the two parties can say frankly to the intermediary what they cannot say to each other. In China, the intermediary - not the negotiator - first brings up the business is to be discussed. And the intermediary often settles differences.

3. There are many reasons that today’s business lea have higher profiles than ever before.

4. The profit lure of mass production obviously has a place in the plans and strategy of business mana, but it must always follow hard thinking about the customer.

5. In many if not most cases, companies see globalization as a matter of taking a superior business mo and extending it geographically, with necessary modifications, to maximize the firm’s economies of scale.

6. This fundamentally changes the capabilities needed and the structure of corporate functions in areas including business opera, R&D, strategy, and product architecture.

7. The view across the organization revealed business oppo that would have been hard for any one unit to see by itself.

8. Do you demand to hear the truth from customers, suppliers, business par, shareholders, and employees?

9. In his efforts to help his general managers improve their business per, he was making it difficult for them to appreciate his input.

10. Prior to closing the deal, the launch team, working with future management, needs to develop a detailed business pl. It should meet the same standards of rigor, detail, and logic that a venture capitalist would demand.