One is the French, "bureaucratic" model in which the executive holds sway over an all but neutered legislature.
What should result is a government more capable of compromise and less prone to cronyism; sharing power between the president and a chief executive lessens the sway of any single party.
But Mr. Rivera said yesterday that he and 1199's executive council were swayed in part by the sudden rise of Mr. Ferrer in the polls.
JPMORGAN'S FRICTION WITH WASHINGTON | It was not long ago that JPMorgan Chase and its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, held special sway in Washington.
We hear from Toni Morrison and Representative Maxine Waters but find only passing reference to Suge Knight, the thuggish record executive under whose menacing sway Tupac spent much of his wild last years.
(Chief executives still have some sway; no critics wanted to be identified slamming them).
"As a commercial executive I'm not swayed by the rank [of someone] in the slightest," said Davie.
What I do needs to be globally competitive.' " That need had helped sway Mahindra executives when it came to the South Korean company.
Rather than simply trying to sway corporate executives behind the scenes, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund courted news media coverage, and Rockefeller family members spoke out against Exxon Mobil's leadership, as did the foundation's president, Stephen B. Heintz.
Alibaba, which analysts expect could be valued at $100 billion or more in an I.P.O., made the proposal as it seeks ways for top executives to retain their sway over corporate strategy while it weighs the merits of a listing in Hong Kong or the United States, the person said, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the information was not public.
Mr. Cohn is among a handful of senior executives who have held sway atop Goldman since before the financial crisis, and he is among the last of them to leave, even as Lloyd Blankfein, the chief executive and chairman, seems in no hurry to step down.
