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Business For Sale - How to Tell if the Profits are Real
A potential owner reviewing the performance of a business over several years may be presented with a substantial difference between the current years EBIT and previous years. They will need to determine the source of the difference, whether it is due to improved business performance or is a change in the way the business finances have been accounted for.
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Seeking Those Affordable Real Estate
For many people wanting to be homeowners, finding affordable real estate can be difficult based on their level of income. Many new and used home prices have risen dramatically in the past few years, while incomes have not proportionately-
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Three Easier-Than-We-Make-'Em Steps to Success in Life and Business
Building the business of your dreams can be a confusing matter with all the conflicting expert advice out there. All of it has value and different pieces of advice work better for some business owners than others. When all is said and done, it boils down to the three critical elements to success. When you understand them, it's magic.
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Innovation - Top Ten Tips
Everybody talks about innovation but not many firms can “walk the talk” and turn a creative idea into something of value. According to the Harvard Business Review only 1 in 10 new product introductions succeed in the market.
But what makes the difference between success and failure? If we knew the answer we could use innovation to drive faster growth and superior profits.
I asked 65 companies world-wide to look back at their recent projects and decide why some projects worked and some didn’t. They include IBM, Microsoft, Lloyds Bank and the RAF. Here are the conclusions of the study:
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Make Your Joint Venture Deals Immune To Unethical Partners Who Want To Cheat You Out Of Money
If you actively work a lot of joint venture deals, or are planning to do joint ventures in the future, then it's just a matter of time before someone tries to cheat you out of money one way or another. But, there is a way to almost completely avoid getting cheated out of money with a joint venture partner that is actually pretty simple. So simple, almost nobody I know does this, and yet, it will help you sleep like a baby at night knowing you have your bases covered.
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Big Unions Vs. Big Business
Many Industry analysts who study the on-going push-pull between Multi-National Conglomerates and their Labor Unions understand the history behind organized labor.
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Cross Cultural Blunders
At our company we often get many emails from visitors to our sites saying how much they enjoy examples of cross cultural blunders. We are constantly asked for more. Bowing to pressure we have therefore complied some more. The following cultural blunders are all examples of ‘culture gone wrong’ in international business today.
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Choosing A Business Gift
The business gift that you choose says a lot about you. It provides for your partners a look into the appreciation that you actually have for them. While you may not think much about it, thinking that a gift is a gift, they do. So, choosing the right business gift is quite important. The question is, though, how can you do this?
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The Hottest KISS
Life is made of many aspect and complex equations. We celebrate beautiful things but we forget that beauty lies in simplicity. The management mantra KISS is define here.
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