Puma stands to benefit too: PPR will bring know-how in retail, brand management and e-commerce.
Bartle Bull, a banker, sees a chance to pay "rock-bottom" prices for a piece of "one of the richest economies in the world".Investments that bring know-how would be useful.
They also bring know-how-from streamlined loan approvals to the latest branch-automation systems-that trickles down to local banks: an executive at one Filipino bank says he improved his bank's internal credit controls with the help of a manual from an American rival where he had worked previously.
So it's ironic that the key to the 2013 season may be the slowest man on the roster: Barring any pesky visa issues, CB Mikael Silvestre, now 35, will bring know-how honed during 12 years with Man U and Arsenal.
The startup could bring know-how for helping Yahoo differentiate its travel.yahoo.com site from competitors as it focuses on the small screen.
SoftBank isn't short on money, of course — it is building up quite a portfolio of e-commerce investments across Asia — but its two partners bring know-how, strategy and global networks to the table.
She brings know-how from Google, where she was the 20th employee and was involved in many areas, from its search engine to gmail and Google Maps.
Foreigners have brought know-how, capital, access to new markets and, not least, higher standards of corporate behaviour: not for them the abuses of shareholders' rights perpetrated by unscrupulous locals in such places as Russia.
He brings know-how, experience and quality".
Midlife offers a double benefit in that the wisdom of maturity, even if it doesn't do away with fear entirely, brings know-how about how to phase and shape our new activities step by step (with power naps to maintain our energy and brain fitness).
Ms. Folts explained that participants in her seminars must have basic sewing knowledge and must bring (and know how to operate) their own sewing machines.
