Martinka Consulting

DECEMBER 19, 2020

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? Due diligence is overwhelming my client and his staff. Its people, process and systems. and those “things” are).

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Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

In the years to come, even after seemingly strong performance, commentators would breathlessly describe Microsoft as having a lost decade , despite tripling sales and increasing profit from $9 billion to $22 billion. We examined this issue and published our findings in a recent paper in the Strategic Management Journal.

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MishTalk

JUNE 27, 2014

The Wall Street Journal reports GM Discloses Yet Another Recall. If the motor gear teeth become stripped, the wipers may not operate. Auto sales bounced back after a decline in April. In a seemingly unending series of recalls, GM announce three more recalls today. With every announcement, I wonder "Is this the last?"

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 18, 2023

To do this, they should possess a keen understanding of the client’s target market and existing customer base, as well as the ability to recommend clear and actionable strategies to increase sales, expand the customer base, and develop new product offerings that will appeal to customers.

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MishTalk

AUGUST 17, 2013

Nearly 40% of car factories in North America now operate on work schedules that push production well past 80 hours a week, compared with 11% in 2008, said Ron Harbour, a senior partner with the Oliver Wyman Inc. factory recently cut 500 workers after sales of its new Passat sedan swooned. management consulting firm. Who is Buying Cars?

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

In a recently published paper in the Academy of Management Journal , we explore how major business corporations translate the grand challenge of climate change into strategies, policies, and practices over an extended period of time. Today, businesses often operate on short-term objectives of profit maximization and shareholder return.

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CaseInterview.com

JANUARY 26, 2021

Should we invest more in sales or R&D? A fact pack might have the following slide headlines: This business has $100 million in sales and has been growing 20% per year. The purpose of doing so is to make sure all stakeholders are informed and operating from the same identical base of facts. Lots of opinions on this.

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CaseInterview.com

JANUARY 26, 2021

Should we invest more in sales or R&D? A fact pack might have the following slide headlines: This business has $100 million in sales and has been growing 20% per year. The purpose of doing so is to make sure all stakeholders are informed and operating from the same identical base of facts. Lots of opinions on this.

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Consultant Journal

AUGUST 6, 2019

Sales & Marketing Plan. Operating Plan. That means creating systems for engaging and retaining profitable clients, operating your business and more. It’s just an outline, though – see here for my full business plan kit , which includes the actual materials I use to help clients with their business plans. Executive Summary.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

In sales-driven companies (think pharmaceuticals and industrial equipment), they are often field sales managers who direct dozens of salespeople in the highest-volume regions. The jobs are in sales, customer contact centers, and field service positions. Or they may be people who interact with customers after the sale.

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Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2018

We have written extensively on shareholder activism , and one of us coauthored a study in the Journal of Finance showing that, on average, activists produce value for targeted companies. One popular view of activists is that they are short-term, cut-and-run operators who are looking for a quick profit.

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Martinka Consulting

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The title paraphrases a Wall Street Journal article from August 27, 2018 titled, “The Scan That Saved My Life.” You can assess the financial systems, operations, management, marketing, and other areas. Accurate financial statements will help with operations, the bank, and any eventual buyers. Here’s what you should get from it.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In his Harvard Business Review article summing up his tenure, Immelt recalls that the two things that influenced him most were Marc Andreessen’s 2011 Wall Street Journal article “ Why Software Is Eating the World ” and Eric Ries’s book The Lean Startup. Increase operating margins to 18% (by cutting expenses).

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 30, 2016

Eight years ago the Wall Street Journal had an article with the statistic, “10% of businesses are ready to sell (for maximum value).” Sure, sales will be higher, but so will costs. And two, build the business so that it can be sold for as much money as possible – even if selling is not part of the plan.”

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Emerson Consulting Group

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Being regularly published in professional business journals and trade and industry magazines can not only boost sales and publicity for your firm, but also offer you an invaluable level of credibility. a strategic management and operations consulting firm that helps businesses implement breakthrough strategies.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Compare that to Whole Foods, whose latest 10-K filing makes far fewer references to price, and cites low prices not only as a clear risk factor, but also one which contributed to its recent declines in operating income and net income. Penney, whose sales traditionally were half on-price promotions. Penney went up by 50%.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 15, 2016

Recently the Wall Street Journal had a column on this topic and from that column and other sources I’d like to discuss the following points. The same son who drove all of their sales. Don’t have them hanging around pestering about a distribution when the operators want to reinvest for growth. Are you ready?

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

The July 29, 2015 edition of the Wall Street Journal featured an article titled, “The Cost of Germany’s Graying Managers.” When the son took over the business they shed operations that were half of their sales and staff. They invested in their remaining divisions and within four years sales are up 50%.

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Martinka Consulting

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

On July 30, 2018 the Wall Street Journal had a front-page article titled, “ Employers Eager to Hire Try a New Policy: ‘No Experience Necessary. ’” This is a big swing from the post-Great Recession era when talent was abundant, and employers could be fussy. The tech firms get this with all the amenities they offer on and off campus.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2018

This entails identifying whether exposure to a certain promotion, ad, or specific touchpoint (such as a sales encounter) for a demographic can generate future sales. This can help increase short-term sales as well as build long-term brand loyalty. Mapping adds a new layer to this type of monitoring.

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LSA Global

APRIL 16, 2021

A Sales Leader’s Dilemma – Top Ways to Grow Revenue There are only so many actions available to a sales leader to profitably grow revenue. The art is identifying, agreeing to, and committing to top ways to grow revenue for you and your sales team. Which sales growth lever should you pull?

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MishTalk

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Here is a key one as described by the Wall Street Journal: Google’s Tax Setup Faces French Challenge. France is now threatening Google with a hefty, €1,000 penalty for every defamatory link the company fails to remove from its global network of Google subsidiaries. Google’s Tax Setup Faces French Challenge Yahoo! This is a line that U.S.

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Jerry Fletcher

JUNE 6, 2020

My friend Allen, one of the best sales people I’ve ever met, told me how his jewelry company kept card files on customers that included data on each customer’s extended family. For some it is like writing a journal. I’ve been amazed by the lack of knowledge of the very sophisticated clients I work with of all ages and backgrounds.

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Henman Performance Executive

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal reported that Wal-Mart is in the midst of the worst U.S. sales slump ever, posting its second straight year of declining sales. Executive blog Contact Us. Changes to Mission Can Drive You Down. by Linda Henman on February 23, 2011. How can this happen to America’s behemoth? They misstepped.

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2016

For example, the Wall Street Journal recently suggested that companies sit on a treasure trove of customer data but for the most part do not know how to use it. For example, in oil and gas exploration, big data is used to enhance existing operations and data analysis surrounding seismic drilling. In this article we explore why.

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Emerson Consulting Group

JANUARY 31, 2019

Too often otherwise good sales reps fail because they just haven’t learned to stop talking and start listening. The objective of basic sales questions is to identify what your prospect actually wants. Operating in this manner, you will no longer feel a need to shoehorn all the features, bells and whistles into the conversation.

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Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

In a world filled with tweets, ever-breaking news, a thousand TV channels and podcasts galore, is there any point to toiling away at an article, then seeking a journal or magazine willing to publish it? Published articles are high-level sales tools. Sales of your book increase as a result. Let me see if I have it with me.”.

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Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Record number of small business sales in 2018! Wall Street Journal – The greatest transfer of wealth in history will occur in this country over the next decade; an estimated $10 trillion is expected to change hands, and much of this wealth is tied up in family businesses. This as per bizbuysell.com. Pretty small.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

MARCH 28, 2022

18% reported a failure to close a sale. Executive Coaching Example: A leader from one part of the world was assigned to take on operations in another in one organization. Journal of Applied Psychology, 95(1), 54-78. SA Journal of Industrial Psychology, 43 , e1-e12. 44% lead to failure in completing their projects.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

But they hoped that the benefits would extend far beyond this objective — that the project would introduce the Opera staff to new ways of thinking that offered the potential to fundamentally change how it operated. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford, and previously a senior video producer at The New York Times.

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freshminds

MAY 24, 2016

It operates in about 270 cities in over 60 countries worldwide and is expanding at a vast rate - the company is currently valued at an amazing $51 billion after a total of seven rounds of funding worth $7.4 billion since its launch. The UK’s 'slice of the pie' could be worth around $15bn (or £9bn) in 2025.

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Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

As a consultant, there is no better position to be in for sales conversations than that of the trusted advisor — a position that publishing your white paper helps you take. Knowing that your lead is interested in the topic of the white paper is critical information when coming up with your inbound sales outreach strategy.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 20, 2015

On Monday came a Wall Street Journal story that exactly matched my prediction: Soaring Franc Creates Bonanza in Swiss Stores. For us housewives, this is welcome news for our daily shopping,” said Anita Mueller, who was perusing sales on Banhofstrasse, Zurich’s main thoroughfare, on Monday morning. like restaurants, travel and hotels.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 18, 2016

On April 3, 2009, the Wall Street Journal reported FASB Eases Mark-to-Market Rules. More Banks Take Energy Hits The Wall Street Journal reports More Banks Take Hits on Energy Loans. Morgan Builds Loss Reserves for the First Time in Six Years On January 14, The Wall Street Journal asked: Turning Point? By, how much?

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Management Consulted

APRIL 5, 2015

Marketing & Sales. Operations. A small select few have even branched out into some unexpected areas such as politics and journalism. are operating on smaller budgets than their colleagues at MBB etc. Along with a Chairman, L.E.K. has a global leadership team consisting of 11 members spread across their offices.

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Harvard Business

JULY 28, 2016

While Dollar Shave Club represents a growing share of the razorblades market, it is still tiny, it operates with low margins, is made up of an irreverent albeit engineering-savvy team – and is, as yet, unprofitable. But online sales are estimated to have expanded by over 40% year on year in every quarter since last year.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Indeed, some analysts have gone a step further, declaring that subscription boxes are in the midst of a venture capital-fueled bubble not unlike the flash-sale business craze that ended five years ago. that aggregate sales in the U.S. For example, Blue Apron rose to become the largest meal kit delivery business in the U.S.,

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