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The Price is Right: Decoding the Art of Product Pricing

Tom Spencer

From entrepreneurs putting a new product on the market to executives at a public company revamping a product line, effective pricing is a key pillar of any successful sales and marketing strategy. Pricing strategy is not one-size-fits-all. As a result, companies would be able to consistently maximize profits.

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Book Review – “How the mighty fall” by Jim Collins

Tom Spencer

When Jim Collins, author of the book “How the mighty fall”, was first asked this question by a business executive he was astounded, not being able to answer it. As one reads the book, it becomes evident that the fundamentals of sustaining success are similar for both individuals and organizations.

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L.E.K. Strategy Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

is a Life Sciences and Healthcare powerhouse with expertise across a growing number of fields including Private Equity, Strategy and Mergers & Acquisitions. He retired in 1990 to write books and authored The 80/20 Principle in 1997. An interesting fact: of all the major global strategy firms, L.E.K. Operations.

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How Smart Speakers Are Poised to Reinvent the Travel Industry

Harvard Business

Travelers with an Alexa device at home can book a car rental or hotel through Expedia and Kayak. People can even book flights through voice-enabled Google Search. On many fronts, artificial intelligence-powered smart speakers and apps seem poised to become the world’s virtual travel agents. Insight Center.

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Go Faster Alone but Farther Together

Chad Barr

Under his guidance, LEGO adopted a collaborative ethos, rallying its entire workforce around a pivotal strategy that focused on the iconic LEGO brick, deepened community engagement, and streamlined its operations. Get your copy of my latest new books available now on my Amazon’s author page. The secret?

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Reasons for Today's Stress Pandemic (and Why High-Achieving Women Suffer the Most)

Consulting Matters

As author Caroline Turner states in her book Difference Works: Improving Retention, Productivity and Profitability Through inclusion , “ I lacked the passion to keep it up.” Since men did the traveling, men went to market and so the market institutions, rules, laws and habits were created by men for men.

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Google Enters the Hotel Business, Takes on Advertisers Priceline, Expedia, and Trip Advisor

MishTalk

Google Inc (GOOG) is moving boldly to play a larger role in booking hotel rooms—at the risk of offending some of its most important advertisers. Google is adding more photos and reviews to its hotel listings, so they increasingly resemble those of travel search sites such as Priceline Group Inc. Priceline Group will spend more than $1.5

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