“We adopted a focused strategy of core businesses in Citicorp that play to our unique historic strengths as a global bank that will provide strong growth and attractive returns over the long-term... And we've identified non-core assets we have shed.” LongPlayStrongGrowthTermReturnUniqueStrategyFocusedCoreAttractiveLong TermAssetsShedAdoptedHistoric Author:Michael Corbat
“Let's adopt some short-term strategies to get growth going and then let's have a long-term debt reduction package. That's what I think we should do and I think it will work.” ThinkingShouldLongGrowthTermStrategyDebtLong TermPackagesShort TermReduction Author:William J. Clinton
“The charge that an idea is radical, impractical, or long- haired is met by showing that a prominent businessman has favored it?an additional tactic in this strategy of defense?is to assert that Winston Churchill once sponsored the particular idea. If one is challenged, a sufficiently careful investigation will show that he did.” IfsLongIdeasShowsParticularMetsStrategyCarefulDefenseRadicalInvestigationBusinessmanTacticsProminent Author:John Kenneth Galbraith
“Death is my exit strategy. I'll be doing significant customer service only as long as I live.” LongStrategyCustomersSignificantExit Author:Craig Newmark
“Eric Schlosser's book on the economy and strategies of the fast-food business should be read by anyone who likes to take their children to fast-food restaurants. I shall certainly never do that again. He employs a long, cold burn, a quiet and impassioned accumulation of detail, with calm, wit and clarity. (...) Fast Food Nation is witness to the rigour and seriousness of the best American journalism, readable, reliable and extremely carefully done.” ShouldChildrenLongBookDoneNationsEconomyColdQuietStrategyCalmDetailsWitLikesClarityJournalismWitnessRestaurantsSeriousnessAccumulationEricFast FoodImpassionedRigourBest AmericanFast Food NationFast Food Restaurants Author:Adam Nicolson