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Sales Bonuses Are Supposed to Motivate, So Don’t Waste Them on Easy Targets

Harvard Business

The belief is that at-risk pay motivates salespeople to work hard and direct effort towards sales activities that encourage achievement of sales goals. sales forces, but the mix varies across industries and sales roles. Within an industry or company, pay mix often varies across sales roles.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

IBM was founded in 1911 and has a rich history of ingenuity, deep convictions, premier research and development, and trend setting. IBM sold off its consumer-focused computing systems and PC hardware side of the business to Chinese manufacturer, Lenovo, for a historic sale of USD$1.75B. Marketing Sales & Service.

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

Today’s emphasis is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the USA) – a premier boutique firm focused on sales force and marketing optimization. Upon realizing that their findings were highly applicable to the problems of sales force sizing and resource allocation, they decided to investigate further. sales force teams.

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Research: Innovation Suffers When Drug Companies Merge

Harvard Business

Regulators try to model how prices, sales, and even the combining parties’ research and development efforts will change after a merger. This is especially true in pharmaceutical markets where new and affordable drugs can improve and even save the lives of many people. Sometimes, approval is granted on certain conditions.

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Startups Are Turning Customers into Lobbyists

Harvard Business

In Minnesota, a baker named Shelley Erickson mobilized customer support through two petitions on Change.org to challenge “cottage laws” that prohibited the sale of food made by independent bakers in their homes. Small businesses and entrepreneurs have also effectively deployed online petitions. In the U.S.,

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Simon-Kucher & Partners Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

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. Practice Areas.

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How to Navigate a Digital Transformation

Harvard Business

For example, do you make and sell things, hire skilled employees and provide services, develop and new IP like software or pharmaceuticals, or build and manage digital networks, be they transactional, informational, or social? That includes identifying your current mix of assets and the business model that your asset portfolio creates.

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