| He was born and brought up in Gorse Hill, and first showed his business acumen at the age of 13 when he began farming pigs in his back garden. |
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| His business acumen has seen the centre firmly established as a benchmark for the industry. |
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| His friends say what he lacks in political savvy he makes up in business acumen. |
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| This elegant chief executive has the business acumen of the Americans and the undeniable style of the Italians in her origins. |
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| As the population shrinks, there are more opportunities for older people to prove their business acumen. |
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| Indeed, the Huguenots symbolised the Protestant work ethic and, with their business acumen, became the midwives of British capitalism. |
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| With his footballing background and business acumen, he seemed the ideal choice for this highly prestigious position. |
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| Your business acumen and professional creativity are tested in difficult assignments. |
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| From as far back as he could remember, he'd had his own sense of business acumen. |
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| Councils need to be run by managers with initiative and a high level of business acumen. |
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| They seem genuinely surprised when the venture capitalists quite reasonably question their lack of business acumen. |
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| His business acumen saw him build and purchase hotels in Galway and Dublin. |
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| Of course, all this business acumen didn't come from heading out on the highway looking for adventure. |
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| Anyone finding it impossible to profit where there is no competition simply demonstrates a lack of business acumen. |
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| First, you have to have artistic direction that provides inspiration and vision balanced with savvy business acumen. |
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| Greed, under the guise of business acumen and entrepreneurship, has become the new religion. |
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| And the nomination of an exemplar indirectly reflects whether one's subculture values literary, scientific, political, or business acumen. |
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| At the same time, many of the vice-presidents offer specialised skills, knowledge and business acumen. |
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| I look at their social skills, their vision, their creativity, their business acumen, the whole nine yards. |
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| To achieve this goal he is relying on business acumen, rather than on the quasi-religious faith that permeates much of the open-source movement. |
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| Kathie attributes Sharon's success to her vision, energy and business acumen. |
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| It was his business acumen, his own unflagging zeal for the creative business solution, that had freed Sam to do this. |
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| It seems important to me to pursue the demonstration that our Mouvement not only has business acumen, but also a social conscience. |
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| It takes business acumen, marketing savvy, graphic-arts talent, and a clear understanding of what the customer sees from the other side of the screen. |
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| Interesting that Marlo, who comes to replace them, combines their relative strengths of business acumen and tough play on the streets. |
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| They believed that his diligence and business acumen would straighten everything out. |
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| Thanks to their distribution know-how and business acumen, they were able to gain growing market shares and profits. |
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| At the same time, Procyon possesses the business acumen to license these value-added products out to large pharmaceutical firms profitably. |
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| As a media organisation the BBC has a unique character combining both the business acumen and creative flair of its diverse workforce. |
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| This reduces remittances, but they take their international experience, increased business acumen and contacts with them. |
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| This element measures the level of knowledge and business acumen required to perform the job effectively. |
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| Local cooperatives will leverage their business acumen to ensure all members' economic prosperity. |
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| I also have confidence in his leadership, manager skills, business acumen and passion for Pyxis' mission. |
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| The obvious danger for chaebol firms is that favouritism, rather than business acumen, could lead one to buy from another. |
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| Conversely, complimenting someone on their business acumen in front of their colleagues is an easy way to win brownie points. |
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| With their remarkable self-made success stories established, boomers are looking to inject their business acumen into the charitable world. |
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| William's own keen business acumen was only overshadowed by his tireless commitment and devotion to his charities and fundraising. |
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| Sure, it's not brain surgery, but surely we all agree there is is a certain amount of skill and nous and business acumen involved in running a restaurant. |
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| Eager to apply his business acumen to the stuttering national economy, Blocher had his eye on the finance ministry, but this went instead to a conservative Free Democrat. |
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| Our practice combines the business acumen and industry expertise with a tailored methodology that focuses on the way you run your business. |
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| If you are beginning your career, do you have enough experience and business acumen to strike out on your own right away? |
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| It has been a catalyst for change, providing community organizations with planning skills and business acumen. |
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| Let's not confuse business acumen with a government monopoly. |
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| Strong academics and technical skills should be accompanied by proficiencies in critical thinking, leadership, business acumen, and relationship building. |
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| The University's vision is to align education, research and the economy for commercialization of new knowledge and promote the business acumen of researchers and students in this building. |
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| Both of them lack business acumen and mindset. |
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| You can expect to move through a number of roles in your first few years and to be faced with a wide range of challenges that will hone your skills and develop your business acumen and expertise. |
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| More often than not, a limited understanding of markets and business acumen result in products and services that fail to reach or effectively compete in the market or to bring about desired biodiversity benefits. |
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| Prospective investors are as much convinced by the personal credibility and perceived business acumen of the Director as they are by the details of the Business Plan. |
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| Soaring scarcity rents during the run-down of the Maui field have trickled down the energy supply chain according to the business acumen and market power of each player. |
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| You see, Caitlyn, when you were a man, we could talk about your athleticism, your business acumen, but now you're a woman, and your looks are really the only thing we care about. |
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| The data scientist's skills – advanced analytics, data integration, software development, creativity, good communications skills and business acumen – often already exist in an organisation. |
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| At the tender age of 14, he displayed such business acumen that the Mitsuis were able to open two stores in Tokyo, which was still called Edo at that time. |
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| She quickly mastered the details and intricacies of antiquarian bookselling by utilizing her love of books, her meticulous research skills, retentive memory, natural business acumen and understanding of human nature. |
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| The Committee of the Regions would highlight the importance of harnessing the potential of women and ethnic groups with good business acumen who wish to start a business. |
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| Certainly, Abraham's business acumen is rock solid. |
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| The former minister of finance liked to speak about his business acumen. |
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| Quality and efficiency combined with the business acumen of both distributor and end-user result in higher profits and improved customer satisfaction. |
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| In less than two years, La Capitale became the leading real-estate brokerage in Quebec. We achieved this through our unique vision, our business acumen and our innovative products. |
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| Tells of his clumb to success which was due to his business acumen. |
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| Born Chaja Rubinstein, she first made her way to Australia after picking up some business acumen from relatives in the fur business in Vienna. |
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| This leaves little room for manoeuvre should any of them lack business acumen, or the imperviousness to embarrassment that is required to sell synthetic genitalia. |
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| If business acumen identifies the set of business skills and perspectives that a logistician requires to be successful, then clearly it must include financial literary. |
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| It was Beaverbrook's business acumen that allowed Britain to quickly gear up aircraft production and engineering, which eventually made the difference in the war. |
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| A combination of shyness, lack of business acumen, and a determination to stick to the DIY punk ethos of the time caused them to miss opportunities again and again. |
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| John's graduates with capitalism and Westernism, their business acumen and investment capital have been welcome in China since China began to open up to a market economy. |
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| Known as the Rottweiller because of his tough business acumen, he didn't suffer fools gladly but was nevertheless a Jock with a warm heart and terrific sense of humour. |
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| Manchester's civic leadership has a reputation for business acumen. |
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