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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

Rationale: The main reason IBM decided to buy these 40+ companies is that they could all benefit from the firm’s global sales force. IBM estimates that thanks to its footprint it could accelerate the growth of the companies it purchased by more than 40% over the two years following the acquisition in some cases.

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Deep Dive into Customer Segmentation (Part 1 of 2)

Tom Spencer

It is a critical step towards identifying growth opportunities in business and should be carried out before undertaking any of the following actions: Developing customized marketing programs (e.g. Prioritizing new product development efforts. Customer segmentation is the practice of segmenting customers based on common characteristics.

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Perspectives on “The 24-Hour Customer” (Strategy, Marketing, and Innovation Book) in Context of Marketing Segmentation

Steve Shu Consulting

The significance of the stratification Adrian uses is that in order to play in one quadrant, one often needs to develop separate and specialized strategies. Update (6/30/2010): Catchy teaser video on Time-onomics just released. It is focused on teasing out the details of “why” people really purchase!)

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The Right Way to Spend Your Innovation Budget

Harvard Business

Most innovation investments, such as product improvement, technological innovation, and research and development (R&D) traditionally aim at strengthening the innovation capacity of the organization. Nokia during 2007-2010 was an example of a corporation with great innovation capacity.

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Million Dollar Takeaways and Goals

Chad Barr

Manage myself out of the business, increase my virtual team, clone myself as much as possible in sales & marketing, leverage my staff to the highest level possible and hold them accountable for outcomes and results. When developing my marketing content, make sure it focuses on current times and my client challenges. Just do it.

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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

He installed heavy-weight market leaders in key growth markets (much as GE has done) to bring management attention to market development, commercial capability, and relationships with government entities. The strategy worked until growth slowed in both developed and developing markets. 2: Shed the Layers (vertical health).

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Delivering an Unforgettable Customer Experience - Think customers.

1 to 1

Sales Effectiveness. 1to1 Case in Point. Sales Effectiveness. Sales & Marketing Effectiveness. Intuit , this years Gold winner for customer experience excellence, has developed a highly methodical approach to gathering, analyzing, and acting on customer feedback in a variety of ways to improve the customer experience.

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