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The Beliefs that Built a Global Brewer

Harvard Business Review

Now the largest beer company in the world, AB InBev reported a double digit EBITDA growth rate and almost 30% growth in earnings per share. The Brazilian company AmBev, already at 20% EBITDA in 2000, increased its margins to a whopping 36% in 2003. Anheuser's EBITDA in 2007, prior to its acquisition, was 23%.

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Strategies for Succeeding in Today’s Brazil

Harvard Business Review

By 2007, Brazil had reclaimed its position as the number-one destination of foreign investment in the region from Mexico, according to CEPAL , one of the five regional commissions of the UN; Brazil also represented 30–40% of a typical multinational’s Latin America portfolio, according to our internal client polling. times EBITDA.

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How to Anticipate a Burning Platform

Harvard Business Review

In 2007, for instance, when Amazon introduced the original Kindle, it was far from clear whether e-readers would ever catch on in a big way. EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) is the equivalent of corporate blood pressure. The book retail platform was not yet burning. Look at profit margin trends.

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Publishing Is Not Dying

Harvard Business Review

And it’s not just the financial results that are impressive — Huffington Post has won a Pulitzer Prize, as has Politico, a news organization launched in 2007. Last year, News Corp’s newspaper division reported EBITDA of $795 million on $6.7 The Huffington Post was sold for $315 million in just six years. Publishing start-ups are hot.

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Recommended Resources – An Interview with Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi, authors of The Essential Advantage

Strategy Driven

times EBITDA (compared to average multiples of 15 at the time). Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. It divested a number of personal care and confectionary lines (e.g., Schick razors and Trident) and acquired other products (e.g., Purell) consistent with its chosen way to play. billion, or 20.6 All rights reserved.

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A Leadership Checklist: 10 Things To Do Right Now To Make It A.

Terry Starbucker

After graduating from my undergrad education (2007) I unexpectedly joined my parents’ company as the Global Sales and Marketing Director…it has been amazing yet seems to be a daily trial by fire test. Barbara @wiredprworks Del Putnam January 5, 2010 at 11:00 am Thanks for sharing this, Terry I love #8. Fantastic post.

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Every Fast-Growing Company Has to Combat Overload

Harvard Business Review

And in 2007 the right leader arrived: Kevin Sheehan, a veteran executive with experience in the car-rental and entertainment industries. From 2008 through 2013, EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) margins increased for 20 consecutive quarters, from 5% to 25%. Sheehan’s strategy has worked.

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