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GIL 2009: North America Growth, Innovation and Leadership
– A Frost & Sullivan Global Congress
on Corporate Growth
September 13-16 | Scottsdale, AZ

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 MARCH 2008 | VOL. 2 | ISSUE 1
This eBulletin is focused on helping you accomplish two things: developing a culture of Growth, Innovation and Leadership (GIL) and accelerating the growth of your company from our global network of Growth Thought Leaders from around the globe.
Each eBulletin is packed with new tools, techniques, best practices, innovative ideas and leadership models to inspire our readers. I encourage all of our readers to contribute their own thought leadership and suggestions for future research topics.
Our GIL program is a fully-integrated deliverable which includes the GIL Global Congress events, GIL eBulletin, the Chairman's Series on Growth web casts and our Growth Partnership Services. If you are serious about growth, then I encourage you to actively participate in all of these forums available to you.
Sincerely,
 David
Frigstad Chairman
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INDUSTRY INSIGHT
By John Raspin Director, Energy & Environment Frost & Sullivan Europe
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The Growing Criticality of Innovation and Leadership in Challenging European Markets

You might be forgiven for thinking that growth isn’t on the top of the corporate agenda right now. Just like the rest of the world, Europe’s markets are struggling at the moment and the European Commission itself announced that the European Union was officially in recession …
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VIRTUALLY THERE
By Frost & Sullivan
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A Note from David Frigstad


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EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW
Nick Pinchuk Chief Executive Officer Snap-On, Inc., North America
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“In This Market Innovation Still Sells”

Frost & Sullivan’s eBulletin Editor, Erin Lindholm, recently caught up with Nick Pinchuk, Chief Executive Officer of Snap-On Tools, to discuss best practices for operating in the global marketplace, selling refrigerators in Asia and Snap-On’s strategy for exiting the recession ahead of the curve …
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ON THE LOOKOUT
By Julio Campos EPS Consultant, Latin America Frost & Sullivan
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Latin America’s Untapped Resource Could Be Energy Boon

“Peak oil,” also called “Hubbert’s Peak,” is a theory about fossil fuels availability; it represents the midpoint of global hydrocarbon production. Nowadays deployment levels have reached more than 50% of the known conventional reserves in the planet …
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WE ASKED, YOU ANSWERED
By Frost & Sullivan  |
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Poll results from the latest Chairman’s Series
on Growth
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your company proactively examining the U.S.
Economic Stimulus Package for new growth
opportunities? | |
Which of the following best describes your company’s current growth rate?
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Yes (47.9%)
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No (14.6%)
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We need to begin (22.9%) |
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We do not see this as a driver
for opportunity (14.6%) |
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Missing our revenue targets (30.3%)
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Not growing fast enough (42.4%) |
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Getting hammered by the recession (21.2%) |
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We maintain best-in-class growth rates (12.1%) |
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