However, our heroes in horns appeared to be on a mission in the early going yesterday, shaking off any and all bad news and instead, focusing on the goal line.
By focusing on top-line value to readily implement new solutions while reducing costs and the infrastructure footprint at the same time, a new IT leader can set a course for double-barreled value creation that earns him or her status as a true peer to the rest of the c-suite of executives.
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By focusing exclusively on the bottom line and neglecting their impact on these entwined issues, businesses are beginning to find their bottom line negatively affected.
Their new crowdfunding platform is designed specifically to take advantage of the JOBS Act to allow social entrepreneurs focusing on a double bottom line (profit and social good) to raise equity.
Bold growth comes from focusing your front line on the customer experience, and because of it, Sur La Table, since starting to expand in 1995, is the second-largest kitchenware specialist chain in America.
His vision is being rewarded as Shigeta rejoins billionaire ranks after a 14-year absence during which he refocused his mobile phone distributor Hikari Tsushin by diversifying his product line and focusing on mobile phone contracts with large corporations.
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At the top level, organizations are focusing more and more on driving top line revenue growth.
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But focusing on the past is out of line with the city's history.
At the moment, Quest is focusing on permitting and getting their studies in line as they work towards production in 2017.
"So many now are focusing on people they think are more in line with their values, but can win, " he said.
Kids in elementary school are focusing on English and math to keep in line with standards set by No Child Left Behind.
And, as Fisher notes, few politicians are paying attention to the needs of the self employed, focusing instead on efforts like boosting old-line manufacturing.
Managing the financial subplot too cleverly may hurt synergies, and focusing only on growth will hit the bottom line, but by considering the financial subplot at the same time as the business playscript, executives can bridge the chasm between corporate finance and strategy execution.
Rather than focusing entirely on the price, sellers should look at the bottom line: Their net profit.
"This transaction is in line with Carrefour's new strategy of focusing on geographies and countries in which it holds or aims to develop a leading position, " the company said in a statement.
This year, DHS is focusing its message on that glorious little device that inspires adults to line up in front of Apple stores like preteen girls on the opening day of a new Twilight movie: the smartphone.
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Nvidia is focusing on improving the production as well as introducing newer versions of its Tegra line of graphics chips.
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So Dhanin is shaking up his empire, focusing on core operations: agri-business, retail and TelecomAsia, which operates fixed-line and mobile phone networks.
The bottom line is that instead of complaining about offshoring manufacturing jobs, we should be focusing on keeping and creating the right kind of manufacturing jobs.
Denmark will also implement new measures to reduce gender-based violence, focusing on increasing the awareness on violence in the family and capacity-building among municipal authorities and front line staff.
Focusing on the end result distracts people from doing what it takes on a daily basis to achieve the best bottom line.
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