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Horton International, LLC
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Town Center, 29 S. Main St., Ste. 327 West Hartford, CT 06107 CT Tel. 860-521-0101 Fax 860-521-0140 |
Type: Private - Partnership
On the web:
http://www.horton-intl.com
Horton International is an executive search and management consulting firm with 30 offices in Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and the US. The company offers retained executive search services in a wide range of industries, including aerospace, retail, energy, financial services, health care, manufacturing, and technology. It also provides human resource consulting in the areas of organizational analysis, strategic planning, management training, and merger and acquisition support. Through a strategic partnership with German search firm Neumann Partners, the company has extended its international reach into central Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union. Horton was founded in 1978.
Officers:
Chairman: Human Resources Consulting Services
Competitors:
A.T. Kearney
Heidrick & Struggles
Spencer Stuart
Horton, river, c.275 mi (440 km) long, rising in a lake N of Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, and flowing NW to Franklin Bay, a part of the Beaufort Sea.
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A common name, usually ‘dirty or muddy farmstead’, OE horu + tūn; examples include: Horton Buckinghamshire, near Ivinghoe. Hortone (1086) (DB). Horton Dorset. Hortun (1033), Hortune (1086) (DB). Horton Northamptonshire Hortone (1086) (DB). Horton Oxfordshire Hortun (1005 — 12), Hortone (1086) (DB). Horton Shropshire, near Wem. Hortune (1086) (DB). Horton Staffordshire Horton (1239). Horton Surrey. Horton (1178). Horton Wiltshire Horton (1158). Horton Green Cheshire Horton (c.1240). Horton-in-Ribblesdale N. City & County of Yorks. Hortune (1086) (DB), Horton in Ribbelesdale 13th cent. Affix means ‘valley of the River Ribble’, OE river-name (see Ribbleton) + OE dæl or OScand. dalr. Horton Kirby Kent. Hortune (1086) (DB), Horton Kyrkeby (1346). Manorial affix from its possession by the de Kirkeby family in the 13th cent.
However the following has a different origin: Horton S. Gloucestershire Horedone (1086) (DB). ‘Hill frequented by harts or stags’. OE heorot + dūn.
However the following has a different origin: Horton S. Gloucestershire Horedone (1086) (DB). ‘Hill frequented by harts or stags’. OE heorot + dūn.
| Horsted Horstead, Horsmonden, Horsley | |
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