Mary Lhowe
Sense of purpose strong motivator for workers
Amgen Inc., the California-based bio-pharmaceutical firm, operates 24 hours a day in West Greenwich to produce the drug Enbrel, which treats rheumatoid arthritis and...
A mentor students, staff are eager to make proud
When he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center in Providence from 1999 to 2001, one of John Jakicic’s...
When business, family intersect
The director of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Family Business Center has a New Yorker cartoon posted on his door that depicts a man...
Alloy injects hope among plastics manufacturers
Cool Polymers Inc. sees itself as a world-changing creator of “disruptive technologies.”
“Disruptive” does not sound like a good thing on the surface, but wait....
Adding another dimension to biomedicine
If you build a better mousetrap, will the world, as Ralph Waldo Emerson predicted, beat a path to your door?
Raising the stakes for...
Labor contracts remain bone of contention
The ongoing contract dispute between Providence and its firefighters union looks a lot like one of those awful divorces that descends from difficult to...
Team mentality permeates staff at Nixon Peabody
When employees of the law firm Nixon Peabody LLC explain why their company is a great place to work, their comments sound like a...
At Edward Jones, independence is highly valued
Ethical principles and calm, long-range planning are among the qualities that make Edward Jones a great place to work, according to several Jones financial...
Employers find former inmates can fill jobs
Hiring people who have done time in prison is a smart move for companies that care about their own profits, the cost of government,...
Running hospital takes fusion of different skills
Dr. Patricia Ryan Recupero, a psychiatrist and CEO of Butler Hospital, believes her success as a businesswoman rests on three factors: knowledge of her...
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