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What Sales Teams Should Do to Prepare for the Next Recession

Harvard Business

In the 2001 recession, total sales for the S&P 500 declined by 9% from its pre-recession peak to its trough 18 months later—almost a year after the recession officially ended. We’ll focus here on what the sales organization should be doing now to prepare for the next recession, with an eye toward using new digital tools.

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A Look into Microsoft’s Data-Driven Approach to Improving Sales

Harvard Business

Companies are beginning to utilize their employees’ behavioral data — generally known as people analytics — to better understand and improve their sales operations , with strong results. Microsoft, where we work, is no exception, and B2B sales is one of the areas where we are seeing the most value.

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Unrealistic Expectations – Part II – Gotcha!

Martinka Consulting

And this applies to any type of deal, not just the sale of a business, where terms influence the price. Let’s say that the historical (benchmark) standard for the pricing of a business of a certain size and in a certain industry is four times pre-tax profit. The buyer is a great operator and got a great business. times profit.

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

I seriously considered sales & trading (in fact, I spent a summer at Credit Suisse First Boston in NY), and was tempted to continue in that line of work post-graduation. This expertise may be as broad as “operations turnaround” and as specific as “benchmarking for insurance companies.”

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4 Ways Leaders Can Get More from Their Company’s Innovation Efforts

Harvard Business

One reason for the paltry performance is that while other business areas, like sales or finance, are considered to be core functions, innovation is often considered to be something that’s “nice to have” rather than essential. Another pervasive reason is that senior executives are trained as operators, not innovators.

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How One Company Made Its Analytics Investment Pay Off

Harvard Business

The ABU was set up as a centralized profit center with ambitious targets and with direct reporting to the chief operations officer; most often, similar units are organized as cost centers with no specific targets. The value generated by risk- and operational cost-abating analytics initiatives is measured by their impact on the bottom line.

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Consulting Interview Questions

CaseInterview.com

If possible, some benchmark data -- either internally (against different stores, regions, plants, etc.) They can also refresh their sales and marketing approaches. They might sound like: Before the merger, think through whether the target is a good fit and can be acquired at a good price that meets the business's objectives.