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Profits: The Real Power Player in CEO Compensation

By Özlem Elgün Tillman November 26, 2024

When it comes to paying top executives, companies love to tie compensation to metrics like revenue growth and market share expansion. After all, these are clear indicators of a company’s size and reach. But while capturing market share can tell a story of growth, they’re not always the best measure of financial health. For example, Uber failed to return a profit for many years, finally turning profitable $1.887 billion in 2023, first…

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In This Issue

Understanding Revenue Changes

By Tim J. Smith, PhD January 14, 2022

Managers focus highly on revenue.  Increases are good and decreases are bad.  But what drives those increases and decreases? Most executives will…

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Pricing Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

By Nathan L. Phipps January 14, 2022

Pricing is not a solo activity. Granted, pricing professionals do make individual contributions to their teams and companies. But pricing has too…

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Strategic Movements January 2022

By Tim J. Smith, PhD January 14, 2022

  Profits Down Following FedEx Price Hike FedEx posted a 14% increase in profits in the fiscal second quarter following a price…

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Pricing Done Right Today

By Tim J. Smith, PhD December 17, 2021

How should executives frame their pricing initiatives and is it still relevant today? Pricing Initiative Smorgasbord Since publishing Pricing Done Right, we…

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