That means that your business is slower to respond to changes in strategy or changes in the marketplace.
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He says the Japanese electronics retailer Yodobashi used to take 3 days to calculate the effectiveness of promotional campaigns, but that with HANA they can complete the task in under 3 seconds, allowing rapid changes in strategy on a daily basis.
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The new plans included slowing down its store expansion in Brazil to build a strong foundation for comparable store sales growth, and changes in expansion strategy leading to delay in store opening in Mexico.
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So as long as the LDP retains its majority in parliament, there should be no major changes in economic strategy or foreign policy.
The program was marked by frequent changes in reconstruction strategy, "turbulence" caused by personnel turnover and "poor integration" of work by various U.S. government agencies.
" As you might expect, Ballmer was also asked about the recent shakeup at Microsoft, but he apparently wouldn't say anything more than that he "wouldn't predict any drastic changes" in strategy for the division, and that "we'll have to accelerate plans" -- although it's not exactly clear what will be "accelerated.
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In fact, published reports reveal that Defense Secretary Les Aspin is untroubled by the prospect of laying down the law on the services, on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and on the regional commanders in chief regarding the dramatic changes in force structure and strategy he advocates.
The changes are clear in the shifting strategy of Staples Inc.
On Sunday, National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley said Congress needs to wait for military commanders in Iraq to complete their progress report in September, before calling for changes in U.S. strategy.
Game benefits might reflect shifts in strategy rather than changes in more basic cognitive or perceptual capacities.
If you aren't hearing about changes in your company's recruiting strategy, ask.
Identify any changes in your environment, review how your strategy is unfolding compared to how you thought it would, and make any necessary adjustments to the plan.
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Identify any changes in your environment, and review how your strategy is unfolding compared to how you thought it would.
But the word has a longer pedigree in the area of strategy, where it generally refers to a firm's ability to respond to changes in its environment both rapidly and at low cost.
Changes in technology will have a major impact on the business strategy.
In this strategy, big pharma makes minor changes to extend patents.
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It is too late for tennis to do the same, but it could initiate rule changes that would extend the time the ball is in play and reward strategy and stroke play over raw power.
By no means does this strategy always work, and unexpected events and the dramatic changes in how most banks make money have made it far less effective.
The Guardian quotes insiders as saying that Mr Snook would not be losing authority in the changes, but would have more time to develop the bigger strategy for the enlarged group.
But changes in the landscape, particularly the migration of readership to tablets and smartphones, mean a strategy that was right for 2008 might not be right anymore.
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Changes in how people approach a task are interesting and important, but without careful evaluation of strategy shifts, better expert performance might wrongly be attributed to more fundamental differences in perception and memory.
"It is vital that the government decides on its high-level strategy for communicating the changes to the public by the time the finalised bill comes before Parliament in the summer, " said Dame Anne.
This strategy could be implemented in cooperation with all countries in the region which are themselves experiencing historic changes and may mutually support one another.
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