BCG

AUGUST 15, 2016

Focus Monday, August 15, 2016. The markets with the greatest growth potential are also the least developed in infrastructure and consumer awareness. As if that weren’t enough, major regulatory changes are profoundly altering the operating environment, shifting advantage in many markets around the world.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

More businesses sold after being advertised on bizbuysell.com than any other year, and 2017 was 25% higher than 2016. Second question: is there similar activity with larger companies, small, mid-sized, and lower middle market firms? Barlow research – Two-thirds of lower middle-market business owners are expected to retire.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 13, 2021

Consultants in the rainbow nation have continued to operate efficiently and effectively during the Covid pandemic. They are temporary responses to the pandemic, rather than trends that will become part of normal operations after the COVID pandemic comes to an end. However, SMEs appear to be a gap in the market.

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BCG

JULY 5, 2016

Article Tuesday, July 05, 2016. Over the past decade, the fintech market has become a hotbed of customer-centric banking innovation. Instead, far and away the greater threat comes from within corporate banking’s own ranks—from fast-moving incumbents that blend fintech innovations into their business and operating models.

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Banking Small Business Finance Operations 75

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

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 Companies are both operators and investors.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Before the iPhone was introduced, in 2007, Nokia was the dominant mobile phone maker with a clearly stated purpose — “Connecting people” — and an aggressive strategy for sustaining market dominance. Nokia was so immersed in executing its strategy that it lost sight of its purpose. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Blockchain has important implications for marketing and advertising. But according to The CMO Survey , only 8% of firms rate the use of blockchain in marketing as moderately or very important. This combination creates a natural barrier to entry and has likely caused marketers to take a “wait and see” approach.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

What makes marketing creative? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JANUARY 1, 2023

I’m not surprised that the struggle to sell tickets in many markets was real. There was too much investment in the “V-shaped” recovery narrative and not enough in looking at what had happened in the market. Predictions for the new year: Selling tickets will be tough in most markets. We have economic challenges in some markets.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Experts have opined for decades on the reasons behind the spectacular failure rates of strategy execution. In 2016, it was estimated that 67% of well-formulated strategies failed due to poor execution. The Gap Between Strategy and Execution. Imagno/Getty Images. They lack depth in their competitive context.

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freshminds

MARCH 22, 2016

Shop Direct - The OC&C Strategy Consultants Pure-Play Etailer of the Year, The Zensar Retail Technology Initiative of the Year and The AlixPartners Growth Retailer of the Year – With three wins in this years awards, Shop Direct was clearly the retailer with the most clout amongst its rivals.

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BCG

JULY 14, 2016

Article Thursday, July 14, 2016. See “Escaping the Doghouse: Winning in Commoditized Markets,” BCG Perspectives, April 2015.) But surviving it, or even benefiting from it, can entail drastic measures, such as rethinking strategy, repositioning the company in the industry’s value chain, and overhauling its operating model.

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BCG

AUGUST 17, 2016

Article Wednesday, August 17, 2016. Over the past 15 years, Europe’s full-service airlines have flown through turbulent skies as they generally failed to adapt to an increasingly price-competitive short-haul market. Lately, the combination of rising demand and falling fuel costs has lifted profits.

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BCG

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Article Thursday, December 15, 2016 Life insurers are feeling the squeeze. Yet that income stream is weakening, as low-risk investment yields dip toward 0% and central banks continue to drain the bond markets. The industry’s overall business growth has stalled, and investment income has become a critical mainstay.

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BCG

APRIL 13, 2016

Perspective Wednesday, April 13, 2016. In an increasingly complex world, companies have to do business in many different markets, work with many different brands, partner with many different suppliers, and use many different operational structures in many different businesses. But they should embrace diversity.

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Martinka Consulting

JANUARY 8, 2017

The usual issues involve people, marketing and life balance. As we head into the last month of 2016 take some time and answer this question for your business and yourself. Be able to say how well the new, full time operations manager is doing. One new marketing strategy implemented. Get into one new market.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Autonomous taxis will operate in test mode next year with a goal of full production by 2020. on Thursday said they will start experimenting with unmanned taxi service beginning in 2016. It's just a test, but it won't take five years for live operation. Reader Alain writes. " But here we are. But here we are. Truck Yeah!

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 11, 2018

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 In 2018, tech firms take seven of the top ten spots (Financial Times Global 500).

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BCG

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Focus Thursday, December 15, 2016. They’ve spent decades building highly efficient operations and dominant market share. Unless the established companies adjust their strategies accordingly, they are likely to find their vaunted advantages a burden, or at least a dwindling asset.

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Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

McKinsey’s New York office recently received a perfect score for the 10th year in a row for the Human Rights Campaign Foundations 2016 corporate equality index, which focuses on the best places to work with regards to LGBT equality and gender equity for women. The office at NYC has grown quite a bit the past ~7 years.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 30, 2017

In it, the authors, both sociologists, made a compelling argument that, to understand labor market outcomes like inequality, it wasn’t enough to look at the supply and demand for individuals’ skills. However, any discussion of firms and wage inequality must not be limited to discussion of market forces. Related Video.

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Following on the "success" of the ECB''s LTRO (Long Term Refinance Operation) which did nothing to spur lending and everything to create the biggest sovereign bond bubble the world has ever seen, ECB president Mario Draghi announced a TLTRO or Targeted LTRO on September 4. If they miss the targets, they must pay the funds back in 2016.

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BCG

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Article Tuesday, October 25, 2016. Ever since BCG introduced the growth share matrix, in the 1960s, executives have understood that portfolio management is a critical component of any strategy for superior value creation. It is an understandable mindset, but it comes with a major strategic risk.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 12, 2018

By 2017 it was operating in over 190 countries, and today close to 73 million of its some 130 million subscribers are outside the U.S. But Netflix’s globalization strategy, and many of the challenges it’s had to overcome, are unique. and Netflix has managed to make inroads into even those markets where Prime arrived first.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 12, 2018

It operates in over 190 countries, and close to 73 million of its some 130 million subscribers are outside the U.S. But Netflix’s globalization strategy, and many of the challenges it’s had to overcome, are unique. and Netflix has managed to make inroads into even those markets where Prime arrived first.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 16, 2018

For example, China Merchants Bank, China’s largest non-state backed lender, launched such a product called “ Machine Gene Investment ” in December 2016, which now has more than RMB 10 billion AUM. So much so, that we might ultimately expect a small number of massive robo-advisory firms to completely dominate this market.

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Banking Transportation Financial Data 84

Tom Spencer

JUNE 24, 2017

This always forms a key pillar of an elite school’s marketing campaign to prospective parents. In other words, by the very people who themselves do not face competitive market forces. How is this relevant to issues in the business world like profit, market share, and market dominance? Will it come to that?

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Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2018

On March 25 mighty Uber bowed out of Southeast Asia by selling its operation in several countries to local rival Grab. Uber’s setback in the international market, however, wasn’t its first. In 2016 the company sold its China operation to Didi Chuxing because of the fierce competitiveness of the local player.

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Harvard Business

MAY 12, 2017

In management terms, it needs a value proposition , a business model , and a strategy. But it’s struggling with the third (strategy) because Instagram has been copying its most popular features. .” For instance, Instagram launched Stories, a feature seemingly derivative of Snapchat, in August 2016.

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MishTalk

JUNE 2, 2015

Illinois state lawmakers failed to pass a balanced budget for fiscal year 2016 by May 31, and will now be called in for a continuous session in an attempt to pass a budget before the fiscal year starts on July 1. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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Effective Managers

JUNE 9, 2021

According to the latest research from 2016, as much as 78% of the global management consulting spend is within the boundaries of North America and Europe. It’s mostly driven by the financial markets and investor positioning. The development of this profession mostly began in the United States and a handful of countries in Europe.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JANUARY 2, 2023

Disruptive innovation, increased global competition, and evolving market pressures are converging. A study involving over 400 executives from 48 companies connected strategy and innovation performance directly with good leadership habits. Robots and jobs: Evidence from US labor markets. Are your leadership skills future-proof?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2016

Digital transformation halts, or fails, for many reasons—but most often it’s because minor changes at the surface level do nothing to affect the fundamental operations of a company. Increasing the social media marketing budget is not digital transformation. Even building an app is not digital transformation.

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Industry Metrics Transportation Strategy 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2018

Finally, in 2016, it took a new tack. They had to work in sequence, meaning they had to streamline the operation first — before they could launch their new growth effort. The underlying trouble had been McDonald’s working from an inside-out perspective: what fit with its current infrastructure and operations.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2017

D&A should be the pulse of the organization, incorporated into all key decisions across sales, marketing, supply chain, customer experience, and other core functions. Start by developing a strategy across the entire enterprise that includes a clear understanding of what you hope to accomplish and how success will be measured.

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

Companies acquire to accelerate their overall strategy and digital transformation, as Publicis Groupe did when it acquired Sapient for $3.7 The ultimate goal is to signal to the market that the digital acquisition is part of a series of moves that will help you adapt and win in the digitalization of your industry. Insight Center.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 17, 2023

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are key growth strategies for many organizations: entering new markets, acquiring new technologies, or leveraging scale and size. UNDERSTANDING THE LOCAL CULTURAL CONTEXT Today many industries and organizations operate on a global scale.

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