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11 Ideas for Economic Recovery

Strategy Driven

Real estate investments, undervalued stocks, strategic partnerships, you name it. Thinking long-term has led this retailer’s CEO to investigate real estate purchases at lower rates and to buy up high-end equipment now while the prices are low. People and businesses are looking for opportunities.

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The Big Picture of Business: Institutional Reviews Help Public Companies to Learn from the Downturn and Move Forward

Strategy Driven

This review is the basis for most elements that will appear in a strategic plan, including the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, actions, challenges, teamwork, change management, commitment, future trends and external forces. He has advised two U.S.

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Doing 'Different' Right: Ten Big-Time Difference Makers and How.

Strategy Driven

Veteran Realtor Jean Newell had an idea for her fellow real estate agents. She invented a personal utility pouch (PUP) – a multi-zippered mini-pack designed to carry all the technical tools, keys, contracts, and more that a real estate agent needs.

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The Big Picture of Business – Achieving the Best by Preparing for the Worst: Lessons Learned from High-Profile Crises, part 2 of 4

Strategy Driven

Real estate consultants are not business strategists, but the retail system gives them the say-so in establishing community presence. The Big Picture of Business: Yesterdayism… Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future. That’s why so many chains rapidly expand and subsequently contract so frequently.

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The Big Picture of Business – The Realities of Branding… Slogans that Mislead

Strategy Driven

’ What they’re really selling: Residential real estate. My analysis: Price and location are the deciding factors in real estate. It’s unlikely that sales people know what a Mission Statement and the Strategic Planning process are. ‘The Spirit of Excellence.’

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7 common transformation mistakes and how to avoid them

CIO

Foracchia says that AUSL Reggio Emilia has a strategic planning group made up of non-IT people with a business mandate that defines the ICT strategy. Of course, ICT is part of this planning group as well, but has a strategic rather than a technical role.

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