Featured Article
IDEX, a global applied solutions provider, had a mixed Q3 2024. Revenue rose 0.6% to $798 million while earnings before interest and taxes fell 6.1 % to $168 million over the same period last year. A review of IDEX’s 30 October 2024 earnings call and associated financial reports provided insight regarding the importance of pricing on performance. IDEX is a diverse and complex business. It has three reporting units, Fluid & Metering…
Read MoreIn This Issue
Hyper-competition made a big splash in the popular business press when it was first released yet few executives have had the patience and tolerance to get through this difficult tome. We provide a summary article to communicate its key insights to executives.
Read More Ambush Marketing, coined in the 1980s by Jerry Welsh, is a marketing strategy in which a competing brands connects itself with a major sporting event without paying any sponsorship fee. Will it succeed in the upcoming London Olympics?
Read More Are core values, and the company culture they support, the most important ingredient in achieving predictability and consistency in the sales actions that bring about the sales results we want.
Read More During the first century of its existence, the Telecom industry’s Operating model remained relatively simple and vertically integrated. Today, Heterogeneous Networks enable Customers with “seamless mobility”. How does this affect the strategy needed to compete?
Read More