Pure
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Suppose you are an executive of ExxonMobil, a company whose operations on the Gulf Coast are severely affected:
IN BUSINESS TERMS:
1) What is the upside to the present catastrophe?
2) What is the downside?
3) What is the upside, if any, of helping victims of the hurricane?
4) What is the downside?
Run the same set of questions for Walmart, and you will understand why it is acting, and the oil companies are not.
STUDY QUESTION 1 : Which CEOs have more influence with the president, of late?
IN BUSINESS TERMS:
1) What is the upside to the present catastrophe?
2) What is the downside?
3) What is the upside, if any, of helping victims of the hurricane?
4) What is the downside?
Run the same set of questions for Walmart, and you will understand why it is acting, and the oil companies are not.
STUDY QUESTION 1 : Which CEOs have more influence with the president, of late?
