Posted AT 8:25 PM EST on 08/02/08
Can Starbucks go with the flow?
This past Monday, Howard Schultz, chief executive officer of
Starbucks Corp., issued what the company calls a "partner update" to its vast community of coffee shops. In the corporate nomenclature, Starbucks outlets are run not by employees, but equals.
"Dear partners," Mr. Schultz began. "As I sit down to write this note (6:30 a.
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