Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

Competition without relationships turns products and services turn into commodities. One half of building business is supplying quality products or services; the other half is skill in building relationships. Then come down—whether it is getting published or getting a new product into stores. Proceed with extreme caution.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Sharpe Advertising 100

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2015

This comes at a significant financial and productivity cost to all organizations, as demonstrated by research in corporate settings : Onboarding an external hire can cost up to twice the departing executive’s salary, and the time it takes for an external hire to become productive is twice as long as for someone hired from within.

Development 8

Development Mentor COO CFO 8

HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Attending a conference in your field might be a goal for someone who is passionate about sharing their expertise with others. You may want to lead a company, be responsible for a new product, design the next big campaign, be the go-to person for a specific skill, etc. Identify the basis for your desired recognition.

Examples 52

Examples Goal Career Short-term 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 3, 2012

Their reliance on alliances and licenses has increased in both product development and marketing and they have become aggressive acquirers. They'll become themselves less attractive as partners and licensees and over time they'll gradually become less able to finance acquisitions. As yet, the facts don't seem to substantiate the fears.

Licensing 12

Licensing Depreciation Pharmaceuticals Budgeting 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2015

If they don’t like a company’s product, or an experience they had, the whole world will know about it. Making this connection can be more challenging for big established companies, whose primary success is built on products and value propositions from an earlier time. They already account for a third of the U.S.

Company 8

Company Hotels Travel Class 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2012

Senior executive customers tend to have larger budgets, are less price sensitive and more focused on value. On the other hand, if you're larger and better established, you can help me reward my team by having them showcase their work at conferences and present papers. But closing the sale is no time to relax. Create a customer council.

Reference 12

Reference CIO PR Learning-by-Doing 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

This required pulling together market data, financial trends, and competitive information — and then working with medical and regulatory professionals, ad agencies, product managers, and country staff to shape the final plans. They just weren’t putting together a high-quality product.

Management 8

Management Pharmaceuticals Learning-by-Doing Marketing 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 11, 2018

You want a vendor that is going to give you top notch customer service on top of a great product. Meetings simply aren’t productive, and this means they are costing you money. Your utility bills can be a big drain on your finances if you don’t shop around for the best deals. Discourage Multi Tasking.

Outsourcing 52

Outsourcing Energy Software Credit Scoring 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2012

TED has its main conferences (TED in the US and TEDGlobal in Europe) where people with relatively big wallets gather once a year to hear smart people give short talks, creating "ideas worth spreading." In June 2009, they announced a program called TEDx that allow many to organize their own TED-inspired conference.

Marketing 17

Marketing Brand Mass Marketing Metrics 17

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

I still spend much of my time traveling from conference to conference in the West to meet people who can help my work succeed (I'm writing this on a train bound for Davos). I am required to do all this on a shoestring budget and a super-lean staff. And I do it from Africa. I have a dozen friends in rather similar situations.

Supply Chain 14

Supply Chain Globalization Politics Franchising 14