American executives prefer private offices; the Japanese think having everyone in a big room with no walls promotes better communication.

They said that these executives preferred to be acknowledged for their accomplishments, rather than for being women.

This executive, however, chooses to have only one bodyguard and prefers to drive his own car to work.

Since legal monopolies are hard to come by, most executives prefer businesses with high barriers to entry.

But research, development and construction have required huge outlays, leaving the company's balance sheet weaker than executives would prefer.

The executives, needless to say, preferred to look ahead to what they described as more encouraging developments.

The two executives now prefer to use translators when they converse.

Why do executives in America prefer attaché cases, rather than the traditional briefcase?

There, the argument runs, executives prefer to pay lower taxes and live in closer proximity to Europe's biggest capital markets.

Consulting fees and other expenses are the reasons some corporate executives in charge of community donations prefer to write a check rather than support events.