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The Challenges GM Is Facing, and the Reasoning Behind Its Plant Closures

Harvard Business

Car sales in the U.S. But car sales are now probably past a cyclical peak, not only in the U.S. For example, the Lordstown, Ohio, factory that makes the Chevy Cruze is running one shift a day, down from three a few years ago, and last year produced 180,000 vehicles, down from 248,000 in 2013. Given the shift in immediate U.S.

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Why So Many High-Profile Digital Transformations Fail

Harvard Business

In 2011, GE embarked upon an ambitious attempt to digitally transform its product and service offerings. GE also went to work on transforming internal processes like sales and supplier relationships. Therefore, no managers should view digital — or any other major technological innovation — as their sure salvation.

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How Companies Are Benefiting from “Lite” Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Business

.” When the company upgraded its commercial insurance line for small businesses a few years ago, the agents jammed internal call centers with questions about how the policies worked and how to set sales quotes. The cost of simply expanding the call centers was prohibitive. Don’t make your AI too lite.

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List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

Monitor addresses all the problems that are involved in growth: strategy, marketing, pricing, innovation, product development, organization, leadership, economic competitiveness. Founded in 1993, Value Partners Management Consulting has offices in 9 countries worldwide. Management Consulting. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer.

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Foundations of Consulting ? Part 2: How Do Consultants Work.

Consulting and Organizational Management

By Carter McNamara on February 12, 2013. which defines a consultant (as Peter Block puts it) as someone who is trying to change another person, process or organization, but who has no direct control over what they are trying to change. Implementation Phase (Change Management Phase). Guest Writer Submissions.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

Marketing and sales, manufacturing, recruiting (including people assessment), customer service, and support are all fields that can benefit from artificial intelligence according to McKinsey’s recent research. These numbers represent more than three times as much as was invested in 2013. ZB by 2020.

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Research Shows That Smaller M&A Deals Work Out Better

Harvard Business

You meet the bar on this lever if you are among the top 20% in your industry in your ratio of capital spending to sales. Strength of productivity program. This means improving productivity at a rate sufficient to put you in at least the top 30% of your industry. It lifted its gross profit-to-sales ratio from 27% to 35%.