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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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Strategic Movements: November 2017

By Tim J. Smith, PhD November 16, 2017

Apple and Qualcomm are in a feud. Issue: Qualcomm makes and holds patents over much of the modem chips that handle communications between wireless devices and cellular networks. Actions: Apple sued Qualcomm over market dominance, and Qualcomm responded by withholding software required to configure their next-gen chips.

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Shaping Customer Behavior Through Commercial Policy

By Tim J. Smith, PhD October 18, 2017

There are two basic approaches businesses take to managing commercial policy. For most, the default approach is tactical decision making. For some, they take the leap and add strategic decision-making.

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Bundling Products to Help Your Customers

By Kyle T. Westra October 18, 2017

Price bundling typically involves combining two or more discrete products with heterogeneous demand, with the demand for the bundle resulting in higher profits despite it effectively being a discount on each individual product.

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Pricing and Sales: How to Begin Building a Better Relationship

By Mary DeBoni October 18, 2017

Sales professionals are always on the go, often driving from one call to another. They don’t have time to sift through a long slide deck explaining sales data analytics. Summarize key findings in just a couple of slides, using only a few bullet points to convey the most vital facts.

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