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Consultant Ninja: Another One Bites the Dust: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Its no surprise that the industry has a 20% annual churn rate; the half life of a consulting career is just 3 years. I think strategy firms will adapt in that they focus their hiring more on industry specialists rather than generic mba's. Hope you keep up the blog and the commentary on an industry that is sorely in need of change.

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How Customers Perceive a Price Is as Important as the Price Itself

Harvard Business

Price wars have broken out in consumer industries around the world. Retailers such as ALDI and Walmart have used price to position themselves against traditional competitors in their markets, pinching margins all around. The intense competition on pricing that pervades many industries makes consumer perception more important than ever.

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You Can’t Secure 100% of Your Data 100% of the Time

Harvard Business

And that’s not just social media accounts; it’s bank accounts, retailer gift card accounts with cash and credit cards attached, airline loyalty accounts with years of accumulated frequent flyer points, and other accounts with real value. A similar problem exists with phishing.

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Consultant Ninja: Dipping my toe in the health care debate.

Consultant Ninja

They also happen to be expensive, not because some greedy fat cat is out there, but because that high price justifies the ROI for the R&D in that product in the first place. No need to worry about supply side; a free market consisting of only young, healthy, rich people basically runs itself. July 27, 2009 at 11:21 PM. Hammerspace.

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64 Proven Ways Consultants Can Generate Leads Online (Consulting Lead Generation)

Tsavo Neal

All businesses, regardless of industry, have become what I call O2O businesses—their primary marketing objectives are focused on driving people online to drive them offline. Jon Jantsch, Duct Tape Marketing. ? ?. Partnership Marketing. Outbound Phone Marketing. Email Marketing. Partnership Marketing.

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Where Predictive Analytics Is Having the Biggest Impact

Harvard Business

However, looking at the surveys and consulting reports, it is unclear what the precise use cases are that will drive this positive ROI from big data. Using a single price is economically inefficient because part of the demand curve that could be profitably served is priced out of the market. Improved pricing. Predictive maintenance.

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