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Organizational Fitness for Growth: Five Insights for CEOs

Kates Kesler

We recently completed a study for the CEO of a very well known, global sports-apparel brand company. Our sports-apparel CEO had the right idea in challenging his team to think about the organization and ask: are we fit for growth, given our strategies going forward? Learning from Big Companies.

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To Grow Your Business Abroad, Partner with Local Influencers

Harvard Business

And they can be very expensive — in addition to overseas business travel, local distribution partner relationships require significant up-front investment to get started and to manage effectively. A New Type of Local Partner. The rise of social media has created a new type of local partner: local digital influencers.

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Is Your Marketing in the Right Place but at the Wrong Time? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM GOOGLE

Harvard Business

How exactly are they doing that, and thereby realizing further gains in ROI? A global sporting goods manufacturer used to mix brand-oriented, aspirational messages and price-focused promotional messages during the same time frame, in part because its e-commerce and brand teams did not coordinate with each other.