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How Does Private Equity Investing Work?

Women on Business

Private equity investors look for companies that have a high potential for growth and that have business objectives that make sense to the business model. They are rewarded with the company’s success, as other shareholders are, and will work hard to make sure the business sees success.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Success Checklist

Strategy Driven

When you own and operate a business you need to have certain procedures for an efficient and seamless function. Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. One of the ways in which you can optimize your business activities would be the focus and attention to detail that a checklist can stimulate.

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How the Best Global Employers Convince Workers to Join and Stay

Harvard Business Review

If companies can’t attract, engage, and retain the right talent, they’re unlikely to achieve their business objectives. It then provides tailored content related to 10 of its core functional areas, including Research & Innovation, Sales & Business Development, and Operations.

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Get More from Your Event Spending

Harvard Business Review

Three of five marketers use no tools to measure event ROI, and most companies plan and execute events without specific business objectives. Technology to do this exists, and it has implications for what managers can do before, during, and after the events they sponsor or attend. The benefits of event marketing are undeniable.

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Is Your Company as Ethical as It Seems?

Harvard Business Review

You are the newly promoted vice president of business development at an oil company. The tightly-controlled automotive company fostered a mentality where the lower ranks faced immense pressure to achieve the company’s business objectives. What’s the tone from upper management? Picture this.

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The Big Picture of Business: Putting Budgeting Into Perspective, The Bigger Picture of Strategic Planning

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Are budgeting measures used to manage performance? The Big Picture.

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The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success

Strategy Driven

The Business Tree™ has 7 major parts… 5 primary branches, a trunk (6) and the base (7): The business you’re in. Running the business. Business development. No single branch (business component) constitutes a healthy tree. Often, it withers and dies an early death. Body of Knowledge.

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