Summary: Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are the two richest men in America and very close friends. Though a generation apart in age and founders of two very different businesses, each has a deep admiration for the other, and they share a sense of responsibility to use their success in the service of social causes. This program documents a day both men spent in September of 2005 at the University of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Providing comprehensive public access to affordable, quality health care is a mammoth struggle-even for wealthy societies with the political will to do so. This CNBC program looks at technological solutions that could potentially slash medical costs, reduce inefficiencies, and create tailor-made treatments for the individual patient. The program begins by exploring issues in personalized...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: In a time of continual crisis for the airline industry, this program is a case study of a carrier that has shown a remarkable ability to rake in the cash: Ryanair. CEO Michael O'Leary, inspired by Southwest Airlines, cites cost-cutting-dirt-cheap fares, low-budget advertising, direct booking, short turnaround times, and flights only to secondary airports, plus an incredibly deep discount from...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: One pioneered the built-to-order method of mail-order. The other set the standard for just-in-time delivery. Together, they have changed the way the world does business. In this program, Michael Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Computer Corporation, and Frederick Smith, chairman, president, and CEO of FedEx Corporation, discuss their business models. In addition, MBA students and faculty from the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: What specific skills enabled a young state senator to become, in the space of four years, President of the United States? This program reveals a set of methods and attitudes at the core of successful communication. Presented by renowned public speaking coach Richard Greene, the video incorporates passages from many of President Obama's finest speeches-and uses these examples to explore tone of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: In the post-Enron and -WorldCom era, the spotlight of scrutiny is shining ever more sharply on corporations and their chief executives. In this program, Robert Nardelli, chairman, president, and CEO of The Home Depot, and Michael Eskew, chairman and CEO of United Parcel Service, discuss the white-hot issues of corporate governance and ethics as well as the special challenges they face as...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Depicting his rise from beetroot vendor to electronics multimillionaire, this program profiles Sir Alan Sugar and his emergence as Britain's answer to Donald Trump. Viewers learn how "Suralan" parlayed his gift for salesmanship into the U.K.'s most profitable computer company, Amstrad-only to watch its profits disappear during the 1980s and '90s. The program also shows how the entrepreneur...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009