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Differentiation’s Arch Enemy: Price

In the CEO Afterlife

As much as ‘branded’ companies pride themselves on being differentiated, ‘value-added’ marketers, they continually exchange ‘price buyers’ with their competition. In the heat of battle, there is a hell of an incentive to discount products for easy market share, even by the most disciplined of marketers.

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Why Price Fixing Continues

In the CEO Afterlife

As much as ‘branded’ companies pride themselves on being differentiated, ‘value-added’ marketers, they continually exchange ‘price buyers’ with their competition. In the heat of battle, there is a hell of an incentive to discount products for easy market share, even by the most disciplined of marketers.

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 4 of 4

Strategy Driven

Crisis management is so much more than handling of the media. We therefore mounted a full-scope crisis management initiative that focused heavily on after-the-crisis help for the victims and their families. Another energy industry client operated coal mines. Finally comes Crisis Training.

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 2 of 4

Strategy Driven

Business shift from the retail dealer customer service mentality of Firestone shifted to a high-production tire operation. Along the way, many defective tires hit the market, subsequently causing SUV rollovers, damage and, in some cases, deaths. Inevitably, when retailers contract, they blame poor performance upon bad locations.

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How To Increase Profits Through Gender-Balanced Leadership

Eric Jacobson

Melissa Greenwell "You are leaving money on the table and forfeiting your strategic advantage if you don't have women well represented on your boards and seniors management teams," argues Greenwell. High-potential women often operate under the radar. percent a year higher than those with no female representation.

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Disruptive Business Models | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

So, in today’s post I’ll examine the power of disruption as a key business driver… Disruptive business models focus on creating, disintermediating, refining, reengineering or optimizing a product/service, role/function/practice, category, market, sector, or industry. Are your management and executive ranks void of youth?

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Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 1 of 4

Strategy Driven

For many years, we will be measuring how loss of corporate credibility has tainted all facets of business, in terms of remediation, replacement, litigation, make-good, rework, damage control, recovery process, settlements to victims, decreased stock market value and sagging retail sales. There exist two current options.

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