Your very serious colleague, Jucele Daiane Giarolo, intends to score nothing less than A on this Research and Case Analysis assignment (12%) and in pursuit of this objective, she has made elaborate notes in preparation for Part A. One entry in her notes reads as follows: "Today, with $1.5 billion in annual revenues, W. L. Gore & Associates is a publicly- owned company. They have 8,000 employees (called Associates) worldwide they are also part owners of the enterprise through the Associate stock ownership plan. Gore prefers this public ownership and believes this reinforces a key element of its culture to "take a long-term view" when assessing business situations." Your very informed comment on these notes