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Article: GIA Version 5.0.(Gemological Institute of America)(opinion of Donna Baker on the strategic review undertaken)
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- Jewelers Circular Keystone
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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By Rob Bates and Gary Roskin, G.G., FGA, Senior Editors
In an exclusive interview, Donna Baker, the Gemological Institute of America's fifth president, takes you inside the organization's first-ever 'strategic review.'
For most in the diamond industry, the term 'strategic review' has ominous connotations. It's the phrase De Beers used when it consulted with Bain and Co. and then proceeded to turn itself-and the industry-inside out. But Gemological Institute of America president Donna Baker, only the fifth president in the institute's history, doesn't expect a similarly dramatic outcome from GIA's strategic review, conducted by Alliance Consulting.
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