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Business Book Review: Lords of Strategy

Management Consulted

This week’s post is on Lords of Strategy - written by Walter Kiechel III , a journalist for 30 years, serving as an editor of Fortune and editorial director of Harvard Business Publishing. It was interesting to know that private equity firms are among the largest clients of the strategy consulting giants.

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Sustainability: The Growing Importance of ESG Metrics

Tom Spencer

In today’s business landscape, sustainability is no longer a niche concern; it’s a core component of corporate strategy. Environmental Metrics: These measure a company’s impact on the planet, including emissions, energy efficiency, waste management, water usage, and sustainability of the supply chain.

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How Companies Are Using Machine Learning to Get Faster and More Efficient

Harvard Business

Although machine-reengineering is new, companies are already seeing striking results with it, particularly in boosts to speed and efficiency. As companies implement digital strategies, they introduce new labor-intensive tasks to sort through all the data they’re collecting. Scanning Images, Voice and Text. Interpreting images.

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A Study Shows the Best Times of Day to Post to Social Media

Harvard Business

companies are expected to spend more than $37 billion dollars on social media promotion annually each year by 2020, representing 24% of the economy’s total digital advertising spend. Putting an Ad Hoc Strategy to the Test. ” The Science Behind a Successful Strategy.

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How Blockchain Can Help Marketers Build Better Relationships with Their Customers

Harvard Business

Blockchain has important implications for marketing and advertising. Meanwhile, its transmission model reduces the costs of transactions, enables verification and efficient exchange of ownership, and opens the door to real-time micropayments. There are implications for marketers and advertisers as well. RyanJLane/Getty Images.

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Quote Your Consulting Billing Rate with Confidence

Successful Independent Consulting

Also, the larger the firm, the more overhead the billing rate needs to cover such as partner salaries and bonuses, real estate, advertising, and training. I said I could do an assessment, strategy, and plan in three to four weeks and my rate was $225 an hour. Figure out your market rate. He said, “How soon can you start?”

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Where Predictive Analytics Is Having the Biggest Impact

Harvard Business

The increased prediction accuracy, in turn, makes it possible to achieve large increases in operational efficiency — having the right inventory in the right locations. Our experience with pricing advertising on the Bing search engine is that using big data can produce substantial gains by better matching advertisers to consumers.

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