January 5, 2008
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In a competitive and dynamic environment it is crucial to stay ahead of your competitors. To achieve this position your organization has to focus on certain aspects like innovation, quality leadership and branding to create some kind of advantage. If … Continue reading
January 3, 2008
by Oliver
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Recently McKinsey announced the survey results concerning the first 100 days of new CFOs. According to available data McKinsey considered 164 responses from a representative sample of CFOs. The article that contains the findings displays participants’ views about their first … Continue reading
January 1, 2008
by Oliver
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As we know from several studies and own observations strategic planning can be a very hard business. In the literature a large number of ideas are available; some of them are very helpful. Others might be appropriate for a specific … Continue reading
December 25, 2007
by Oliver
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We wish you all a happy holiday season and all the best for the New Year! Dagmar Recklies        Oliver Recklies and Eddie
December 23, 2007
by Oliver
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A better option for sovereign wealth funds to invest in major financial players is very hard to imagine. Equities of banks offer a discount of 20 % in their share price and represent the rear light on Wall Street. To … Continue reading
December 23, 2007
by Oliver
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A couple of weeks ago McKinsey launched a survey on the organizational challenges presented by social and economic trends. The results for this survey are available now; according to available data McKinsey received 1,317 responses from a worldwide representative sample … Continue reading
December 20, 2007
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This post will focus on options and ideas to improve strategic planning, again. A couple of days ago I have presented the first post “Ideas for overcoming analysis barriers†in this informal series – for improving strategic planning in your … Continue reading
December 17, 2007
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A couple of days I posted some news related to previous activities by so called government investment funds (sovereign wealth funds). Their current investment activities focus on financial institutions; due to the subprime crisis some large players have to write … Continue reading
December 11, 2007
by Oliver
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A couple of days ago we had a look at the current trends of government investment funds (sovereign wealth funds). Today we saw the next move of an investment fund: GIC (Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte. Ltd) and another investor … Continue reading
December 9, 2007
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Strategic planning is linked with a variety of problems and barriers. Some of them are related to sequence and tools of the planning process. Other problems and barriers exist since strategic planning takes place in the context of the firm’s … Continue reading