"This divestment is a major step forward in our strategy to simplify the business and focus on our power brands, " said Premier's chief executive Michael Clarke.

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While company strategies are often rosy internal sales documents designed to win investment in a business, an honest and confidential strategy should focus hard on tough questions and methodically lay out the challenges.

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The economic strategy will focus on lowering business tax and easing regulation.

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To help teams focus and move forward, provide or reiterate short- and long-term goals and our focus on our business strategy.

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Templeton College at the University of Oxford offers a series of Advance Management Programs, in four-week sessions, which focus on business enterprise and strategy.

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Strategic Change and Business Trimming : News Corp officials have amended their strategy in regards to MySpace with a more targeted focus on functionality.

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The strategy now is to focus on what Clydesdale used to do rather better, in retail and small business lending.

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Our mobile strategy will remain a top priority as engagement increases, and we will continue to focus on the business owner, creating more ways to measure the value of Yelp leads.

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In the business world, IBM is in the throes of a revolutionary five-year strategy to shift its product focus to software and services.

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