Executive Speeches articles from August 2002

Executive Speeches archives from August 2002

Encouraging partnerships: C-commerce and the petrochemical supply chain.(former Eastman Chemical Co. chairman and CEO Earnie Davenport speaks at International Petrochemical Conference)(Statistical Data Included)(Transcript)
August 1, 2002... Bill (Waycaster), thank you very much for that introduction, I'm very pleased to be here today. As you heard from Bill, I was with Eastman for more than 40 years until I retired at the first of the year as chairman and CEO. As Norm Augustine of...

Responding to the challenges to corporate governance.(Washington University professor Murray L. Weidenbaum)(Transcript)
August 1, 2002... Corporate governance in the United States is facing an unprecedented variety of pressures for change. Although some of the shortcomings are of long standing, the trigger for the current wave of concern was several dramatic bankruptcies, most...

Technology matters.(address by head of National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council J. Kenneth Blackwell)(Transcript)
August 1, 2002... I am very delighted to be with you this morning. To be before such an esteemed assembly of dreamers and doers, visionaries and achievers, is a high honor. Some of you may be familiar with a reference book called the New York Public Library...

Closing the digital divide.(J.P. Morgan Chase chief executive officer William B. Harrison, Jr.)(Transcript)
August 1, 2002... Thank you, Lynne. And I want to thank the Board of Trustees of the Greenwich Library for this tremendous honor. Tonight I will look at how two institutions--banks and libraries--have evolved through three great revolutions in information...

Jumping the hurdles to telecommunications growth.(Verizon Communications executive Larry Babbio)(Transcript)
August 1, 2002... Good afternoon. It's great to be here at SUPERCOMM, now in its 15th year, and I'm honored and delighted to have this opportunity to address you. To me the most remarkable thing about this conference is the contrast it presents--the...

The business case for immigration reform: a fresh look for America's future.(James R. Edwards, Jr. of Olive Edwards Public Affairs)(Transcript)
August 1, 2002... Thank you very much! It's an honor to be with you today. I appreciate Dave Carlson, Ken Smith, John Hilton, and all of you for the opportunity to share some thoughts. First, allow me to commend Kiwanis and the service you provide our...