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Don’t Be Tyrannized by Old Metrics

Harvard Business

Most industries cower to a few central metrics, the yardsticks that define the winners and losers. For example, same-store sales or sales per square foot measure success in the retail industry, and various volume measures do it in commodity industries. Consider the automotive industry. For years, U.S.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Management Consulted

Hewlett-Packard was in negotiations to purchase MCS for $17B prior to the scandal’s blast on the industry, but negotiations predictably broke down in 2000. PwC moved on to acquire Ant’s Eye View, in August 2012, a social media strategy development and consulting firm. Industries. Automotive. Asset Management.