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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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Hard to Predict the Future of Out-of-Home Film Entertainment

Hard to Predict the Future of Out-of-Home Film Entertainment

By James T. Berger June 17, 2021

One of the most puzzling questions coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic relates to predicting the future of out-of-home film entertainment, i.e., movie theatres. Several dimensions define the problem – mainly, the continuing rounds of disruptive innovation that have affected the film industry.

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U.S. Labor Department reports that consumer prices are 5% higher in May 2021 over May 2020.

Strategic Movements June 2021

By Tim J. Smith, PhD June 17, 2021

Strategic pricing movements for June 2021: inflation reports consumer prices are 5% higher in May 2021 over May 2020, Campbell Soup Co. (CPB) is raising prices to offset higher costs, Ford is developing the all electric F-150 Lightening truck, corn and chicken prices are way up.

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Strategies for being effective in committees

Making Committees Work for You

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 18, 2021

How do you get things done in a committee? We join many committees for many reasons, but generally we join them for…

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The post-COVID economy is driving rapidly increasing demand, but companies are having trouble re-building workforces

Workers Are Hard to Find Right Now

By Nathan L. Phipps May 18, 2021

A mixture of increased vaccination rates, fiscal stimulus, and the relaxation of business restrictions is leading to increased spending throughout the U.S.…

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