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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. Here’s how the Fortis B2B team define themselves: Natural gas is our business. October 31, 2011 at 11:12 am. October 31, 2011 at 11:52 am. October 31, 2011 at 12:33 pm. October 31, 2011 at 10:36 pm.

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Kmax Blog Links Evan Carmichael – www.evancarmichael.com B2B Yellow Pages Directory B2BYellowpages.com is a leading Internet directory of resources useful to small businesses.

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Building a Direct-to-Consumer Strategy Without Alienating Your Distributors

Harvard Business Review

As a result, many B2B companies remain stuck in a stalemate. Starting in 2011, Mercedes chose to develop direct distribution capabilities for electric bicycle sales under its Smart brand. This dual distribution strategy resonated with both consumers and investors — as Cree’s stock price tripled from 2011 to 2013.

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Diary of a mid-career job seeker: 9, 800, 20, 10, 5, 2, 3, 1

Roundtable Talk

Since September of last year, I have had phone and/or face to face interviews with BMO (three times), Air Miles, Scotiabank, Canwest, CFIB, Interbrand, CTV, CIBC, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Laura Canada, B2B Trust and Modelo Molson to name a few. Whew, it was a lot of hard work but really rewarding.

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Can Chinese Smartphone Darling Xiaomi Compete in Western Markets?

Harvard Business Review

Led by its Steve Jobs-inspired CEO Lei Jun, the company has experienced breakneck speed since its first smartphone launch in October 2011. For example, consumer brands tend to have more of a social/emotional component to their jobs-to-be-done, while B2B products are heavier on functional needs.

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Morning Advantage: Will Hadoop Smarts Make Sears Rich?

Harvard Business Review

And apparently the 130-year-old retailer has become so adept that it’s stopped giving away advice over the phone and started selling data management services under the B2B brand MetaScale. billion drop in revenue leading to losses of $930 million (after 2011’s $1.1 But with a $1.7 billion revenue drop resulted in a $3.1

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Take Your Show on the Road

Harvard Business Review

Cisco Systems, known for its digital telephone switches and routers, had four 25-foot vans touring the country from 2004 to 2011 , to events put on by its channel partners. At the B2B level, vans have turned this dynamic on its head, investing in assets explicitly to provide showrooms that educate and raise awareness.

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