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Machiavelli: The Prince - Acquisition Strategy
One of the hard fact in the world of corporate Mergers and Acquisitions is that majority of them fail to deliver the promised value. The returns of the hostile take over are even worse. Most prominent reasons for a merger or acquisition failure are the failure on part of management to incorporate the employees of acquired organization into the new organization. More often than not the sword of retrenchment is always hanging over, resulting in poor performance.
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Face Time: When You Can't Stay Past 5:00
“Now what should I do?” a reader laments. “I’ve instituted many of your productivity techniques, and now I’m getting out of the office on time. I arrive before my boss does in the morning, so she doe...
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How to Start a Gift Basket Business
Have you been complimented on your unique gifts for years? Do people always ask you for gift ideas for their friends and family? Then why don't you turn your talent into a hot new business with a gift basket business?
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Should we Believe the Experts? (Part II)
Why do we use experts? To predict the future. Consider a patient who is asking a physician about the future effects of a certain drug, or the investor who is asking a stock analyst about the future prices of a certain stock, or the manager who is asking a human resource manager about the future performance of a certain candidate, or the brand manager who is asking a market researcher about the future sales of a certain new product. Should we believe these experts? History tells us that accurate predictions of the future are rare. Many examples exist where the brightest and most qualified individuals failed to see the future. This series of articles presents examples from the arts (see part I), business (see part II), and science (see part III).
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When It's Good To Be Used
In today's world, more businesses in the construction industry are finding it more financially beneficial to their businesses to aquire used construction equipment and used heavy construction equipment, when compared to buying them brand new.
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Successful Tendering - Preparation is the Key
Particularly in open tendering activities, though equally when direct to client, prepation is essential if successes are to increase. This can be supported by setting up systems that match future tendering requirements, such as capturing existing activity information.
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