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  • Minding Your Global Manners

    Minding Your Global MannersBy: Lydia RamseyTo say that today's business environment is becoming increasingly more global is to state the obvious.  Meetings, phone calls and conferences are held all over the world and attendees can come from any point on the globe.  On any given business da...
  • To Invest in a Qualified Business Plan is a Fundamental Strateg

    To Invest in a Qualified Business Plan is a Fundamental Strategy   By: Elsa Hedenberg Before you start reading any arguments about why you should have a super professional Business Plan for your new venture, you might as well first take a look at those lean statistics.Only 400 out of 40.000 ...
  • Business Competition Best Practices: Win Loss Research

    Business Competition Best Practices: Win Loss ResearchBy: Celeste BishopFrequently I am asked "how do you get information about the competition?" Most people are surprised when I tell them that getting useful competitive intelligence is actually the easiest part of managing successful business compe...
  • Achieving Competitive Advantage through Collaboration with Key

    Achieving Competitive Advantage through Collaboration with Key Customers and SuppliersBy: Don JohnstonAn Evolving Operational FocusIn the past when companies pondered corporate strategy, operations had been peripheral to the discussion. Operations were considered a technical matter with one way of d...
  • Why can a family-owned business fail?

    Why can a family-owned business fail?By: Al McClymontIt so happens that a very large percentage of automotive dealerships around the world happen to be family-owned businesses. Having said that, there are a great many issues concerning family-owned companies, mainly regarding succession and manageme...