The CEO spearheads the strategy, helps select the structure, helps hire the key people, had a big impact on the culture, etc.

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Weiss' investment strategy is to select blue-chip stocks with a long history of paying dividends and trading at the high end of their historical range of yields.

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The role of technology strategy is not to select products from a menu of vendor options.

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We basically tripled down on the information overload How do you know which channels to select for deploying your social media strategy?

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Another new strategy fits an even more select clientele.

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Select a time, preferably once a month but no less than once a quarter, to review your strategy.

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Then in 1993 it dipped its toe in the water with a "Mutual Fund Select List, " a compilation of 75 funds Schwab recommended based on their risk, expenses and sector strategy.

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