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A Survey of 1,700 Companies Reveals Common B2B Pricing Mistakes

Harvard Business

It traced much of the cause to a mismatch between its sales incentives and pricing strategy. align the incentives for frontline sales staff with the pricing strategy, encouraging prudent pricing through an appropriate balance of fixed and variable compensation. Bad Incentives Undercut the Best Pricing Strategies.

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

This allowed for more severe penalties for fraudulent financial activity and required top level management to individually certify the accuracy of all financial reporting. In May 2004, BearingPoint reported a valuation decline of 61%. Strategy & Business Executive. Strategy & Business Executive. Practice Areas.

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How Advanced Analytics Is Changing B2B Selling

Harvard Business

And as customers use Blast IQ and contribute more of their own data, over time, the company will have a large enough dataset to train more powerful machine learning models. Orica is now codifying the decision logic of the most experienced blasting managers through predictive modeling to serve up personalized recommendations on demand.

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Is There a Shortage of Skilled Workers? My Own Personal Experiences

MishTalk

Given all the media hype about the severe shortage of skills in the US and the need for more education and training, inquiring minds may be interested in alternative views. That job ended when Chase and Chemical merged. Perhaps 1 out of 100 make some use of their training. My first contract was at Chase.

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Reshoring Myth Explodes: Ofshoring Opaces Onshoring Every Year Since 2004 Except 2011

MishTalk

Supply Chain reports 2015 U.S. reshoring train that so many predicted has yet to leave the station.” Many of the report insights run counter to the points of view and “hype” regarding reshoring of manufacturing to the United States. Reshoring Index Indicates Manufacturing Reshoring Trend Has Subsided. In 2015 the A.T.

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Reshoring Myth Explodes: Offshoring Outpaces Onshoring Every Year Since 2004 Except 2011

MishTalk

Supply Chain reports 2015 U.S. reshoring train that so many predicted has yet to leave the station.” Many of the report insights run counter to the points of view and “hype” regarding reshoring of manufacturing to the United States. Reshoring Index Indicates Manufacturing Reshoring Trend Has Subsided. In 2015 the A.T.

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Terrorist Arrests in Germany, Belgium; Nine Warning Signs Ignored; Could Attacks Have Been Prevented?

MishTalk

The arrests in Germany and reports the Belgian police is investigating whether the men charged in Belgium provided the bombs used in the suicide attacks indicate that the conspiracy may have been wider than previously thought — and that more than one attacker may still be on the loose. But why aren't safeguards the same throughout the EU?