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CEOs Need to Get Serious About Sales

Harvard Business Review

With many companies trying to shake off the drag of a global recession, CEOs are eager to find growth. In writing the book Sales Growth , we've found that CEOs who put sales management at the heart of their agenda have captured astonishing growth — outstripping their peers by 50 to 80 percent in terms of revenue and profitability.

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Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

Likewise, Nebia — a start-up water-efficient showerhead maker in San Francisco — recently scored investment money from Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google Chairman Eric Schmidt’s family foundation. Other contractors have also begun to engage, seeing real market value.

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It’s Time for Companies to Be Strategic About Energy

Harvard Business Review

Last year, networking giant Cisco Systems worked with one of its contract manufacturers in Malaysia to deploy 1,500 energy and temperature sensors on its manufacturing equipment. Disclosure: I was at the meeting as a paid speaker on sustainability strategy.). When Cisco rolls out the sensors globally, these savings will add up.

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Two Ways to Break into India’s Consumer Market

Harvard Business Review

To enter the Indian market with more profitability, multinational companies would benefit by creative use of the country’s supply chain and the explosive growth of its online channel. Leveraging India’s Supply Chain. Two ways to achieve this are by sourcing locally and selling via e-commerce.