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The Mylan EpiPen Debacle: How Tremendous Greed Can Lead to the Demise of a Leader

N2Growth Blog

Through shrewd marketing efforts, failed competitors and helpful legislation (which requires its availability at public schools), Mylan has cornered the market on this allergy medication. It costs something to develop the product. According to the Washington Post, its prescriptions number in excess of 3.6

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Structure Sales Compensation Plans That Can Fire Up Your Employees

HR Digest

Examples of business objectives can include market expansion, revenue growth, cost reductions or optimization, product development, etc. Define Overall Business Objectives Define the company goals in terms of numbers as well as value additions and qualitative performance indicators that matter to the company.

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Keeping Tabs on the Competition as a Start-Up

Harvard Business Review

They have a defined brand and a fairly clear picture of market penetration, differentiators, and existing products and services. It tells investors why you might succeed in this particular market or in creating a new one – and who could come nipping at your heels. Study the leadership team. Use social media.

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Who Owns Your Customer Relationships: Your Salespeople or Your Company?

Harvard Business Review

Your R&D group develops a unique new product. Marketing designs the promotional campaign. The company holds us accountable for revenues and expects us to develop and maintain the connections to drive sales. Manufacturing produces it. Finance puts the systems in place to track the money coming in.

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How Likely Is Your Industry to Be Disrupted? This 2×2 Matrix Will Tell You

Harvard Business Review

To help business leaders better understand industry disruption, we developed an index that measures an industry’s current level of disruption as well as its susceptibility to future disruption. And with wisdom about its predictability comes opportunity. Another is by taking underused assets and monetizing them.