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JOINING IN THE FUN: Hasbro Chairman, CEO and President Brian Goldner took part on Dec. 15 in a company-wide effort at its Pawtucket headquarters to pack toys for children and families. / PBN PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELEY

Hasbro executes on plan that includes more than toys, games

Wouldn't it be fun to run a company that has accomplished what so many set out to do – leverage strong existing brands to...

Sometimes talk leads to action

The last few months have been noteworthy for news of companies moving operations to Rhode Island. GE Digital, Virgin Pulse and Johnson & Johnson have...
Portsmouth-based A2B Tracking Solutions Inc. helps the U.S. military keep track of 30 million physical assets. Using bar codes and digital technology, A2B Tracking says its efforts save the government $3 billion to $5 billion per year. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Stand for something greater

A2B Tracking was going through a significant growth phase about five years ago. But without stated company values at that time, creating a cohesive...

Reimagining city neighborhoods

For the first time in half a century, Providence has an opportunity to reimagine development in some of its neighborhoods southwest of downtown. The collaboration...

Potential for benefit with sister city

On Oct. 12, Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and his Guatemala City counterpart signed a sister-city partnership. Mr. Elorza is Guatemalan American, something that...
TAKING IT SERIOUSLY: Jen Hogencamp, foreground, of BlumShapiro was among the roughly 200 attendees at PBN's Dec. 8 Cybersecurity Summit, which touched on the technological and human resource challenges facing businesses in the Information Age. / PBN PHOTO/ MIKE SKORSKI

For business, cyber forewarned is cyber forearmed

It is clear that U.S. companies, especially small ones, are not taking the existential threat posed by digital breaches seriously enough. Providence Business News'...
Dr. Jonathan Elion founded ChartWise Medical Systems Inc. in 2009 after selling his previous successful venture, Heartlab Inc. One key to success with ChartWise is the fact that he hired a number of his former Heartlab team members. / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Build stable skill foundation

Much of the success of ChartWise can be traced to the strength and stability of the "three-legged stool" provided by my combined backgrounds in...

Rocky Hill takes path less traveled

In a year marked by a series of disclosures and accusations of sexual assaults of private school students by former and current faculty and...

Getting your name out there

Does your company have an internal marketing or advertising team, or do you hire an outside company for those purposes? We have our own advertising/marketing...
BUILDING  CAPACITY: Rhode Island Foundation President and CEO Neil D. Steinberg unveiled a pilot program, entitled Giving Circles, which is designed to help grow a culture of philanthropy in the state, using individuals' social networks as the core communication tool. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATIO

Learning to make giving a more important part of everyday...

In light of Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, the "giving season" can be seen more in terms of helping those in need deal with...
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