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PACCAR, a multinational truck, parts, and financing company, had a negative 2024. Examining PACCAR’s Truck, Parts, and Other business specifically, revenue fell 5% to $31 billion and earnings before interest and taxes fell 17% to $4.5 billion over the last year. (This article excludes PACCAR’s financial services business and makes no comments regarding how pricing should be managed in that line of business.) A review of PACCAR’s 28 January 2025 earnings call…
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New research from Stanford Graduate School of Business Prof. Kathryn Shaw sheds new light on the age-old question of whether entrepreneurs are “born” or “made.” The answer: entrepreneurs are “made” NOT “born.”
Read More Value-based pricing aims for prices to reflect the value customers associate with a product or service offering. Simple enough to state, but what does this mean?
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“Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.” -Warren Buffett The…
Read More The banking services sector is one of the most profitable sectors out there. It is not uncommon to earn an ROE of anywhere between 40%-60%. And as we all know, a 1% increase in price can lead to an 8% increase in profits.
So how do we ensure we get the most profits out of banking services? Are there any secrets? I spent 28 years of my life in the banking services sector and here is what I learnt.
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