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Navigating a Downturn: Strategies for Business Resilience

Tom Spencer

Although it is fairly common for a successful business to generate 80% of its profits from 20% of its products, relying heavily on a small number of products, services, or markets exposes a business to significant risk. As a result, companies should actively explore emerging technologies that could provide a competitive edge in the market.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

Today’s emphasis is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the USA) – a premier boutique firm focused on sales force and marketing optimization. Founded in 1983 by Kellogg School of Management marketing professors Andris A. In 2008, the firm celebrated their silver anniversary of 25 years of extraordinary growth.

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Evolution of Shipping: Amazon Starts Own Air Cargo and Trucking Services

MishTalk

Thus, it cannot be much of a surprise to learn Amazon Starting its Own Air Cargo Operation. Cargo Facts reported today [December 18] that Amazon is building its own cargo operation and is in talks with Boeing to acquire up to 20 767-freighter jets to help deliver packages to customers around the U.S.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business

Unlike national oil companies and oil majors that typically take five to 10 years to develop conventional oil reserves, these independent and “unconventional” players have improved their drilling and fracturing technology to the point where they can respond within months to temporary spikes or dips in the market. The soaring U.S.

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Message to 5.7 Million Truck Drivers "No Drivers Needed"

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. We are going to have a driverless truck because there will be money in it," adds James Barrett, president of 105-rig Road Scholar Transport Inc. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links.

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CIA Torture Reports: Frozen to Death; Rectal Rehydration, Broken Limbs; 54 Countries Assist US; Dick Cheney War Criminal

MishTalk

It also used a vast network of other countries to help capture, detain, transport, and, yes, torture detainees. This is the program under which the CIA would detain and transport suspected terrorists with the help of foreign governments. Can anyone please explain why the US is still running a torture operation in Cuba?

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Combining their industry experience, the pair were forerunners in what became a specialty area in professional services: turnaround management, corporate restructuring and operational performance improvement for companies and stakeholders. Transportation and Infrastructure. Consumer Packaged Goods. Financial Services. Healthcare.