Business Strategy
Business Strategy
The notion of the supply chain as a strategic driver is not a new one, but the ability to implement that ideal is rare. Today’s supply chain and supplier management is more than an opportunity to save money and...
The “great recession” has completely changed today’s economic climate. Consumers are buying less and saving more, banks are lending very little money, and conservationist policies are emerging from developed nations,...
Organizations are created by humans and have aspects similar to human health, and as a former emergency physician, Susan F. Reynolds approaches the health of an organization in the same manner she treats a human...
Organizations nowadays have to continuously analyze structures, systems, and procedures to help them cope with the ever-increasing but fluctuating demands of the current...
"Live your life like a work of art". Business is actually a very creative form of art. It integrates creativity and imagination (business plans and ideas) people skills...
Businesses face a tough financial landscape today. To complicate matters further, the economy does not always function in a predictable or recognizable fashion. Large, well-established companies have faced great...
Traditionally, it was assumed that companies created value and offered it to customers. This firm- and product-centric view is being replaced, however, by customers’ personalized experience with products and services,...
Have you ever been asked "Why are manhole covers round instead of square?" during a job interview? Or asked to answer other riddles and...
Conventional sales tactics such as cold calling, sales scripts and closing questions no longer produce dramatic improvements in sales. Customers have increasing control of the buying process, and they become frustrated...
Benjamin Franklin advocated living with frugality, inventiveness, and diplomacy. In Doing More with Less, Bruce Piasecki suggests that the solution to many social and business problems lies in those...
