Latha Varadarajan
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199733910
- eISBN:
- 9780199866205
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199733910.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
As even a cursory look at global politics today reveals, a large number of countries, including China, Mexico, Russia, India, Hungary, the Philippines, and Haiti, are actively involved in ...
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As even a cursory look at global politics today reveals, a large number of countries, including China, Mexico, Russia, India, Hungary, the Philippines, and Haiti, are actively involved in institutionalizing their relationships among groups constituted as their diasporas. Introducing the concept of the “domestic abroad,” this book argues that despite the existence of informal, and in some cases formal, links between diasporas and their homelands in the past, we are now witnessing a far more widespread and qualitatively different phenomenon. The production of the domestic abroad rests, first, on the constitution of diasporas as subjects of an expanded, territorially diffused nation and the proliferation of institutional links connecting this “global” nation. But the domestic abroad is also a product of the economic transformation of the state, a transformation broadly categorized as neoliberal restructuring. This book argues that these two processes—political and economic, affecting nation and state—far from being distinct, are in fact intimately related and that it is only by unraveling their mutually constitutive relationship that we can make sense of the domestic abroad phenomenon. Empirically, this argument unfolds through a historically nuanced study of the production of the Indian domestic abroad. The latter half of the book focuses on the structuring and restructuring of postcolonial India to reveal the manner in which the boundaries of the Indian nation and the extent of the authority of the Indian state are dynamically shaped by the development of capitalist social relations on both global and national scales.Less
As even a cursory look at global politics today reveals, a large number of countries, including China, Mexico, Russia, India, Hungary, the Philippines, and Haiti, are actively involved in institutionalizing their relationships among groups constituted as their diasporas. Introducing the concept of the “domestic abroad,” this book argues that despite the existence of informal, and in some cases formal, links between diasporas and their homelands in the past, we are now witnessing a far more widespread and qualitatively different phenomenon. The production of the domestic abroad rests, first, on the constitution of diasporas as subjects of an expanded, territorially diffused nation and the proliferation of institutional links connecting this “global” nation. But the domestic abroad is also a product of the economic transformation of the state, a transformation broadly categorized as neoliberal restructuring. This book argues that these two processes—political and economic, affecting nation and state—far from being distinct, are in fact intimately related and that it is only by unraveling their mutually constitutive relationship that we can make sense of the domestic abroad phenomenon. Empirically, this argument unfolds through a historically nuanced study of the production of the Indian domestic abroad. The latter half of the book focuses on the structuring and restructuring of postcolonial India to reveal the manner in which the boundaries of the Indian nation and the extent of the authority of the Indian state are dynamically shaped by the development of capitalist social relations on both global and national scales.
Dr. Ben S. Branch, Hugh M. Ray, and Robin Russell
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- May 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780195306989
- eISBN:
- 9780199783762
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195306989.003.0004
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Financial Economics
This chapter details two real life liquidations, one under Chapter 7 and one under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Chapter 7 case study covers the Bank of New England ...
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This chapter details two real life liquidations, one under Chapter 7 and one under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Chapter 7 case study covers the Bank of New England Corporation, a multi-billion dollar bank holding company with banking operation throughout New England. The Chapter 11 case study covers Friede Goldman Halter, Inc., a large multinational equipment business in the offshore energy and maritime industries. These two cases provide a framework within which to discuss the two primary options for the liquidation process. The financial problems encountered by these businesses, which lead to their bankruptcies and decisions to liquidate are discussed. Asset sales, litigation recoveries, claims resolution, and distributions are also outlined.Less
This chapter details two real life liquidations, one under Chapter 7 and one under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Chapter 7 case study covers the Bank of New England Corporation, a multi-billion dollar bank holding company with banking operation throughout New England. The Chapter 11 case study covers Friede Goldman Halter, Inc., a large multinational equipment business in the offshore energy and maritime industries. These two cases provide a framework within which to discuss the two primary options for the liquidation process. The financial problems encountered by these businesses, which lead to their bankruptcies and decisions to liquidate are discussed. Asset sales, litigation recoveries, claims resolution, and distributions are also outlined.
Latha Varadarajan
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199733910
- eISBN:
- 9780199866205
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199733910.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
Using the experiences of the Indian delegation in Davos in 2006 and 2009 as symbolic bookends, this chapter reveals the manner in which the crisis of the global capitalist economy has exposed the ...
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Using the experiences of the Indian delegation in Davos in 2006 and 2009 as symbolic bookends, this chapter reveals the manner in which the crisis of the global capitalist economy has exposed the essential hollowness of the claims made by the Indian bourgeoisie, including those related to the figure of the “global Indian” as an illustration of India's intrinsic abilities and will to succeed. This in turn puts the domestic abroad into perspective as a phenomenon that has helped underscore the increasingly fragile foundations of bourgeois hegemony in India. The chapter concludes with a brief consideration of the implications of the larger argument of the book for understanding the production of the domestic abroad across different contexts, and for the discipline of International Relations.Less
Using the experiences of the Indian delegation in Davos in 2006 and 2009 as symbolic bookends, this chapter reveals the manner in which the crisis of the global capitalist economy has exposed the essential hollowness of the claims made by the Indian bourgeoisie, including those related to the figure of the “global Indian” as an illustration of India's intrinsic abilities and will to succeed. This in turn puts the domestic abroad into perspective as a phenomenon that has helped underscore the increasingly fragile foundations of bourgeois hegemony in India. The chapter concludes with a brief consideration of the implications of the larger argument of the book for understanding the production of the domestic abroad across different contexts, and for the discipline of International Relations.
John D. Martin, J. William Petty, and James S. Wallace
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195340389
- eISBN:
- 9780199867257
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195340389.003.0006
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics, Financial Economics
This chapter presents many economic arguments in support of value(s)-based management, the idea that CSR fits in well within a VBM framework because CSR appears to make good business sense. Corporate ...
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This chapter presents many economic arguments in support of value(s)-based management, the idea that CSR fits in well within a VBM framework because CSR appears to make good business sense. Corporate social responsibility follows from the premise that it is important for a firm to operate in a socially responsible manner that considers the importance of all of its stakeholders and how they contribute to the company's long-term, sustainable creation of value. Economic arguments that support the business purpose of CSR include the fact that it can help recruit and retain employees, provide reputational risk management, assist in differentiating firm branding, and help avoid governmental scrutiny and interference. The existing academic evidence is consistent with the economic arguments supporting a firm's development of a CSR program.Less
This chapter presents many economic arguments in support of value(s)-based management, the idea that CSR fits in well within a VBM framework because CSR appears to make good business sense. Corporate social responsibility follows from the premise that it is important for a firm to operate in a socially responsible manner that considers the importance of all of its stakeholders and how they contribute to the company's long-term, sustainable creation of value. Economic arguments that support the business purpose of CSR include the fact that it can help recruit and retain employees, provide reputational risk management, assist in differentiating firm branding, and help avoid governmental scrutiny and interference. The existing academic evidence is consistent with the economic arguments supporting a firm's development of a CSR program.
Michael Tracey
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198159254
- eISBN:
- 9780191673573
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198159254.003.0010
- Subject:
- Literature, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
1993 was a time when waves of corporate decisions broke on the shores of the old order, when the imperative of commerce and the immanent characteristics of technology seemed to be approaching ...
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1993 was a time when waves of corporate decisions broke on the shores of the old order, when the imperative of commerce and the immanent characteristics of technology seemed to be approaching critical mass. It was also a time when the collisions between old and new became contained within very particular events and individual biographies. Two men in particular figured prominently in what was to prove to be an extraordinary year in communications. John Malone of Tele-Communications Inc. and John Birt of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) both sought to capture, and shape to their own ends, the shifting ecology of the media. Malone seemed to be the master of ceremonies, organising the theatre of the new, setting the scene for the twenty-first century. Birt desperately tried to change the BBC as an organisation without appearing to betray its traditions. His was very much the highwire act, without a net.Less
1993 was a time when waves of corporate decisions broke on the shores of the old order, when the imperative of commerce and the immanent characteristics of technology seemed to be approaching critical mass. It was also a time when the collisions between old and new became contained within very particular events and individual biographies. Two men in particular figured prominently in what was to prove to be an extraordinary year in communications. John Malone of Tele-Communications Inc. and John Birt of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) both sought to capture, and shape to their own ends, the shifting ecology of the media. Malone seemed to be the master of ceremonies, organising the theatre of the new, setting the scene for the twenty-first century. Birt desperately tried to change the BBC as an organisation without appearing to betray its traditions. His was very much the highwire act, without a net.
Wolfgang Streeck
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199573981
- eISBN:
- 9780191702136
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199573981.003.0007
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Political Economy, International Business
Germany Inc., which was composed of financial institutions like Deutsche Bank and Allianz, and which can be informally associated with the government and the state, presented firms with protection ...
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Germany Inc., which was composed of financial institutions like Deutsche Bank and Allianz, and which can be informally associated with the government and the state, presented firms with protection against various political and economic risks such as minority shareholder pressure, potential takeovers, and socialist and trade union demands for economic planning or nationalization. This network of German firms provided the government with the ability to deal not just with German business as a whole but to separate it from collective commitments that concerned issues in the public interest. As large German banks gradually abandoned the notion of making cheap credit available and discontinuing to serve as semi-public financial infrastructure, the decline of German Inc. began. This chapter attempts to illustrate first the role of Germany Inc. in Germany's economy and how this company slowly disintegrated because of the transformation of the roles of banks.Less
Germany Inc., which was composed of financial institutions like Deutsche Bank and Allianz, and which can be informally associated with the government and the state, presented firms with protection against various political and economic risks such as minority shareholder pressure, potential takeovers, and socialist and trade union demands for economic planning or nationalization. This network of German firms provided the government with the ability to deal not just with German business as a whole but to separate it from collective commitments that concerned issues in the public interest. As large German banks gradually abandoned the notion of making cheap credit available and discontinuing to serve as semi-public financial infrastructure, the decline of German Inc. began. This chapter attempts to illustrate first the role of Germany Inc. in Germany's economy and how this company slowly disintegrated because of the transformation of the roles of banks.
John D. Martin, J. William Petty, and James S. Wallace
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195340389
- eISBN:
- 9780199867257
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195340389.003.0008
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics, Financial Economics
This chapter presents a fundamental component of every firm's internal control system, its compensation program. The basic paradigm espoused by the proponents of VBM is that what a firm measures and ...
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This chapter presents a fundamental component of every firm's internal control system, its compensation program. The basic paradigm espoused by the proponents of VBM is that what a firm measures and rewards will get done. Consequently, the compensation program must measure employees’ activities that contribute toward wealth creation and reward those efforts. In essence, the compensation plan should pay employees to think and act like owners. Both the level of compensation and its form and composition are discussed. Many observed problems and potential remedies are presented. One characteristic that firms must be aware of is the public's perception that executive compensation has become unacceptably excessive. A complete VsBM program must consider the political implications of its behavior as these perceptions can and do effect a firm's reputation and ultimately its wealth-creating ability. One mechanism for addressing these perceptions is to consider fairness criteria when designing a compensation program.Less
This chapter presents a fundamental component of every firm's internal control system, its compensation program. The basic paradigm espoused by the proponents of VBM is that what a firm measures and rewards will get done. Consequently, the compensation program must measure employees’ activities that contribute toward wealth creation and reward those efforts. In essence, the compensation plan should pay employees to think and act like owners. Both the level of compensation and its form and composition are discussed. Many observed problems and potential remedies are presented. One characteristic that firms must be aware of is the public's perception that executive compensation has become unacceptably excessive. A complete VsBM program must consider the political implications of its behavior as these perceptions can and do effect a firm's reputation and ultimately its wealth-creating ability. One mechanism for addressing these perceptions is to consider fairness criteria when designing a compensation program.
Jaime Harker
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781469643359
- eISBN:
- 9781469643373
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469643359.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This chapter introduces the authors and publishers who created the Southern lesbian feminist literary tradition and situates them within the Women in Print movement. It also situates these figures ...
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This chapter introduces the authors and publishers who created the Southern lesbian feminist literary tradition and situates them within the Women in Print movement. It also situates these figures within an ongoing debate regarding literary merit and political efficacy.Less
This chapter introduces the authors and publishers who created the Southern lesbian feminist literary tradition and situates them within the Women in Print movement. It also situates these figures within an ongoing debate regarding literary merit and political efficacy.
George Anastaplo
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813125336
- eISBN:
- 9780813135243
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125336.003.0015
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter deals with the religious movement that was challenged by the Government of the United States in Reynolds v. United States (1878). It found, in biblical accounts of the lives of highly ...
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This chapter deals with the religious movement that was challenged by the Government of the United States in Reynolds v. United States (1878). It found, in biblical accounts of the lives of highly esteemed patriarchs, divinely sanctioned precedents for the polygamy permitted, perhaps even required, by the directives of an American Church. The chapter notes that this polygamy, in the Utah Territory of the United States, ran afoul of an Act of Congress. It also deals with another curious development seen in the animal-sacrifice case, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah (1993). It notes that what is most curious about this case is the fact that the cult (known as the Santeria religion) dared to assert itself as it did, insisting upon the right to defy City of Hialeah directives that attempted to restrain some of the practices of this cult.Less
This chapter deals with the religious movement that was challenged by the Government of the United States in Reynolds v. United States (1878). It found, in biblical accounts of the lives of highly esteemed patriarchs, divinely sanctioned precedents for the polygamy permitted, perhaps even required, by the directives of an American Church. The chapter notes that this polygamy, in the Utah Territory of the United States, ran afoul of an Act of Congress. It also deals with another curious development seen in the animal-sacrifice case, Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. City of Hialeah (1993). It notes that what is most curious about this case is the fact that the cult (known as the Santeria religion) dared to assert itself as it did, insisting upon the right to defy City of Hialeah directives that attempted to restrain some of the practices of this cult.
Christine Leteux
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813166438
- eISBN:
- 9780813166728
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813166438.003.0017
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
Following a disagreement with Metro about production costs, Capellani left the company for good in spite of the huge success of The Red Lantern. He decided to become an independent producer himself. ...
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Following a disagreement with Metro about production costs, Capellani left the company for good in spite of the huge success of The Red Lantern. He decided to become an independent producer himself. Albert Capellani Productions started in 1919 with an innovative “filmusical-comedy” after P. G. Wodehouse, Oh Boy! Capellani produced eight features, but the company encountered severe financial difficulties following the destruction of the studio laboratory. By 1920, the company was dead, and Capellani had to sign a contract with Cosmopolitan Productions, headed by William Randolph Hearst.Less
Following a disagreement with Metro about production costs, Capellani left the company for good in spite of the huge success of The Red Lantern. He decided to become an independent producer himself. Albert Capellani Productions started in 1919 with an innovative “filmusical-comedy” after P. G. Wodehouse, Oh Boy! Capellani produced eight features, but the company encountered severe financial difficulties following the destruction of the studio laboratory. By 1920, the company was dead, and Capellani had to sign a contract with Cosmopolitan Productions, headed by William Randolph Hearst.
John Richardson
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195367362
- eISBN:
- 9780199918249
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195367362.003.0006
- Subject:
- Music, Popular
This chapter discusses audiovisual performances by Gorillaz, a cartoon band formed by the pop musician Damon Albarn and the cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, The first study approaches the hit song Clint ...
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This chapter discusses audiovisual performances by Gorillaz, a cartoon band formed by the pop musician Damon Albarn and the cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, The first study approaches the hit song Clint Eastwood form narratological and phenomenological angles in light of the group's heavily publicized media-critical agenda. Issues of originality and artistry are broached in a second case study on the music video, Feel Good Inc. Concerning Gorillaz’ anonymous mediated performances, Manuel Castell's notion of “real virtuality” and Katherine Hayles’ idea of “embodied virtuality” are offered in preference to Baudrillard's “hyperreality” and “simulacra” as a means of addressing the materiality of mediated performances. Criticism of the group has claimed that their performances resemble the media realities their work parodies to such an extent that any critical content is bound to compromised. A core argument is that when it comes to representations of the virtual, without mimesis there can be no effective critique.Less
This chapter discusses audiovisual performances by Gorillaz, a cartoon band formed by the pop musician Damon Albarn and the cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, The first study approaches the hit song Clint Eastwood form narratological and phenomenological angles in light of the group's heavily publicized media-critical agenda. Issues of originality and artistry are broached in a second case study on the music video, Feel Good Inc. Concerning Gorillaz’ anonymous mediated performances, Manuel Castell's notion of “real virtuality” and Katherine Hayles’ idea of “embodied virtuality” are offered in preference to Baudrillard's “hyperreality” and “simulacra” as a means of addressing the materiality of mediated performances. Criticism of the group has claimed that their performances resemble the media realities their work parodies to such an extent that any critical content is bound to compromised. A core argument is that when it comes to representations of the virtual, without mimesis there can be no effective critique.
Susan C. Ayers and D. Russell Lyman
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- April 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195159226
- eISBN:
- 9780199893843
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195159226.003.0016
- Subject:
- Social Work, Health and Mental Health, Communities and Organizations
Shirley, a 33-year-old African-American mother of seven children, became involved with agency clinicians in 1988, after all the children had been removed from her care multiple times by the state's ...
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Shirley, a 33-year-old African-American mother of seven children, became involved with agency clinicians in 1988, after all the children had been removed from her care multiple times by the state's child protective agency. Shirley, who had become a mother at 16, was about to lose them permanently. More than a decade later, in 2003, Shirley remains involved with the Guidance Center, Inc., a community agency serving the comprehensive developmental, mental health, and family support needs of children and families in Somerville and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Today, Shirley is a psychologically stronger woman who has developed more effective parenting skills. The Guidance Center's community-based clinical practice model evolved in response to the needs of parents like Shirley. The model and practice were crafted through the creative mix of visionary leadership and active, experienced, flexible staff, who worked with Shirley and other courageous families and children needing mental health intervention. This chapter uses Shirley's story throughout to put the Guidance Center's model and the development of its integrated service continuum into a historical context. It also illustrates how a combination of descriptive clinical research, knowledge of best practice, and dynamic advocacy can be used to secure resources, facilitate change, and ultimately create a comprehensive continuum of care for troubled children and families.Less
Shirley, a 33-year-old African-American mother of seven children, became involved with agency clinicians in 1988, after all the children had been removed from her care multiple times by the state's child protective agency. Shirley, who had become a mother at 16, was about to lose them permanently. More than a decade later, in 2003, Shirley remains involved with the Guidance Center, Inc., a community agency serving the comprehensive developmental, mental health, and family support needs of children and families in Somerville and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Today, Shirley is a psychologically stronger woman who has developed more effective parenting skills. The Guidance Center's community-based clinical practice model evolved in response to the needs of parents like Shirley. The model and practice were crafted through the creative mix of visionary leadership and active, experienced, flexible staff, who worked with Shirley and other courageous families and children needing mental health intervention. This chapter uses Shirley's story throughout to put the Guidance Center's model and the development of its integrated service continuum into a historical context. It also illustrates how a combination of descriptive clinical research, knowledge of best practice, and dynamic advocacy can be used to secure resources, facilitate change, and ultimately create a comprehensive continuum of care for troubled children and families.
Lawrence A. Cunningham
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231170048
- eISBN:
- 9780231538695
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231170048.003.0006
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Strategy
This chapter examines the advantages and challenges of family businesses through the experiences of the following Berkshire companies: Nebraska Furniture Mart Inc., RC Willey Home Furnishings, Star ...
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This chapter examines the advantages and challenges of family businesses through the experiences of the following Berkshire companies: Nebraska Furniture Mart Inc., RC Willey Home Furnishings, Star Furniture Company, Helzberg Diamond Shops Inc., and Ben Bridge Jeweler Inc. Many families selling to Berkshire, such as the Tatelman brothers of Jordan’s Furniture, and the Bridge family, shared sales proceeds with their employees. Intangibles like these—partnership, generosity, fairness—glue family businesses together. Along with valuing soft factors, such as family identity and legacy, these traits help family firms prosper indefinitely, as founders go, second-generation siblings join, and third-generation cousins come to be co-managers. Berkshire seeks out family businesses whose members prize such qualities and offers them autonomy and permanence. The mutual payoff is a durable, multi-generational family business.Less
This chapter examines the advantages and challenges of family businesses through the experiences of the following Berkshire companies: Nebraska Furniture Mart Inc., RC Willey Home Furnishings, Star Furniture Company, Helzberg Diamond Shops Inc., and Ben Bridge Jeweler Inc. Many families selling to Berkshire, such as the Tatelman brothers of Jordan’s Furniture, and the Bridge family, shared sales proceeds with their employees. Intangibles like these—partnership, generosity, fairness—glue family businesses together. Along with valuing soft factors, such as family identity and legacy, these traits help family firms prosper indefinitely, as founders go, second-generation siblings join, and third-generation cousins come to be co-managers. Berkshire seeks out family businesses whose members prize such qualities and offers them autonomy and permanence. The mutual payoff is a durable, multi-generational family business.
Lawrence A. Cunningham
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231170048
- eISBN:
- 9780231538695
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231170048.003.0007
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Strategy
This chapter focuses on individuals who embody the entrepreneurial spirit that pervades Berkshire culture. While many associate entrepreneurship with a habit of incubating businesses and moving on to ...
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This chapter focuses on individuals who embody the entrepreneurial spirit that pervades Berkshire culture. While many associate entrepreneurship with a habit of incubating businesses and moving on to the next one, Berkshire’s entrepreneurs are more inclined to focus on innovation within a business and to toil assiduously in that one domain. Among these is Albert Lee Ueltschi, a Kentucky-born entrepreneur who founded FlightSafety International Inc., the world’s premier pilot training school. Another is Richard T. Santulli, founder of NetJets, who developed a time-share concept for private planes. He began selling fractional interests in given planes to multiple owners; his company would then operate the fleet in exchange for customer service fees. His model of fractional ownership offered ease and freedom of private aviation at a fraction of the cost. The remainder of the chapter covers the following Berkshire subsidiaries: Garan Inc., Justin Industries, Acme Brick, and International Dairy Queen Inc.Less
This chapter focuses on individuals who embody the entrepreneurial spirit that pervades Berkshire culture. While many associate entrepreneurship with a habit of incubating businesses and moving on to the next one, Berkshire’s entrepreneurs are more inclined to focus on innovation within a business and to toil assiduously in that one domain. Among these is Albert Lee Ueltschi, a Kentucky-born entrepreneur who founded FlightSafety International Inc., the world’s premier pilot training school. Another is Richard T. Santulli, founder of NetJets, who developed a time-share concept for private planes. He began selling fractional interests in given planes to multiple owners; his company would then operate the fleet in exchange for customer service fees. His model of fractional ownership offered ease and freedom of private aviation at a fraction of the cost. The remainder of the chapter covers the following Berkshire subsidiaries: Garan Inc., Justin Industries, Acme Brick, and International Dairy Queen Inc.
Paul Grainge, Mark Jancovich, and Sharon Monteith
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748619061
- eISBN:
- 9780748670888
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748619061.003.0023
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter discusses media industry consolidation in the 1980s. During this decade nearly all the Hollywood majors became subsidiary divisions within giant corporations seeking to diversify their ...
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This chapter discusses media industry consolidation in the 1980s. During this decade nearly all the Hollywood majors became subsidiary divisions within giant corporations seeking to diversify their investments. One of the most significant examples of media conglomeration came in 1989 when the publishing company Time Inc. merged with Warner Communications Inc. in a $14 billion deal. The chapter also includes the study, ‘Return to Oz: The Hollywood Redevelopment Project, or Film History as Urban Renewal’ by Josh Stenger, which examines the means by which the city of Los Angeles has appropriated images from Hollywood's past in the name of urban renewal.Less
This chapter discusses media industry consolidation in the 1980s. During this decade nearly all the Hollywood majors became subsidiary divisions within giant corporations seeking to diversify their investments. One of the most significant examples of media conglomeration came in 1989 when the publishing company Time Inc. merged with Warner Communications Inc. in a $14 billion deal. The chapter also includes the study, ‘Return to Oz: The Hollywood Redevelopment Project, or Film History as Urban Renewal’ by Josh Stenger, which examines the means by which the city of Los Angeles has appropriated images from Hollywood's past in the name of urban renewal.
Brian Taves
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813134222
- eISBN:
- 9780813135939
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813134222.003.0011
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
At the beginning of 1919, United Artists had formed with three stars, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin, and a director, D. W. Griffith. On November 8 the same year, Ince ...
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At the beginning of 1919, United Artists had formed with three stars, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin, and a director, D. W. Griffith. On November 8 the same year, Ince announced the formation of Associated Producers Inc. to handle his films along with those of Allan Dwan, Marshall Neilan, J. Parker Read, Maurice Tourneur, George Loane Tucker, and Mack Sennett. Associated Producers became known in the press as the “Big Six.” The contracts followed the pattern of United Artists, with the various individuals involved with Associated Producers waiting for the expiration of their contracts elsewhere before beginning their company, and each individual binding himself by saying that withdrawal would cause a hardship to the company with liability. The difference between United Artists and Associated Producers was precisely in the naming and the members of the respective companies: a group united for film “art,” consisting for the most part of stars who were also producers, versus a loose alliance of producers and directors.Less
At the beginning of 1919, United Artists had formed with three stars, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin, and a director, D. W. Griffith. On November 8 the same year, Ince announced the formation of Associated Producers Inc. to handle his films along with those of Allan Dwan, Marshall Neilan, J. Parker Read, Maurice Tourneur, George Loane Tucker, and Mack Sennett. Associated Producers became known in the press as the “Big Six.” The contracts followed the pattern of United Artists, with the various individuals involved with Associated Producers waiting for the expiration of their contracts elsewhere before beginning their company, and each individual binding himself by saying that withdrawal would cause a hardship to the company with liability. The difference between United Artists and Associated Producers was precisely in the naming and the members of the respective companies: a group united for film “art,” consisting for the most part of stars who were also producers, versus a loose alliance of producers and directors.
Brian Taves
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813134222
- eISBN:
- 9780813135939
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813134222.003.0012
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
First National Pictures was created in April 1917 by Thomas Tally and J. D. Williams as a circuit of independent exhibitors who pooled their purchasing power to buy direct from stars and directors, ...
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First National Pictures was created in April 1917 by Thomas Tally and J. D. Williams as a circuit of independent exhibitors who pooled their purchasing power to buy direct from stars and directors, apportioning the price to franchise holders according to the value of their territories. In this way, they hoped to avoid the high rental costs, block booking, and often inferior prints forced on them by producers. Soon the company was becoming involved in production. On August 31, 1921, Associated Producers signed a contract to merge with First National. The relationship between Ince and First National was one of suspicion from the outset, resulting in such a long, complex document that it even required an index.Less
First National Pictures was created in April 1917 by Thomas Tally and J. D. Williams as a circuit of independent exhibitors who pooled their purchasing power to buy direct from stars and directors, apportioning the price to franchise holders according to the value of their territories. In this way, they hoped to avoid the high rental costs, block booking, and often inferior prints forced on them by producers. Soon the company was becoming involved in production. On August 31, 1921, Associated Producers signed a contract to merge with First National. The relationship between Ince and First National was one of suspicion from the outset, resulting in such a long, complex document that it even required an index.
Zeynep Devrim Gürsel
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780520286368
- eISBN:
- 9780520961616
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520286368.003.0003
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter looks at the news and editorial division of Global Views Inc. (GVI), one of the largest corporate visual content providers, on the brink of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. It follows ...
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This chapter looks at the news and editorial division of Global Views Inc. (GVI), one of the largest corporate visual content providers, on the brink of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. It follows the fast paced work of Jackie, a photo editor at GVI, and other image brokers as they negotiate with photographers and publications. News images represent a mere fraction of the profits generated by selling visual content such as celebrity portraiture and stock photos. GVI produces no journalistic text and is not a news organization; hence this chapter looks at image brokers working to produce and circulate images as content for other professionals.Less
This chapter looks at the news and editorial division of Global Views Inc. (GVI), one of the largest corporate visual content providers, on the brink of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. It follows the fast paced work of Jackie, a photo editor at GVI, and other image brokers as they negotiate with photographers and publications. News images represent a mere fraction of the profits generated by selling visual content such as celebrity portraiture and stock photos. GVI produces no journalistic text and is not a news organization; hence this chapter looks at image brokers working to produce and circulate images as content for other professionals.
Eddie Tay
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789888028740
- eISBN:
- 9789882206762
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789888028740.003.0009
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature
This chapter examines representations of America and Singapore in Singaporean writers Hwee Hwee Tan's Mammon Inc. and Simon Tay's Alien Asian. It argues that in so far as globalization fosters a ...
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This chapter examines representations of America and Singapore in Singaporean writers Hwee Hwee Tan's Mammon Inc. and Simon Tay's Alien Asian. It argues that in so far as globalization fosters a subjectivity predicated on a dense network of interdependencies and connections with different localities, it also commodifies these subjectivities. It suggests that the message of the authors' works is that any claims to a subjectivity that is based on the notion that one can be at home anywhere in the world would have to take into consideration how identities are commodified.Less
This chapter examines representations of America and Singapore in Singaporean writers Hwee Hwee Tan's Mammon Inc. and Simon Tay's Alien Asian. It argues that in so far as globalization fosters a subjectivity predicated on a dense network of interdependencies and connections with different localities, it also commodifies these subjectivities. It suggests that the message of the authors' works is that any claims to a subjectivity that is based on the notion that one can be at home anywhere in the world would have to take into consideration how identities are commodified.
Lawrence A. Cunningham
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231170048
- eISBN:
- 9780231538695
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231170048.003.0011
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Strategy
This chapter focuses on the companies that Berkshire has given permanent homes to. These subsidiaries found refuge in Berkshire after suffering from serial ownership by successive parents, leveraged ...
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This chapter focuses on the companies that Berkshire has given permanent homes to. These subsidiaries found refuge in Berkshire after suffering from serial ownership by successive parents, leveraged buyout operators, private equity firms, or bankruptcy trustees—all working under short-term time frames. These companies include Brooks Sports Inc., a manufacturer of running shoes; Forest River Inc., a recreational vehicle manufacturer; Oriental Trading Company, a direct seller of toys and party goods; CTB International Corp., a designer and builder of equipment for poultry and livestock farmers as well as bins for feed and grain storage; and CORT Business Services Corporation, a furniture leasing company.Less
This chapter focuses on the companies that Berkshire has given permanent homes to. These subsidiaries found refuge in Berkshire after suffering from serial ownership by successive parents, leveraged buyout operators, private equity firms, or bankruptcy trustees—all working under short-term time frames. These companies include Brooks Sports Inc., a manufacturer of running shoes; Forest River Inc., a recreational vehicle manufacturer; Oriental Trading Company, a direct seller of toys and party goods; CTB International Corp., a designer and builder of equipment for poultry and livestock farmers as well as bins for feed and grain storage; and CORT Business Services Corporation, a furniture leasing company.
