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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. At the end of 2016, Fitch Ratings estimated that all robo-advisors managed under U.S.$100B will grow to U.S. $5 5 trillion to U.S. $7

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A framework for understanding technology companies

Tom Spencer

The technology industry is booming: in 2008, Microsoft was the only tech firm ranked in the world’s top 10 public companies by market capitalisation. I’ll then describe the implications this framework has for competitive strategy. (In Hardware and software sales – where a product is sold. Platforms and aggregators.

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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

Record number of small business sales in 2018! More businesses sold after being advertised on bizbuysell.com than any other year, and 2017 was 25% higher than 2016. 70% of medium sized companies will change hands (2008). Notice the same predictions from 2008-2015? This as per bizbuysell.com. Pretty small. And guess what?

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Does Effective Leadership Really Matter?

Organizational Talent Consulting

A controlled study involving leaders across different markets found a positive correlation between the leader's effectiveness and employee retention, sales, margin, labor costs, and net profit. Here are five more proven ways that effective leadership impacts individuals, teams, and organizations. References: Anderson, R., & & Lord, R.

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

MishTalk

As surface transportation’s peak period ends for the year, and trucking eyes the traditionally slowest time for the industry as first quarter 2016, economic signals are, at best, mixed. Sales of Class 8 heavy trucks are on pace for one of the best years in history - around 260,000 units in North America. in October from 50.2

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The 3 Essential Jobs That Most Retention Programs Ignore

Harvard Business

Although long ignored, these middle management positions have become increasingly recognized as critical to executing a company’s strategy. In sales-driven companies (think pharmaceuticals and industrial equipment), they are often field sales managers who direct dozens of salespeople in the highest-volume regions.

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Truck Rates Plunge; What About Actual Shipping Volumes? Strong Case for Pending Recession

MishTalk

Inventories to Sales Economists missed the wholesale trade report numbers by a mile. Inventories to Sales The inventory-to-sales ratio is clearly in the danger zone. percent but sales are down 3.7 Sales are up 2.3 Sales are up 2.3 And subprime lending has been a driving force behind those sales.

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