Tuesday, September 11, 2007

ARTICLES & PROJECT IDEA


ADDITIONAL RESEARCH
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* Idea


Carlos Slim Helu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/carlos_Slime_Hel%C3%BA
- Carlos Slim HelĂș (born January 28, 1940 in Mexico City) is a Mexican Buinessman and one of the richest people in the world. Slim has a substantial influence over the telecommunications industry in Mexico and much of Latin America as well.
- Bill Clinton has said: “Carlos Slim is the most important philanthropist in the world most people have never heard of”.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6267714.stm
- He started his business life in property before moving on to invest in a stock brokerage, a bottling company, and, more recently, the telephone sector.
- Like Mr Gates, Mr Slim is well-known for his generous charity donations.
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His wealth is in marked contrast to the 53% of Mexico's population that the World Bank says are living in poverty.

http://www.woopidoo.com/biography/carlos-slim-helu/index.htm
- Carlos Slim Helu is a Mexican entrepreneur and businessman involved in a varied group of companies that include telecommunications, retail, banking and insurance, technology, and auto parts manufacturing businesses. He is the wealthiest Mexican man, the richest Latin American, and one of the top ten richest men in the world.
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"Technology is going to transform people's lives and society everywhere in the world. My main task is to understand what's going on and try to see where we can fit in." Carlos Slim Helu- The key is the Internet. The United States is by far the most advanced country in this new digital culture, so we have to be there. The Internet is the heart of this new civilization, and telecommunications are the nervous system, or circulatory system.

* I am planning to build Carlos Slim’s office above the horizontal surface because he has the higher rank than Zhang Yin. Another main reason is his telecommunications industry involves the transmission of signals over a distance above the ground.

>> Mexican Business >>

* I will construct his office’s plan similar to Mexico map. This idea represents the power that he has over Mexico. However, his main office is in Mexico City area. I will make various levels in his office. Each level indicates a varied group of companies that he owns.

* According to his quote, “Technology is going to transform people's lives and society everywhere in the world. My main task is to understand what's going on and try to see where we can fit in.”, I will make his office in modern technological style.

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Zhang Yin

[...“My goal is to make Nine Dragons, in three to five years, the leader in containerboards,” Ms. Zhang says emphatically in a short interview in her glistening Hong Kong office. “My desire has always been to be the leader in an industry.”...]

[...Ms. Zhang jumped to No. 5 this year in the Forbes ranking of the wealthiest people in China, from No. 107 last year, largely because of the huge public stock listing.

[She hasn’t lost her ambition, though. Sometimes called the queen of trash, she doesn’t disown the title. But, she said, “Some day, I’d like to be known as the queen of containerboards.”...]

Additional information & Idea

http://www.nytimes.com
- …she started out from a modest background, the daughter of a military officer.

- “She’s a visionary,” says Herman Woo, an analyst at BNP Paribas, which helped her paper company list shares in Hong Kong. “She doesn’t mind putting a lot of money in at the beginning, to building the company.”

http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Zhang_(Yin)
- Very little is known about her, but she was described as virtuous.

* I decide to build Zhang Yin’s office below the horizontal surface because she has lower rank than Carlos Slim. Moreover, she can be seen as a mysterious person because of a very little information about her.
* The ideas that I will use include her life that is associated with paper industry, her ambition and visionary.
* I will use sphere construction to present the idea of recycle.

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ARTICLE

Ratan Tata
Ratan Tata - The people's tycoon

Dancewithshadows.com man of the year 2004


[..."His idea is not to make Tata No 1 in size, but No 1 in quality customer satisfaction. And, if his goods and services are not among the Top 3 in that segment, Ratan Tata will either try to bring them to the Top3, or exit that segment. He does not believe in spending time on areas where Tatas dont have core competence."...]
[..."A company does not become global by simply participating in geographic markets around the world. The objective of globalization is to become globally competitive, leverage global opportunities and have the required global capabilities. It implies an organization, which employs talented people without reference to nationality. We are in the process of acquiring such a competitive position and global capabilities."...]
[..."For turning India Inc to India International, and still remaining the People's Tycoon, Ratan Tata is DWS Man of The Year."...]
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Zhang Yin


Blazing a Paper Trail in China

Zhang Yin, who saw a solution to China’s thirst for containerboard by importing United States scrap paper, in her Hong Kong office.

BY David Barboza January 16, 2007

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/business/16trash.html?ex=1326603600&en=b7cc15e20ba8fd35&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

[...“My goal is to make Nine Dragons, in three to five years, the leader in containerboards,” Ms. Zhang says emphatically in a short interview in her glistening Hong Kong office. “My desire has always been to be the leader in an industry.”...]

[...Ms. Zhang jumped to No. 5 this year in the Forbes ranking of the wealthiest people in China, from No. 107 last year, largely because of the huge public stock listing.

She hasn’t lost her ambition, though. Sometimes called the queen of trash, she doesn’t disown the title. But, she said, “Some day, I’d like to be known as the queen of containerboards.”...]

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Carlos Slim

Carlos Slim is the richest man you've never heard of

An interview with Mexico's Carlos Slim

Chris HawleyMexico City Bureau May. 30, 2007 12:00 AM

Link: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0530carlosslim0530.html

[..."By age 12, he had moved on to trading stocks and bonds. Before turning 30, he owned a soft-drink company and a stock brokerage. Now, at 67, Slim is the world's second-richest man and is closing quickly on Bill Gates, according to Forbes magazine's most recent rankings. Slim's business empire stretches from Mexico to the United States - it includes major stakes in companies such as CompUSA and Saks Fifth Avenue - yet most Americans have never heard of him."...]

[..."It was the elder Slim who forced Carlos and his siblings to keep ledgers of their allowances and expenses. "Carlos: remember that all assignments given to you must be done on time, quickly, in much clearer letters and without erasures. If not, I'm going to deduct from your allowance," says a note in one of the ledgers, which Slim still keeps on his office bookshelf."...]

[..."Slim's own companies employ 218,000 people. Ensuring that those companies are strong may be his most important contribution to Mexico, he says. "When I die, I'm taking nothing with me," Slim said. He taps a balance sheet that shows the increasing value of his companies. "Everything I'm leaving is right here."...]

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