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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

Follow some basic ground rules to best focus the time and resources you have: Know what you need. Being sharp means being succinct. If you rely on searches for your background research, so will those you work with (if they are sharp). Additionally know what you have to trade. Rehearse your pitch. Google your name periodically.

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Competing on Service: Eleven Ways to Beat the Competition by ‘Hugging’ Your Customers

Strategy Driven

Twelve cases are written as narratives with multiple teaching points, but without a focus on a particular business decision; the remaining twenty-three cases were written around specific conundrums related to strategy, operations, finance, marketing, leadership, culture, human resources, organizational design, business model, and growth.

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Using Supply Chains to Grow Your Business

Harvard Business Review

One result is that they keep their cards close to their chests about what they are looking for (at first), while expecting you to reveal everything – your finances, pricing, ownership, human resources, production processes, quality assurance, customer service procedures, KPIs, and existing customers.