Search No Further: The Story of Eric Schmidt and Google 硅谷神话 Google的缔造者埃里克施密特 Eric Schmidt made a move that surprised many in dot-com circles when he became the chief executive officer of Google, the phenomenally successfu...
Smith says success in business boils down to three things. You have got to have a viable product or service and a compelling strategy. Then you need an efficient management system. Assuming you have those things, leading a team is the single most imp...
The early days of Federal Express were marked by extreme frugality and enormous financial losses. It was not uncommon for FedEx drivers to pay for gasoline for their vans out of their own pockets. But despite such problems, Smith always showed concer...
A Central Hub 中心枢纽 Smith completed two tours in Vietnam, eventually flying more than 200 ground-support missions. While on his first tour, in Vietnam, he survived an ambush that left most of his company dead. During the assault he became sepa...
Growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, Smith says, I didn't know I wanted to go into business, but I knew I wanted a leadership position. That appealed to me. 在田纳西州孟菲斯市长大的史密斯说道，我自己不清楚到底要不要从商，但...
Leadership 领导力 Fred Smith was just 27 when he founded FedEx. Thirty-five years later, he's still at the helm. He attributes the success of the company to leadership, pure and simple-something he picked up from his years in the military, and fro...
Every night several hundred planes bearing a purple, white , and orange design touch down at Memphis Airport, in Tennessee. Crews unload the planes' cargo of, on average, more than half a million parcels and letters, picked up from locations all over...
Going public was an important milestone for Alibaba. The time was right. Our B2B company is established, market conditions are healthy, and management is strong. The reception proved a mainland Chinese company can list in Hong Kong and still get a ve...
We're in China today because I believe in one thing: global vision, local win. We designed the business model ourselves. Our focus is on helping small and medium-size companies make money. We never copied a model from the U.S., like a lot of Chinese...
We competed with China Telecom for about a year. The general manager of China Telecom offered to invest$185, 000 to do a joint venture. It was the most money I had ever seen in my life. But unfortunately, China Telecom got five seats on the board. I...
