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When is a Business Prepared for Sale?

Martinka Consulting

One buyer is a fast-moving middle market company driven by information, metrics, KPI’s, etc. If the management team, or part of it, leave and sales go down so does his ultimate payout. Operations and management systems in place that will make a transition smooth. The post When is a Business Prepared for Sale? Conclusion.

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Asset Management – Industry Overview (Part 1 of 4)

Tom Spencer

Due to the steady nature of the business (taking a percentage of assets under management each year is a pretty sweet deal), asset managers have a business valued more like a basic corporate than other financial institutions such as banks and insurers. Operating Margins. Salaries and trailer fees constitute the largest expenses.

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Three C’s Framework

Tom Spencer

For example, a doctor may prescribe medicine, paid for by an insurance company, and used by the patient. Relevant performance metrics might include profit margins, net income, and return on investment. Are there opportunities to bundle or unbundle the product in order to increase sales volume? Customer Segmentation. Performance.

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How Companies Are Benefiting from “Lite” Artificial Intelligence

Harvard Business

These include improving data-mining operations, helping with training, and making structured, repeatable tasks and processes far more efficient and less costly. Enter ABIe (shorthand for the Allstate Business Insurance Expert), which my firm helped develop. The cost of simply expanding the call centers was prohibitive.

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Fixing Pharma’s Incentives Problem in the Wake of the U.S. Opioid Crisis

Harvard Business

Sales positions can be incentivized by activities like calls on doctors and meeting regional sales targets. As the Los Angeles Times recently reported , Purdue doubled its sales force when the drug launched. “Higher doses did mean more money for Purdue and its sales reps,” write Los Angeles Times reporters.

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Reader Q&A On Bitgold

MishTalk

Going forward however, GoldMoney account holder benefits will include: Access to prepaid debit cards operating on the MasterCard network Lower precious metals storage fees Lower dealing rates An Active Trading Platform Simplified User Interface with Mobile Phone Application. At BitGold that means gold metal sales. Reader Tom Writes.

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What the Best Transformational Leaders Do

Harvard Business

Whereas most business lists analyze companies by traditional metrics such as revenue or by subjective assessments such as “innovativeness,” our ranking evaluates the ability of leaders to strategically reposition the firm. We then narrowed the list to 18 finalists using three sets of metrics: New growth.