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George Adams
Certified Public Accountant Master of Business Administration
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43 Acme Road Suite F Brewer Main 04412

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Business Cases:

Nucor Steel: Into the Storm

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Nucor Steel: Into the Storm

One of the largest steel companies in the U.S.had a forty year track record of unbroken profitability until 2009. How can Nucor succeed in a tougher, harsher climate?

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RITZ-CARLTON (Circa 2008)

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RITZ-CARLTON (Circa 2008)

 The business strategy of luxury with a human face requires both popularity and exclusivity. How can Ritz-Carlton master this apparent contradiction?

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SAS Company Analysis (Circa 1995)

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SAS Company Analysis (Circa 1995)

Does it pay to fly dirty?

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Otis Elevator (Circa 2004)

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Otis Elevator (Circa 2004)

The largest elevator company in the world has to make some tough choices.

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Vertex Company Analysis (Circa 2003)

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Vertex Company Analysis (Circa 2003)

Crucial business decisions can benefit from the insights of combinatoric analysis.

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Walmart Company Analysis (Circa 2003)

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Walmart Company Analysis (Circa 2003)

The largest retailer in the world is getting too big to grow any further without new and better thinking.

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Sara Lee Corporation (Circa 2008)

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Sara Lee Corporation (Circa 2008)

Nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee, until the company started hating itself.

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Southwest Airlines (Circa 2010)

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Southwest Airlines (Circa 2010)

How can the most successful U.S. airline keep it up?

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The Power to Save the World: Fusion, the Unknown Ideal

12-28-2012 Hits:661 Company Analysis George Adams

The Power to Save the World: Fusion, the Unknown Ideal

Energy is the ultimate question of our time: how do we get it, at what cost and what consequences?

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Business Issues:

Pi and Pi Squared

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Pi and Pi Squared

How can companies motivate innovation and manage internal conflict effectively?

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Secret Unions: Employee Collusion and Conspiracy

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Secret Unions: Employee Collusion and Conspiracy

Anyone can use Game Theory to try to get ahead. But sometimes there is a better, simpler strategy.

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Jump! Employee Performance On Trial

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Jump! Employee Performance On Trial

The true and the obvious frequently differ, especially when it comes to assessing employee performance.

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You Have to Break Eggs to Make an Omelet

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You Have to Break Eggs to Make an Omelet

Some employees take their work seriously while others don’t.

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The Fallacy of Teamwork Part I: Train of Thought

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The Fallacy of Teamwork Part I: Train of Thought

Is teamwork the answer to every business problem?

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The Fallacy of Teamwork Part II: Michael Jordan Doesn’t Need a Memo

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The Fallacy of Teamwork Part II: Michael Jordan Doesn’t Need a Memo

What does neuroscience have to say about the applicability of the team sports model to business collaboration?

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On the Relative Importance of Sales People and Technical People to Business

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On the Relative Importance of Sales People and Technical People to Business

Is it really true that technical employees are just a bunch of nerds a company puts up with so its star sales people can make big profits?

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Business Cannot Ignore Its Environment

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Business Cannot Ignore Its Environment

The power of goodwill to destroy the most successful companies.

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Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence

There is nothing new under the sun, until computers become smarter than the smartest person.

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The Growing Spectacle of Job Lotteries

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The Growing Spectacle of Job Lotteries

A new take on the growing commodification of labor.

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Understanding Tax Clients

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Understanding Tax Clients

The primary cliché of our profession of taxes and accounting is that every client is different.

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Why Are You Using An LLC?

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Why Are You Using An LLC?

It can cost you a fortune if you choose the wrong entity for your business.

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Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce
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