Strategy Driven

MARCH 26, 2024

For sellers, online auctions offer an effective way of reaching a global market, with the potential to garner higher bids due to the increased competition. The ability to track and analyze bidding patterns gives sellers actionable insights into the actual market value of their machinery.

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Due Diligence Participative Price Efficiency 106

Strategy Driven

APRIL 27, 2024

Market Research and Demographic Analysis Conducting thorough market research and demographic analysis is non-negotiable for franchise success. Pinpointing the ideal location for your franchise and understanding the needs of your local market can make or break your business endeavor. Competitive analysis and market positioning.

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Franchising Strategy Exit Strategy Entrepreneur 106

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

I have watched entrepreneurs and executives initially trivialize the value of influence in a capital transaction, only to regret it down the road. What a sad commentary on the state of equity markets, since it’s the best way for an investor to manage the risk surrounding their investment. Hint: it’s not about the money. .

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Influence Due Diligence CIO Business Model 321

Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2014

As data-driven marketers are taking full advantage of collecting, organizing, and analyzing demand management, many are adopting the classic marketing waterfall model from leading experts such as Sirius Decisions. One size fits all’ marketing waterfalls are too rigid. One marketing waterfall view has become a catchall.

Marketing 51

Marketing B2B Due Diligence Benchmarking 51

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Let me be clear, I’m not advocating for leaders to be opportunists (we have way too many of those), but to be opportunistic in how they view market, talent, culture, change, strategy, etc. Ideas don’t always have a corresponding vision, nor do they always contain a framework of accountability which helps to ensure a certainty of execution.

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Due Diligence Metrics Competitive Advantage Rogers 167

Harvard Business Review

MAY 26, 2011

The economics and accountability of due diligence have changed. The executive implications for time management and, more important, people management are enormous. I wasted inordinate amounts of time because I made a simple mistake I see executives make all the time. Foolish me. Reality revealed otherwise.

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Due Diligence Disintermediation Micromanagement Analysis 12

Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

On its own, this would create overwhelming amounts of data, but Starbucks uses the information to personalize content, laser-focus their marketing, and make ordering coffee easier than ever. Perform Due Diligence: Go through the data you have to see how you can enhance it further.

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Due Diligence Management Case Study Information 81

N2Growth Blog

MARCH 10, 2011

While most executives and entrepreneurs have come to accept the concept of change management as a legitimate business practice, and change leadership as a legitimate executive priority in theory, I have found very few organizations that have effectively integrated change as a core discipline and focus area in reality.

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Leadership Competitive Advantage Due Diligence Short-term 397

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2010

The reality is that great leaders all seem to possess an innate sense of timing such that most executives have a very clear understanding of the critical role timing plays as a survival skill at the C-suite level. Those who currently lead are aware that our times and this market demands flexibility and quick decision making.

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Blog Leadership Self-aware Crisis 418

Strategy Driven

APRIL 29, 2016

This diversity in the buyer network is one of the key complexities in enterprise selling and it calls on the selling team to perform the due diligence required to understand the roles and impacts of each of the buyers. The most important functional bond to create – no doubt – is the executive-to-executive.

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Due Diligence Team Supply Chain Finance 50

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2010

People can do some due diligence before going to work for a compnay. If you find that workplace contamination is rubbing off on you, you may be forced to make a change in order to preserve your own mental health. link] Donna Svei Great post Mike. Here are "9 Signs That Your Next Company Cares About Its Employees."

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Environment Blog Due Diligence Brand 419

Sales Wolf Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

That is All Jesse Harriot, Monster Thinking : 2011 Job Market Trends HR Introvert : Time for Due Diligence on Personal Objectivity Tim Sanders, Sanders Says : Three Lists to Make for 2011 Rachel Suff, XpertHR : New Year's Resolution: Boost Poor Performance?

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Blog Ingham Human Capital Human Resources 200

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

The importance of research, due-diligence and marketplace understanding surface. Power Stars to Light the Business Flame , by Hank Moore, encompasses a full-scope business perspective, invaluable for the corporate and small business markets. Learns which external factors to trust and which cannot be controlled.

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Succession Due Diligence Budgeting Risk Management 82

Strategy Driven

APRIL 24, 2014

It’s created through a process of due diligence and a deliberate effort to intentionally and consistently integrate the seven core values into the workplace. As a leader, your duty is to execute, and executing your duties will bring credibility and build trust among your team. Simply put, one has to try.

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Development Team Loyalty Due Diligence 60

Women on Business

JANUARY 26, 2011

This due diligence included, setting a new household budget, moving investments, setting up a home equity line of credit, and finally, buying a new car (for the first time in 11 years!). I volunteered to be the “lucky&# laid off executive and have never looked back. Synchronicity is such a blessing!

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Press Release PR Exit Strategy Discount 100

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 7, 2010

First, let's assume you've done your due diligence on the process with your successor. That means you've decided whether or not you will coach your successor; you have hired an executive coach for those areas in which you are not an expert; and you've involved key stakeholders in determining your successor's strengths and challenges.

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Due Diligence CEO Executive Coaching Tactics 115

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 26, 2014

A normal acquisition process seeks to ensure something basic: a strategic rationale for a deal, supported by a thoughtful selection process, with known risks identified by a short, intense due diligence. What this requires is doing some integration due diligence as part of the M&A process.

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Due Diligence Company Stakeholder Analysis Retail 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2018

On the flip side, a strategic transaction can catapult a company into first-mover position, give a speed to market advantage over rivals, and potentially let a larger company run away with a new market. As a former M&A attorney, former Google executive, and a serial entrepreneur, I have experienced M&A from every point of view.

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Due Diligence How To Technology Emotional Intelligence 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

Few executives appear prepared for the challenges of digital M&A. When we recently interviewed top M&A executives in Europe about their experience, fully three-quarters of them said that digital disruption has had a relatively large impact or even requires a complete overhaul of their M&A strategy.

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Due Diligence Company Learning Curve Finance 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Multinational corporations long have looked for growth opportunities in emerging markets. In 2014, according to the latest United Nations estimate, direct foreign investment (FDI) in emerging markets reached more than $700 billion — accounting for over half (56%) of all global FDI flows for the first time. Crime exacts a toll.

Marketing 8

Marketing Company Compliance Reputation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2017

Even when the money on offer is enough to live on, you need to figure out if it’s an amount worthy of your knowledge and skills and whether it’s in line with the local market. “If you are a perfect match for the job and it’s a tight market, you have a lot of leverage,” says Lees. Cultural fit.

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Due Diligence How To Travel Learning-by-Doing 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 16, 2018

Though recent acquisitions may seem idiosyncratic, they all have in common the need to find new avenues for growth in mature markets or deal with accelerating change. Market breakthroughs. It can take years to build distribution networks or gain a foothold in a particular market. Let’s unpack some recent examples.

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Due Diligence Company Horizontal Integration Retail 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

The conduct of due diligence in the ventures raising money will render crowdfunding prohibitively expensive and thus impractical. Online market places, such as eBay, facilitate discrete transactions in which consumers and sellers know almost immediately if something is wrong, and they can act to redress their grievances.

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Due Diligence Venture Capitalist Entrepreneur Short-term 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2017

Evaluating leadership capital has always been a critical component of due diligence for deal teams. Many LCPs are either conducting this work themselves, or they are responsible for vetting and managing external due diligence consultants to oversee this work.

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Due Diligence Leadership Early Adopters Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

Jack Ma , the founder and long-time CEO of Chinese web company, Alibaba , recently announced that he is stepping down as CEO, and now we have learned that Jonathan Lu Zhaoxi will become chief executive of the company in May. Alibaba is an incredible success story. The company began in 1999 and last year had estimated revenues of $40 billion.

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Due Diligence CEO Comparison Uncertainty 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

He asked one former major investor for a reaction to the company’s prediction (accompanying poor quarterly results): “that the [current] market contraction will bottom out soon and our profits will improve.” It also called for streamlining headquarters and cutting executive management’s compensation.

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Company ROIC CFO Restructuring 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2012

This kind of disciplined approach works very well when companies have knowledge that lets them be precise in their analysis, and executives have the relevant domain experience to make informed decisions. This kind of process can help successfully move an idea from a Post-It note to the market. What does that actually mean in practice?

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Stage-Gate Due Diligence Disruptive Innovation Document 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 24, 2016

In fact, in talking to executives at Experian, it seemed clear to me that the techniques that Blank advocates, such as focusing on customer development before produce development, creating a minimum viable product and iterating and pivoting to a new business model, can actually be done more effectively in an established business. .”

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Company Team Due Diligence Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2014

General Electric’s corporate business development group (about a dozen professionals) is bigger than the entire executive team in many midsized companies. Like a shopper in a flea market, it is quite easy for a CEO at a midsized company to get distracted by sexy deals. They have strong due diligence skills.

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Company Due Diligence CEO Consultative 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2018

Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures make up one of those variables, provided they average at least one deal per year in a program that cumulatively amounts to more than 30% of a company’s market capitalization over 10 years, with no single deal being more than 30% of market cap. Take marketing giant WPP.

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CAGR Due Diligence Industry Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

What would new product development executives or project managers in the R&D lab tell you are the organizational dynamics that ice their best ideas? Executives may be playing favorites with one way to approach a particular opportunity, or it may be hard to envision how a tiny customer base can get big. Start with a survey.

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Venture Capitalist Company Due Diligence Chief Information Officer 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

But peruse some of the recent headlines about Iran , and you might wonder whether the market’s potential was overstated. However, despite a weakened economy, political tensions, market uncertainty, and the lingering effects of sanctions, Iran remains an important opportunity for multinationals in emerging markets.

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Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2014

Martin describes how executive teams carefully explore the risk of different courses of action, but neglect to make a similar assessment of the risk of staying the course. If you have assessed the risk of your strategic options in terms of brand risk, operational risk, market risk, and so on, do the same for the current strategy.

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Strategic Planning Due Diligence Proposal Rogers 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 25, 2013

Jack Ma , the founder and long-time CEO of Chinese web company, Alibaba , recently announced that he is stepping down as CEO, and now we have learned that Jonathan Lu Zhaoxi will become chief executive of the company in May. Alibaba is an incredible success story. The company began in 1999 and last year had estimated revenues of $40 billion.

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Due Diligence CEO Comparison Uncertainty 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Since 2009 we have interviewed and surveyed 181 executives who run PE-owned companies, as well as eight to 15 people who work with each of these 181 executives (supervisors, board members, director reports, and others). He offered development opportunities to those who were short on the skills needed to execute the strategy.

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CEO Company Due Diligence Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2017

Looking at CEO awards granted by Business Week , Financial World Gold/Silver Awards , Forbes, Chief Executive, and Harvard Business Review , we identified over 200 superstar CEOs of S&P 1500 firms in the U.S. Corporate growth can enhance top executives’ social status , and larger firms tend to pay their CEOs more than smaller firms.

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CEO Due Diligence Proposal Influence 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2016

The fact that every company you work for can affect your career mobility in the future makes an even stronger argument for due diligence when selecting a company to work for. A stigmatized manager can appear less of a risk in the job market if there are multiple credible arbiters to vouch for his or her integrity.

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