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How U.S. Businesses Can Succeed in India in 2015

Harvard Business Review

So cash flow is king in most Indian businesses and if you can document how your product or service can improve your Indian customer’s cash flow, a high ticket price becomes much less of a factor. The reality is that usage assumptions of many imported products are not attuned to the Indian market.

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The End-of-Quarter Sales Rush Costs Companies Money

Harvard Business Review

million sales transactions from the anonymized data of 151 U.S. companies over nine consecutive quarters (Q1 2014 through Q1 2016). But sales managers also have to take some blame. Yes, the patterns established through decades of sales behaviors are difficult to break.

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