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Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse is a leading financial services company, advising clients in all aspects of finance, across the globe and around the clock. It operates in two global divisions: Private Banking & Wealth Management and Investment Banking. Credit Suisse’s mission is to leverage geographic diversity and new sources of talent to create a cost effective global business support center that provides both operational … Continue Reading
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VF Corporation
VF Corporation is an $11 billion apparel and footwear powerhouse, with an incredibly diverse, international portfolio of brands and products. VF corporation sells jeanswear, underwear, daypacks, and workwear. The corporate headquarters are located in Greensboro, North Carolina, and the International headquarters are located in Stabio, Switzerland. VF’s mission is to create a leading jeans and lifestyle apparel company in North and South America by … Continue Reading
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Sandvik
Sandvik is a world leading, high-tech engineering group that manufactures cemented carbide solutions, construction equipment and tools, furnace products and heating systems, mining equipment and tools, stainless steels, special alloys and titanium, steel belts and processing systems, and tools and tooling systems for metal cutting. The five different aspects Sandvik focuses on are construction, machining solutions, materials technology, mining, and … Continue Reading
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Elon University
I really enjoyed hearing about the financial side of Elon University and how it acts as a business. Elon has really come a long way since 1993 with its construction and acceptance standards. A lot can be learned by seeing how Elon functions. And as we learned today, there are universities watching and copying Elon’s future plans because they know … Continue Reading
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Honda Power Equipment
Honda Power Equipment is a leader in the development of low-emission, fuel efficient, environmentally friendly 4-stroke engines for use in generators, water pumps, lawn mowers, outboard motors, and many other power equipment applications. HPE does not have a mission statement per say but they do have a principle of maintaining a global view point. HPE is dedicated to supplying products of … Continue Reading
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SAS
SAS is the world’s leader in advanced analytics software. It has also been rated as the world’s best multinational workplace. To name a few, SAS has offices in France, Mexico, Singapore, and North Carolina. It has more than 13,000 employees worldwide and 400+ offices in 55 countries.The most amazing statistic is that SAS has had 36 years of sustained revenue … Continue Reading
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Center for Creative Leadership
The Center for Creative leadership is a non-profit organization recognized as a top provider of leadership development worldwide. CCL conducts research, produces publications and provides a wide variety of educational programs and products to leaders and organizations in the public, corporate and non-profit sectors. Its mission is to advance the understanding, practice and development of leadership for the benefit of society … Continue Reading
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Proximity Hotel
Today’s visit to Proximity Hotel, located in Greensboro, was intriguing because we learned more in depth about what it takes for a building to be LEED certified. All of the information given was qualified since the Proximity Hotel has reached the highest level, platinum, in LEED sustainability. The presenter explained that solar panels were placed on the roof to heat … Continue Reading
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Glen Raven
Today’s visit to Glen Raven, a fabric manufacturing and marketing company, proved to be very informational. The company was originally founded in 1880 by John Quinton Gant and is currently headed by his grandson, Allen Erwin Gant Jr. It is really admirable that the company remains owned and managed by Gant’s descendants. Plus, Glen Raven was one of the first … Continue Reading
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Introducing LabCorp
LabCorp is a laboratory testing facility, in which clinical testing on parts of the body and its substances takes place. It has twenty-three testing lab locations, 6 divisions, and employs over 34,000 people nationwide. LabCorp’s mission is to provide accurate medical laboratory tests and services. Its customers are physician offices, hospitals, managed care organizations, and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. LabCorp’s major … Continue Reading
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