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Apple Leadership and the Right Products, in the Right Place, and at the Right Time
“What’s Under Your Umbrella?”  Strategic Planning, Market Research and Product Development are each essential elements that drive market innovation leaders and enduring company performance. Almost without exception as well however, are leadership and the mission critical culture that leadership is able to have permeated their entire organizations...learn more

Land Banking Investment shifts to Rental Pool Investment....  In the decade that proceeded the current recession in States like Arizona and Texas and provinces like Alberta and Ontario, the Economic Indicators for Land Banking investment were absolutely ideal...learn more

Outsourcing – A Very Real Strategic Planning Option...Outsourcing is often made in the interest of making better use of capital, infrastructure, technology and current capacity rather than an expanded investment in brick and mortar. Outsourcing can also be a downsizing strategy...learn more

Market Share Growth – Getting It Right Through Strategic Acquisition The Internalized Strategic Planning Process Dilemma – Opportunity Lost ...An internalized Strategic Plan is only capable of incremental market share growth and in fact planned growth in corporate revenue usually just keeps pace with the growth in market size at best. For any growth oriented organization, a traditional industry acquisition or far more probably a non-traditional acquisition, particularly in these market conditions, represents one of the key building blocks of tomorrow...learn more

The Global Recession, Innovation and Opportunity
Innovation at times can go very wrong but as often as not the problem lies in Project Management and not with innovation...learn more

Strategic Planning – Proactive or Reactive
“We looked for the enemy.  The enemy was us.”
For the casual investor and casual observer who are looking at the Dow Jones Industrial Average group of 30 companies it is sometimes a thought that Corporations tend to endure forever - always have been the leaders and always will...read more

The Strategic Planning Process
Market Research – Political, Economic, Regulatory, Competitive ……….and the greatest of these is Competitive Research
A well integrated Strategic Planning Process has always been the cornerstone of strong Company earnings and positive market share growth among industry leaders. Within the Strategic Planning Process there is a wealth of information available on the potential impact of Political, Economic and Regulatory changes for the segments in which your company operates....read more

The Strategic Planning Process
‘Market Forces Will Always Determine Strategic Direction’
Over the past 12 to 18 months financial markets worldwide have come under huge financial pressure. This situation will continue for at least the next planning period and more than likely well beyond....read full article

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