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[|Company profile: Olivetti]
Here is an online activity prepared by Longman.com, in which visit the [|Olivetti] website and answer [|questions] about the Italian information technology company.

[|Company profile: Burson-Marsteller]
Another online activity prepared by Longman.com, in which visit the [|Burson-Marsteller] website and answer [|questions] about the American public relations company.

[|Company history]
Here you can read about the development of Philips since its establishment in Eindhoven in 1891.

[|Ricardo Semler]
This above link to the Passion Computing site provides a useful summary of the ideas Semler expresses in his book [|Seven Day Weekend]. You can find out a little more about Ricardo Semler and his successful Brazilian company Semco at Wikipedia, where the entry [|Semco 1990 - 2004] is of particular interest in outlining the company's success story. For some insight into Semler's personal story see the article [|Set them free] on the CIO Insight website.

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