Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Though the firm’s background is exclusively in pricing, in more recent years it has been breaking into other practice areas such as strategy, marketing, and sales. In 1996, Simon-Kucher opened an office in Boston and began to put more of a focus on its other three practice areas: strategy, marketing, and sales. Industries.

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1 to 1

JULY 29, 2022

Insights into what customers want and need are more important than ever as the economy and market conditions change. TTEC identified the top reasons (intents) customers contact companies across different industries for customer support. Businesses are eager to unlock insights that can help them adapt to change and reengage customers.

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BCG

JUNE 2, 2016

Cuba has taken steps toward opening its market and loosening the rules governing private businesses, and it has made overtures toward reestablishing international trade. A third will analyze the country’s travel and tourism industry. Restrictions on trade and travel are easing. This article is the second in a series.

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MishTalk

APRIL 10, 2014

The Los Angeles 2020 Commission presented a catalog of failings that it said were a unique burden to the city: widespread poverty and job stagnation, huge municipal pension obligations, a struggling port and tourism industry and paralyzing traffic that would not be eased even with a continuing multibillion-dollar mass transit initiative.

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Harvard Business

MAY 27, 2016

Why is the airline industry so terrible? Instead of getting into a price war or squabbling over a shrinking market, both disruptors and incumbents find new ways to create value. In computers, Dell and Gateway were both disruptive to the PC industry by targeting the low end. Which brings us back to the airline industry.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 18, 2015

One widely recognized "big loser" is the tourism industry. Net-net this is likely to be a loser for the tourism industry, but it may not be the total carnage most expect. The big short-term loser was the financial industry. And market makers have to take the other side of client bets. It''s what they do.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Jose Manuel Soria, the Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism said that it appears that there is a direct relationship between the injection of gas into the underground Castor warehouse and earthquakes. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

But peruse some of the recent headlines about Iran , and you might wonder whether the market’s potential was overstated. However, despite a weakened economy, political tensions, market uncertainty, and the lingering effects of sanctions, Iran remains an important opportunity for multinationals in emerging markets.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The launch of Pokémon Go this summer was a huge success—both for the gaming industry and for Augmented Reality (AR). In a previous piece I discussed why some AR apps are destined to be forgotten as gimmicks, and what mistakes marketers should avoid when trying to deploy them. Aside from complex technological advances (e.g.,

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

With expanding middle classes demanding more-comprehensive care, governments of these emerging markets are under pressure to invest as chronic disease rates — particularly those related to Western lifestyles — dramatically increase and the average age of their once-young populations begins to rise.

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2016

” But how many travelers can “live there” before Airbnb accepts that it has become a vehicle for mass tourism, and that its users are tourists, no more and no less? Like other parts of the tourist industry, Airbnb has become a double-edged sword. Such developments are timely.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 20, 2015

One widely recognized "big loser" is the tourism industry. The soaring Swiss franc that caused howls in financial markets is creating a bonanza in stores, where shoppers are suddenly getting discounts on everything from vegetables to party dresses. The recent move in the Swiss franc puts a spotlight on the issue. I commented.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 28, 2013

That and a drop in unemployment figures, largely considered to be a result of seasonal hiring in the tourism industry, are the first signs of the "light at the end of the tunnel" that the government has been promising since initiating a series of deeply unpopular austerity measures. The average Joe on the Street knows Rajoy is a liar.

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Tourism Banking Government Construction 73

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Airbnb, valued this year at $30 billion, recently announced that it will start selling “experiences” — small tourism projects — as a way to create new revenue streams and address the increased regulatory scrutiny in some of its bigger markets. Branding and marketing. Sales force.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2016

.” Unlike other countries on the continent, Colombia used much of the money it earned during the commodities boom to invest in infrastructure and industrial development. He wanted to expand tourism to the country in number of visitors and by attracting tourists to areas formerly ruled by guerillas.

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Management Consulted

MARCH 27, 2015

We climbed a volcano and met the President of Nicaragua in a market. From our second day in El Salvador, I had studied the concrete industry – I wondered why the government kept choosing to repave old roads instead of creating new ones. In Guatemala, I researched cultural tourism and Spanish immersion training.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 5, 2015

I believe there are plenty of solutions, some short-term, some long-term, all of them free-market based. For example, heart surgery in the US that may cost $30,000 (or far more), can be had in India for as little as $8,000 (see my post on Medical Tourism ). No Easy Solution? Peter from Canada says there are no easy solutions.

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