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Glamorous Celebrity Deaths and Minimal Taxes in 2010 :: Women on.

Women on Business

This is a change from the 2010 law which based taxation of inherited assets on their original cost basis, instead of their current fair market value. However, since the new tax changes are only in effect from January 1, 2010 until December 31, 2012, we may face another estate tax controversy down the road. The Bush law did allow a $1.3

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What Big Consumer Brands Can Do to Compete in a Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

A recent report by the consultancy BCG documented a general decline in sales among consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies in the United States during 2017, with mid-sized and large companies losing market share and small companies increasing theirs. Consultancy Catalina also revealed that 90 of the 100 top brands had all lost market share.

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The Fastest-Growing Cause for Shareholders Is Sustainability

Harvard Business Review

To gain further insights into the sustainability and financial outcomes associated with shareholder advocacy efforts, Jody Grewal, Aaron Yoon, and I analyzed 2,665 shareholder proposals submitted between 1997 and 2012 in a new paper. In contrast, fair marketing and advertising of products are very important for companies in these sectors.

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What Greece Has to Do Now: Fix Its Economy

Harvard Business Review

To be sure, the proposal set forth by the Greek finance minister is less detailed than that of his predecessor, and leaves some room for maneuvering, but this is a mixed blessing, as the EU, the IMF, and the ECB will need to sign off on specifics. Will an advertised collaboration with the OECD bear any fruits?

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In Product Development, Let Your Customers Define Perfection

Harvard Business Review

The second company is Fiat Chrysler, which introduced the Dodge Dart compact in 2012 with great fanfare, and even greater expectations. But by the turn of the millennium, the German automaker needed a new product for the mass market to jumpstart sales, and decided to make a vehicle for the burgeoning SUV segment. In the U.S.,

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The Real Reasons Companies Are So Focused on the Short Term

Harvard Business Review

This has been a remarkable year for the markets. Quarterly profits have only increased 5% since 2012 , but investors’ valuations of those profits (as measured by earnings per share) has increased 59% over the same period. CEOs from rival firms); conversely not all inside CEOs have it (CEOs promoted from finance).

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The Secrets to TripAdvisor's Impressive Scale

Harvard Business Review

When he saw TripAdvisor.com start to pick up traffic, he decided to pursue an online advertising based business model with banner ads. billion market capitalization as of this writing. There are three sides to the network: the consumer, the venue and the advertiser. Scaling Lesson 1: Focus On Finding A Great Business Model.

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