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B2B Salespeople Need to Act More Like Travel Agents

Harvard Business

Consider what’s happened with travel: With the explosion of internet travel sites in the 2000s, consumers took charge of their own travel, and travel agencies hemorrhaged business. According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015.

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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

Aerospace is one of the fastest growing markets. While both the size of the market and its growth rate are both large, so is its carbon footprint. The Aviation Market. Ever since the Wright Brother’s famous first flight in 1903, the aviation market has gone nowhere but up. per year over the same period.

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The Secrets of Retail’s Repeat Top Performers

BCG

For the five years from 2011 through 2015, the industry’s performance declined somewhat in both absolute and relative terms. The best value creators over time are those that are insulated from e-commerce, capitalize on the growth of emerging markets, and continually evolve their business model. See Exhibit 1.)

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The Cambridge Group: Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

Acquired in 2009 by The Nielsen Company, a world leader in market research, and with only one location in downtown Chicago, the Cambridge Group has taken the most basic concept of “supply and demand” and concluded that there is a better way. Go to Market Optimization. Market Entry Strategy. THE CAMBRIDGE GROUP. Innovation.

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The Reason Air Travel Is Terrible and So Few Airlines Are Profitable

Harvard Business

Instead of getting into a price war or squabbling over a shrinking market, both disruptors and incumbents find new ways to create value. This benefits customers – both the high-end customers being chased by incumbents, and the low-end or middle-market consumers being served by disruptors — and the industry at large.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Space travel alone is challenging, but reusing a rocket by landing it on a drone ship takes the complexity to another level. A financial services company engaged in investment banking and capital markets estimated the customer benefit of the Space X Falcon 9 reusable rocket. million per launch. This culture highlights coming in first.

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Simple Man's Macro View of the World

MishTalk

by 2015 Q3 One Economic View: Disinflation/deflation will be catalyst for asset sell-off One Timing View: Q2/Q3-2015 low this cycle for all indicators One Guaranteed View: Volatility will go up significantly Core Trading Views 10Y Bond yields(US) will continue lower into Q2-2015. US 10-Year treasury yield will drop under 1.5%