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Insider Insight on Price Fixing | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

Insider Insight on Price Fixing. by John • April 14, 2011 • Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. You may have read the story about EU regulators fining P&G and Unilever to the tune of $456 million for price fixing laundry detergents in eight European countries. April 26, 2011 at 11:20 pm.

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Clout as Strategy and Why Companies Won't Admit It | In the CEO.

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • August 29, 2011Human Resources , Leadership , Strategy • 2 Comments. Regulators now worry that declining seed competition may lead to price increases on foods that every American family consumes. October 8, 2011 at 5:19 am. October 15, 2011 at 8:39 am. Human Resources.

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

Strategy Driven

Forced to do more with much less, the small businesses that have managed to survive and even thrive during these tough times have recognized one important factor: You can’t always compete on price, but you can compete on service. You might not always be able to slash your prices lower than those of your competitors.

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To Radically Redesign Health Care, Start with One Unit

Harvard Business Review

For example, before performing every operation the surgical team should conduct a “time-out” 100% of the time to ensure that everyone agrees that they are operating on the correct patient and are performing the correct procedure on the right site and that any questions or concerns that any team member might have are addressed.

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A Boomer's Advice to Marketers: Go Ahead, Make My Day | In the.

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • June 19, 2011 • Life , Marketing , Strategy • 1 Comment. We operate by the mantra of “use it or you lose it.” Give us the ways and means and you will have a loyal customer keen to pay premium prices for your products and services. June 21, 2011 at 5:57 pm. Human Resources.

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What Employers Can Do to Accelerate Health Care Reform

Harvard Business Review

I’ve had the opportunity to participate with many large, self-insured employers in three such marketplace collaboratives: one led by Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle in 2005, another led by Intel in Portland, Oregon, in 2009, and the Robert Bree Collaborative , created by the Washington State legislature in 2011. Insight Center.

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An Insider’s Account of the Yahoo-Alibaba Deal

Harvard Business Review

By mid-2004, however, the operation was mired in conflict over control and differences in management style. Zhou reportedly felt that the original Yahoos were overpaid and lazy, whereas the Yahoo team felt bullied and believed Zhou wasn’t focused on the Yahoo operations. We were ready to give Ma the keys to Yahoo’s operations in China.