Despite Africa's slowdown; multinational companies, retailers, property developers and private equity funds continue to invest in the continent, but with
more focused strategies.
With the financial crisis in the rear - view mirror, management teams have become receptive to calls for taking risks to pursue
more focused strategies.
A more focused strategy may be good for Google's bottom line, and is arguably a necessary step as the company has grown larger and harder to manage.
It is looking for the services of a consultant to guide it toward
a more focused strategy.
The results show TREX2 as a potential therapeutic target to tackle this disease with a different and
more focused strategy.
For a somewhat
more focused strategy, investors can take the well - known BRIC approach that targets the combination of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, which has long been the gold standard of emerging - marking investing.
EIIB's also embarking on a new /
more focused strategy as an Islamic asset manager / investor (& investment banker).
I've long questioned the logic behind hanging onto these stakes, when
a more focused strategy offers better upside.
Auto insurance is an expense we can not do away with, but with
a more focused strategy, we can make it much more affordable.
Not exact matches
As an introvert, at the time I was
more focused on building my writing portfolio, and less interested in coaching executives on their communication
strategies.
While that
strategy has yet to prove itself, the
focus appears to have paid off in the fourth quarter, as Time Warner's HBO and Turner cable networks pulled in
more money from subscription and affiliate fees and its Warner Bros. movie studio had success with «The Blind Side» and «Sherlock Holmes.»
From there, you can remodel your marketing
strategy to become
more focused on your customer's needs, thus creating
more of an inbound marketing approach.
With the new facility now up and running, MacDonald argues that his company has been much
more successful with its highly
focused direct sales
strategy than the firm would have been had it recruited intermediaries or agents to drum up customers.
Slow days may seem tedious to employees
focused on getting through the workday or worrisome for workers concerned about the security of their position — either way, there are countless
strategies you can use to make your slow work day
more entertaining and
more productive.
Going forward, Under Armour plans to respond by
focusing more on direct - to - consumer retail — a
strategy Nike is also pursuing — and finding other places to sell its apparel and footwear, like Kohl's (kss).
There are and will continue to be death kick
strategies and tell - tale signs of life; smaller
more narrowly
focused funds, deal - by - deal funds, and a
focus on trendy categories like life sciences and alternative energy.
Most productivity
strategies focus on short - term efficiency: how to manage your to - do list effectively, how to get
more done each morning, how to shorten your weekly meetings, and so on.
A 2012 study of debt - payoff
strategies from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management found that consumers paying off small balances first were
more likely to have eliminated their entire debt than those
focusing on other
strategies.
Rather than
focusing on how individuals can achieve success with their own companies, Startup Phenomenon will address how communities might foster entrepreneurship
more broadly, says John Bradley, senior vice president of content and
strategy for Van Heyst Group, the company producing the conference.
When Best Price Nutrition discovered that the questions they answered on Yahoo! Answers had a higher click - through rate and resulted in
more new customers than their company blog, they retooled their online
strategy to
focus more on reaching out to customers through Yahoo! Answers.
With
more opportunities to reach customers and prospects by mobile, companies can stay relevant by creating mobile -
focused content marketing
strategies.
Early on, when the need for that money is still a couple decades away, the fund will adopt a
more growth -
focused strategy.
You can do a lot for your PR
strategy simply by compiling a list of the writers who are
focused on, and
more importantly, genuinely interested in your space.
Smaller Singapore peer Temasek Holdings
focuses on equities, but GIC, set up to manage Singapore's foreign reserves, adopts a
more conservative investment
strategy, with the long - term goal of beating global inflation.
XYZ can help you manage the «people side» of your businesses
more effectively, avoiding compliance pitfalls and creating key benefits for the businesses and your employees, while simultaneously freeing up time for owners and executives to concentrate on growing their businesses by
focusing on operations,
strategy, and innovation.
Still, new research shows that productivity and profitability
more often follow those leaders who don't sweat the small stuff and
focus more on guiding the highest - level vision and
strategy for the company:
«Donor - advised funds that are sponsored by a community foundation tend to have a
more singular
focus and they're on the local pulse of charitable activity,» said Gavin Morrissey, managing partner at Financial
Strategy Associates in Needham, Massachusetts.
To get the coveted millennial set to spend
more money, small - business owners will be
focusing on their mobile
strategy, the Manta survey reveals.
A
strategy that is laser -
focused on locking up features that others will need to compete is both
more effective in boosting the bottom line, and less costly, than a scattershot approach to patenting.
The following top marketing trends for 2016 can help you be
more customer
focused and stay ahead of the competition, if your marketing
strategy includes them in the proper proportions.
Fortescue Metals Group has announced major changes to its leadership, with a new chief executive taking the reins and its directors taking a hands - on role to support an updated
strategy that
focuses on producing
more higher - grade iron ore.
Green Labs Denver offers marijuana -
focused startups help on sales
strategy, pitches, legal advice and
more.
King laid out a simple
strategy:
focus more on running, basketball, and the stylish everyday wear «originals» business.
For one thing, the recession forced luxury brands to
focus more on entry - level - priced accessories, and in North America that's proven a successful
strategy.
More than 85 percent of attendees are director - level or higher, and the content of the conference — with a
focus on founder - centric issues, growth
strategy, execution, and management — reflects that.
Though the US Navy has far
more submarines in active service both in SSBN's and attack submarines, the Russian Navy's recent moves and its newest submarine plans, show a sign of changing
strategy, with a new
focus placed on challenging the US Navy's dominance — particularly underwater.
This has changed keyword
strategy to a
focus on
more on long - tail results rather than just those «golden keywords» that many clients think will bring them the most traffic.
Strategies which primarily
focus on reducing costs will be less effective than those which are based on offering products and services in
more innovative ways.
«Any time there is something new that happens in the market, any time there is a new competitor, what it should do is make you sharper, make you stronger and make you
more focused on your core
strategy,» she said from the company's head offices in Mississauga, Ont.
To point out its advantages over its
more enterprise -
focused competitors, Dropbox has launched what it calls the Home for Life
strategy, in which Dropbox serves as the platform for other daily productivity apps.
While the Girl Scouts» mission has always
focused on business
strategy, this foray into digital sales changes the nature of the game, providing scouts with
more information on customer data and overarching buying trends.
With your inventory management under control, you'll have
more time to
focus on other business needs, like thinking up
more winning marketing and sales
strategies.
With the big ETF players covering the easiest and most inexpensive indexes,
more ETFs have been launched by niche managers
focused on new slices of markets and sectors, as well as alternative investing and actively managed
strategies.
Allie is an industry veteran who has led brand management and marketing
strategy for technology -
focused organizations for
more than fifteen years.
For companies that are
focused on success in China, innovation and differentiation are key — along with making operations
more efficient and tapping the right talent and
strategies to win.
The reality is if you
focus less on Google and
more on business building
strategies, you end up ranking higher at Google anyway.
As a result of my
focus and longevity, some have called me a link building expert, but there's much
more to my link building
strategies, services and consultations than just building links.
J.C. Penney's two - pronged
strategy of closing poor - performing stores and other businesses while
focusing more on exclusive merchandise is paying off.
Half of the consultants surveyed recommended an income
focused multi-sector
strategy given that income during retirement, rather than just the size of the portfolio, becomes relatively
more important for participants.
But for the
more liquidity -
focused part of an asset allocation
strategy, now may be a good time for short - duration products.