As in the great majority of today's leadership manuals, the message of Consiglieri is that in a time of relentless media scrutiny, when leaders are supposed to be transparent in everything they do, two-faced immorality of the kind Machiavelli recommended has ceased to be a profitable strategy.
As an economic implication of our findings, we suggest that twin embryo reduction at the moment of pregnancy diagnosis could be a profitable strategy to cut twinning rates and abolish their detrimental effects on subsequent reproductive performance and productive lifespan.
It's a profitable strategy to, as a feeble witticism of the industry has it, "put the fun back into funerals".
Nevertheless, some academic studies of the Big Mac index have concluded that betting on the most undervalued of the main currencies each year is a profitable strategy.
But betting against Mr. Buffett has never been a profitable strategy in the long term, and the company's class A shares, which now trade at about $82,000, way off the 52-week high of $147,000, look tempting to many analysts.
This focus on disease management for a few chronic conditions is a profitable strategy, and one that sits well with Astra's drugs, according to Raymond Hill, a pharmaceuticals analyst with A.T. Kearney.The Aventis deal, on the other hand, is seen more as a marriage of convenience than a match made in heaven.
For entrepreneurs in high-growth markets, one thing is clear: Although launching proven business models seen elsewhere has been a profitable strategy until now, that game is largely over.
It's also a good time to discuss the risks and rewards of investing in currency markets, as well as one strategy that has been a mainstay of hedge funds for decades, which is, I want to emphasize, not the same thing as saying it's has been a profitable strategy.
Through our model we have shown, that given a reliable olfactory signal, visual conspicuousness is a profitable strategy.
He concluded that, in fact, there can be a profitable investment strategy based on this report.
This can be a profitable long-term strategy.
