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How Oracle Thrived in the 2008 Recession, Even with Missed Revenue Opportunities

SBI Growth

The year is 2007. Companies are investing in themselves, growing their businesses, and increasing shareholder value. The real estate market is flush. Stocks are booming. Getting a loan has never been easier. Now fast forward to 2008. The real estate bubble.

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How to Set More-Realistic Sales Targets using Historical Data

QYMATIX

How to set more-realistic sales targets using historical data and Predictive Analytics. As he took the reins, Immelt set an ambitious sales target: “We believe that GE can grow two to three times faster than world gross domestic product, which translates to about 8 per cent sustained sales growth.” Rockwell’s sales targets?

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Senior Leadership: Fertilizer for your Growth Strategy

5600 Blue

Senior executives know that, beyond mergers and acquisitions, a company’s growth is driven one deal at a time by the way salespeople sell and negotiate. billion every year(1) on sales and negotiation methodologies. That’s why American companies spend $7.2 We only received responses from about 150 companies.