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Empowering Small Business Growth Through Consulting

Business Consulting Agency

Financial Management and Analysis Financial management is a cornerstone of small business success. Consultants assist in financial analysis, budgeting, cash flow management, and identifying areas for cost optimization and revenue enhancement.

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8 Reasons that May Cause You to Loose Customers

Tom Spencer

Gyms and insurance companies are particularly notorious for this. The customer feels cheated if some additional charge comes up on their credit card or if they are denied some discount or insurance claim which was very publicly advertised. Improve your processes and invest in technology.

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8 Issues that May Cause You to Lose Customers

Tom Spencer

Gyms and insurance companies are particularly notorious for this. The customer feels cheated if some additional charge comes up on their credit card or if they are denied some discount or insurance claim which was very publicly advertised. Improve your processes and invest in technology.

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Leadership Development Should Focus on Experiments

Harvard Business

Industry research, for example, shows that companies spent more than $24 billion on leadership and management training worldwide in 2013, an increase of 15% from 2012. Underlying this notion was the lack of tangible results that could be attributed to management training. One experiment generated a 2.6%

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How Digital Technology Is Changing Farming in Africa

Harvard Business

For example, aerial images from satellites or drones, weather forecasts, and soil sensors are making it possible to manage crop growth in real time. The process improves farm productivity and reduces input waste by using analytics to facilitate data-driven farming practices for small-scale farmers.

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Why GE, Boeing, Lowe’s, and Walmart Are Directly Buying Health Care for Employees

Harvard Business

HDP is a third-party administrator with expertise in the development and management of travel surgery programs, providing strategic and operational management of this program. More than 90% of those patients heed that recommendation and do not go on to have surgery at home through traditional insurance.

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What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

Harvard Business

Companies would like to see process improvements and better infrastructure at the border to reduce costs to import. Most Mexico country managers believe one of the following scenarios is likely: A long period of populist-driven uncertainty.