They ran a disciplined household that emphasized service, responsibility and the Roman Catholic faith.
After arriving at Thomson in 1997, Mr. Breton sharply reduced costs and expanded revenue, in part by de-emphasizing hardware like TV sets and video players and emphasizing services like media consulting.
Compaq too has sought to emphasize services.
The Home does, though, emphasize services that Google can provide on its own.
One of Best Buy's main competitive strategies has been to emphasize services, something it has done better in the past than any national electronics retailer.
The reorganization, announced by Vyomesh Joshi, executive vice president of H.P.'s imaging and printing group, is in keeping with Hewlett-Packard's effort to emphasize services, a highly desirable business because it creates a recurring stream of revenue.
And after the Communist Party plenum earlier this month the government announced a bold series of economic reforms that promised to remake the functions of local governments, emphasizing services, such as environmental protection, instead of the blind pursuit of growth.
"A lot of the decisions about where resources are going to be used, where we should emphasize services and supports for students -- a lot of that is determined by what we see in the data," said Teranishi.
Of course you have to emphasize service to the community.
At the time the company had fewer brands and felt the need to emphasize service.
The Johnsons are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and their faith emphasizes service.
