I never trust an executive who tends to pass the buck. Nor would I want to deal with him as a customer or a supplier.
Suppliers and especially manufacturers have market power because they have information about a product or a service that the customer does not and cannot have and does not need if he can trust the brand. This explains the profitability of brands.
We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.
My mom was always the supplier of soccer balls and so people were always knocking on my door and trying to get me out so we could play.
Rogue internet pharmacies continue to pose a serious threat to the health and safety of Americans. Simply put a few unethical physicians and pharmacists have become drug suppliers to a nation.
More and more companies are reaching out to their suppliers and contractors to work jointly on issues of sustainability environmental responsibility ethics and compliance.
The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning you're definitely not an expert.