For business-services companies, free cash flow is a linchpin to increased revenues. Article by Kathleen Hoffelder It goes without saying that companies with some kind of financial cushion have a better springboard to growth than […] Operating Profit: a Springboard to Growth […]
It gives me great pleasure to take up the role of CEO of the Institute. As the former CEO, Leon Duval has been very effective, first as President and then as CEO, and I know CEO Message from Prof. Janek Ratnatunga […]
Purchased materials and services often make up 60 to 80 percent of a product’s cost. Companies that don’t invest in the purchasing team’s capabilities are throwing away value. Jack Welch once notoriously said that “engineers who Building Superior Capabilities for Strategic Sourcing […]
Warren Buffett’s advice about money has been scrutinized — and implemented — by savvy investors all over the world. But while most people know they can benefit from expert help to make money, they think How Money Actually Buys Happiness […]
Christos Ioannou, CMA, ask the very salient question, “Does Resourced-Based Sources (RBS) have any interconnection to the concept of competitive advantage?” In this article specifically written for On Target, he focuses on the theory of Resource-Based Sources of Competitive Advantage […]
Purchased materials and services often make up 60 to 80 percent of a product’s cost. Companies that don’t invest in the purchasing team’s capabilities are throwing away value. Jack Welch once notoriously said that “engineers who Building superior capabilities for strategic sourcing […]
Emerging technologies are poised to personalize the consumer experience radically—in real time and almost everywhere. It’s not too early to prepare, say Peter Dahlström and David Edelman in the McKinsey Quarterly of April 2013. Dahlström and The coming era of ‘on-demand’ marketing […]