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Don’t Be Tyrannized by Old Metrics

Harvard Business

Consider the automotive industry. automotive manufacturers owned rental car companies in the hopes of maintaining strong unit sales figures by captive fleet purchases (which were also to maintain volume to fulfill their onerous union obligations). When things change, outmoded metrics can threaten a firm’s survival.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Management Consulted

PwC moved on to acquire Ant’s Eye View, in August 2012, a social media strategy development and consulting firm. Automotive. Coaching & Development. Professional development. In 2010, PwC continued the trend by buying out Diamond Management and Technology Consultants, Inc., and in August 2011, purchased PRTM.