Much of the blame has been placed on Maradona, who has been criticised for a perceived lack of team strategy and selection consistency.

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Earlier this year WRU group chief executive Roger Lewis outlined a new 'Wales Rugby Selection Strategy' warning Welsh internationals leaving Wales of a potential clash.

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Rather than a traditional trial setup, his patients pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege of participating in the studies (not the most ethical or effective subject selection strategy).

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Grocers who emphasis attributes other than price, location or selection should have a very good strategy to back up the plan.

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Lower margins could be offset by packing the selection with private-label merchandise, a strategy Walmart employed successfully in Mexico with its Bodega concept.

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Underweighting financials, good stock selection in technology and overweighting energy was the winning strategy.

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Many committees choose to focus on asset allocation strategy and high level oversight and delegate the implementation and manager selection to an internal investment office or an outside advisor.

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Nike, for example, identified 10 major decision areas, including category selection, budgeting and targeting, and channel and sales strategy.

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This method outperforms active fund selection by over one percent per year, and a disciplined rebalancing strategy generates returns that have outperformed the markets nominally and on a risk adjusted basis.

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