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Be Effective Before Being Efficient

By Kyle T. Westra February 17, 2020

Businesspeople are obsessed with efficiency. They want to know how to increase their throughput and productivity. Yet, too many executives forget that…

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Remembering Clayton Christensen (1952-2020)

By James T. Berger February 17, 2020

A giant in marketing theory died too soon. Clayton M. Christensen, Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard University’s Business…

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Can Bloomberg’s Strategy to Win Democrat’s Nomination Succeed?

By James T. Berger January 16, 2020

The incredibly wealthy and competent Michael Bloomberg has defied conventional wisdom with a remarkable marketing strategy. He has begun using his huge…

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How to Raise Prices

By Kyle T. Westra January 16, 2020

I recently fielded a question from a former client who was looking for advice on how to raise the price of a…

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Gain Insight Using the Price Waterfall

By Nathan L. Phipps January 16, 2020

When executives direct their focus on pricing, they need analytical tools that enable them to quickly get a lay of the land…

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In Pricing, What Is the Goal?

By Tim J. Smith, PhD January 16, 2020

In pricing, what is the goal?  Is it to increase profits, revenue, or some other newfound metric?  It seems profit optimization is…

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Strategic Movements: December 2019

By Tim J. Smith, PhD December 11, 2019

Elon Musk Delivers Pleasant Surprise Tesla Inc. had record deliveries in Q3 2019 resulting in overall profits. Anticipated 2019 production is currently…

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How Wayfair Blossomed into a Furniture Behemoth

By James T. Berger December 11, 2019

Amazon is not the only internet giant that has dealt a severe blow to brick-and-mortar retailing. Another Internet retailer, Wayfair, Inc., has…

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Playbook for Competitive Price Engagement

By Tim J. Smith, PhD December 11, 2019

Sun Tzu wrote that “The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities……

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In Defense of Meetings

By Kyle T. Westra November 17, 2019

The forward-thinking business world is united in the belief that meetings, by and large, are simply bad ideas. Bad meetings are the…

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