Remove 2004 Remove Franchising Remove Innovation Remove Management
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What Connects Coca-Cola, Lego, In-N-Out, Intuit, and Nike? Focus.

In the CEO Afterlife

This can mean expanding product lines, entering new markets and geographies, line extending brands, acquiring new businesses, creating projects, and adding layers of management to manage the self-created complexity. By 2004, sales and profits were in double digit declines. They’ve never franchised. In-N-Out Burger.

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