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The Role of Change Management in Mergers and Acquisitions

AchieveIt

There’s no shortage of studies on the failure rate of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). Ultimately, a merger or acquisition is a significant change for all parties involved. As a leader undergoing a merger or acquisition, you’re suddenly thinking beyond your team or company. It doesn’t look great either way.

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25 Problems That Stop Key Account Managers From Doing Their Job

Account Manager Tips

Which means the findings are more than just opinion. You can take these to the bank (or at least to your boss). This study is called How Good Are Managers at Evaluating Sales Problems?

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How to Identify Key Accounts: A Quick Guide to Getting it Right

Account Manager Tips

Are they expanding through acquisition? A 2002 study by Homburg, Workman published in the Journal of Marketing on designing a key account management approach. Revenue doesn’t tell the whole story. Consider how your clients use your solutions and look for those with consistent adoption. Access to new markets. Nor is it static.

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The History and Downfall of a German Wholesale Company “Wollschläger” – Part 1

QYMATIX

Almost all new offices in Germany resulted from short-term acquisitions of smaller regional dealers. The takeover of the Bickenbach company in Siegburg, the founding of the Hanover branch, and his machine technology division completed the 2000-2002 period. *. Were all these mergers and acquisitions a good idea?

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How To Accelerate B2B Sales Growth With One Proven Strategy

QYMATIX

We do not discuss mergers, acquisitions and other “non-organic” growth strategies in this article. Sharp, Byron and Allsopp, Jason (2002) Where does sales revenue growth come from? Growth with new products and services via innovation and diversification. Growth in new regions via internationalisation and expansion.

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Why Your Buyer Personas Are Obsolete

SBI Growth

We have seen a tremendous rise in the interest and use of buyer personas since 2002. Have you made acquisitions? “Starving the future to feed the present is a mistake - it leads to obsolescence and stagnation. Sometimes it is hard to make this understood.” Burton Richter, Nobel Laureate. Have you introduced new pricing structures?

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How the 10 Worst Ecommerce CRM Fails of All Time Could Have Been Prevented

Agile CRM

There are three phases of CRM success; Acquisition of new customers through contact, direct marketing, and sales prospecting. CIGNA healthcare, the fourth largest insurer lost 6 percent of its membership in 2002. Delivers above-average customer support. CIGNA Healthcare. CIGNA implemented a CRM that saw it migrate 3.5

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