Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

” Metric obsession. A famous example is YouTube, which began as a video dating site back in 2005. customers in order to boost sales. Yet, it tried to sell its digital cameras using the same business model as its film-based cameras – by aiming to make high margins on instant film sales. A little later, the U.S.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

In many functional areas, such as plant maintenance, purchasing, sales calls, or accounting, more traditional structures and processes likely will deliver lower cost, more repeatable outcomes and more scalable organizations. a 525-employee software company, began applying agile methodologies in 2005. Systematic Inc.,

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

In 2005, they launched a U.S. Wal-Mart, for example, aimed to double fleet efficiency between 2005 and 2015 through better routing, truck loading, driver training, and advanced technologies. By the end of 2014, they had improved fuel efficiency approximately 87% compared to the 2005 baseline.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. Marketing & Sales. BTS GROUP KEY STATS. BTS Group Website: www.bts.com.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

billion leveraged private equity buyout in 2005, with the aim of turning the chain around, but the resulting debt has proved to be unserviceable. Cash registers were plentiful and easy to find, and success was measured with metrics like sales per square foot and average size of transaction. In their 2005 book, W.

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2016

In 2005, when the demand for the iPod Mini remained huge, the Nano was launched, effectively destroying the revenue stream of an existing product. And while iPod sales were still going through the roof, Jobs launched the iPhone which combined iPod, cell phone, and Internet access into a single device.

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