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Senior Leadership Track

Workshops

Cash Cows, Stars, Dogs, and Question Marks: What's in Your Matrix? 
Senior Leadership Track
Wednesday, October 21 | 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM  Location: N261 

Experts at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have spent the last forty years developing and perfecting their cash cow matrix. Learn how this matrix can help you determine your competitive advantage and growth. Hear about the product life cycle and how retailers have successfully used this model to effectively analyze their businesses. Further learn how building a viable portfolio can help realize a return on capital.

What You Will Learn

  • What is the product life cycle
  • How building a viable portfolio can help realize a return on capital
  • Learn how the matrix helps allocate cash to various business units
  • Sort out your store portfolio in terms of investment versus liquidation
  • What limitations does the matrix have in regard to market success
 
Moderators Speakers

Stewart Spinx
The Spinx Company
Founder & CEO
 
 

George Overstreet, Jr.
University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce
Associate Dean