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Strategizing for Success: Keys for Planning Annual Sales & Marketing Goals, part 2 of 2

Strategy Driven

How did you do in the area of time management? For instance, how many hours of sleep did you average per night this year, and how many hours would you need to achieve optimal energy for top business performance? Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. How did you do in the area of training? All rights reserved.

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Why Apple Is Getting into the Energy Business

Harvard Business Review

Consider Apple, hardly a byword in the energy business. This summer, the company applied for federal licenses to sell directly to customers the excess renewable energy it generates on its new campus and in facilities across Oregon, Nevada, and California. But solar electricity is only the beginning of the future energy marketplace.

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What do you do when workplace ‘change’ happens?

Strategy Driven

When Socrates said, “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new” he was giving you (and me) the wisdom of his ages, and a thousand years later it is still wisdom of our ages. Think: health and finances. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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What Is Management Research Actually Good For?

Harvard Business Review

” Is management research a folly? There can be little doubt that a lot of activity goes into management research: according to the Web of Knowledge, over 8,000 articles are published every year in the 170+ journals in the field of “Management,” adding more and more new rooms.

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Technology Is Changing Transportation, and Cities Should Adapt

Harvard Business Review

million deaths in 2015 ), and air pollution (health problems like respiratory ailments). McKinsey and Bloomberg New Energy Finance have estimated that in 50 metropolitan areas worldwide, a rapid transition to advanced mobility systems could yield $600 billion in societal benefits through 2030.

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The Top 20 Start-Up Accelerators in the U.S.

Harvard Business Review

Heading into 2015, a number of trends are apparent in the accelerator space. A large proportion of new programs focus on a specific industry – for example, healthcare or energy. of the companies raised a significant round of financing within a year of graduating from a program, with an average raise of $1.5

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Stop Saying Big Companies Can’t Innovate

Harvard Business Review

Vanguard carved out a niche by managing low-cost index mutual funds in 1975. The company now has more than 20 million investors in 170 companies and, as of the end of last year, manages more than $3 trillion in global assets. billion in discretionary assets under management — more than the above competitors combined.