BCG

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Focus Thursday, September 15, 2016. For the past decade, Africa has been one of the world’s hottest growth markets for private equity investment. In the early 1990s, a mere dozen Africa-based funds managed a combined $1 billion; today, more than 200 funds manage upwards of $30 billion. Or is a bubble building?

Finance 40

Finance Resources Industry Development 40

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 14, 2022

There will be some clear winners in the clean energy transition, namely more developed countries. However, given that the fossil fuel-based energy market is valued at over $5 trillion, the risks involved in the clean energy transition are proportionally huge. Figure 4 : Final energy demand, 2016 – 2050. Business Risks.

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Energy Transportation Policies McKinsey 88

Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

They’re also likely to be paying an even higher premium for the acquisition, betting on a fast—although uncertain—development. Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration. Let’s start with financing the deal.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 17, 2023

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are key growth strategies for many organizations: entering new markets, acquiring new technologies, or leveraging scale and size. Organization Level Support the brand image with a unique identity to the market. It is comparable to breathing.

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Culture Resources Tools Leadership 52

Tsavo Neal

MARCH 30, 2017

Rather than blogs focused on a particular consulting industry, I’m listing blogs that are focused on business development, marketing, and sales for consultants and independent professionals. The Zipursky cousins are marketing masterminds, and have a deep expertise in how consultants can build a thriving consultancy.

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Consulting Journal Marketing Resources 120

MishTalk

DECEMBER 2, 2014

The next election for prime minister is not scheduled until June 2016, but a February 2015 presidential election (a largely ceremonial position) threatens to upset the cart. It was the financial markets'' way of hinting that it is still too early to grant Greece full fiscal independence. €2

Finance 76

Finance Government Banking Travel 76

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

revenue in 2016 and 26,000 personnel. Learning and development opportunities are integrated into day-to-day duties. Bain CEO Bob Bechek has a near-100% approval rating on Glassdoor and was ranked Best CEO in 2016. Most reported diversity factors have been on a positive trend since 2016. BAIN & COMPANY. women and 49.6%

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Oliver Wyman Boston Consulting Group Consulting Bain 81

MishTalk

DECEMBER 17, 2013

The latest proposals could see up to 126 people being consulted on how to wind up a bank, even though agreement might need to be reached over the course of a weekend while financial markets are closed. At the heart of the disagreement is what to do when so-called bank resolution funds, financed by the banking sector, run out of money.

Banking 73

Banking Finance Balance Sheet Financial 73

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Small startup firms are already developing proprietary technologies — such as machine vision, deep learning, and other innovations —– that could help large investors evaluate opportunities and risks with far greater accuracy and efficiency than was previously possible. But right now that’s not happening.

Operations 28

Operations Finance Media Financial 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2018

The Silicon Valley model, for all of its charms, was developed at a specific time, for a specific industry, which was developing a specific set of technologies. We’re now entering a new era of innovation , one that the model doesn’t quite fit, and we will have to develop new approaches to build the future.

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Nonprofit Engineering Industry Finance 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. At the end of 2016, Fitch Ratings estimated that all robo-advisors managed under U.S.$100B will grow to U.S. $5 5 trillion to U.S. $7

Strategy 28

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Consulting 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

Even the near-term outlook has been quite negative: A 2016 report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said 9% of jobs in the 21 countries that make up its membership could be automated. Four years ago, an Oxford University study predicted 47% of jobs could be automated by 2033.

Company 37

Company Survey Finance Engineering 37

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

These two trends may seem separate—or, some people believe, incompatible—but together I believe they have the power to improve finance’s role in the world. It is tough to beat the market and over long periods of time indexing has been shown to outperform most active managers.

Chemicals 28

Chemicals Industry Metrics Financial 28

Tom Spencer

JUNE 7, 2015

Alex Formstone: It’s a combination of client development, client management, managing the team to deliver the project work and firm building. You would be expected to manage the junior client interactions for example working with the finance or marketing team, and be given opportunities to present work to senior business leaders.

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Case Interview Interviews Recruiting Recruitment 60

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

But peruse some of the recent headlines about Iran , and you might wonder whether the market’s potential was overstated. However, despite a weakened economy, political tensions, market uncertainty, and the lingering effects of sanctions, Iran remains an important opportunity for multinationals in emerging markets.

Tourism 28

Tourism Banking Hotels Financial 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 3, 2018

The paltry market for organic wine around the world belies the fact that over the past half century, countless organic winegrowers and vintners have dedicated great effort to creating a larger market for the category, without much success. As organic wine standards were being developed in Europe and the U.S., What changed?

Chemicals 30

Chemicals Retail Case Interview Turnaround 30

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2017

Yet by April 2016 Adobe’s stock price had nearly tripled from its value four years earlier. Due to the fast growth of the SaaS market and the high valuations of SaaS startups, a move toward SaaS seems very compelling for traditional software vendors. On April 23, 2012, Adobe Inc.

Company 28

Company Software Sales Study 28

Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2016

and globally, and Habitat for Humanity, which works in 70-plus nations to provide home construction, rehabilitation, and increased access to shelter and financing, gathered data from their sites to make the case for profound change. By February 2016, more than three-quarters of the Central Territory Corps were trained in the new model.

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Data Finance Education Survey 29

Harvard Business

JUNE 1, 2016

Increasing the social media marketing budget is not digital transformation. Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE, started off 2016 by saying : “We can’t be an industrial company anymore. Under Immelt, GE decide to make rather than buy , and develop the needed capability in-house. We need to be more like Oracle.

Industry 28

Industry Metrics Transportation Strategy 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

When Subra Suresh was tapped to lead the National Science Foundation (NSF), in 2010, he saw that many of the pathbreaking discoveries developed through the agency’s grants weren’t finding their way to the marketplace, so he sought to foster better links between government and industry. Cat Yu for HBR.

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Government Course Conference Productivity 34

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Based on this research, I have developed a three-phase model that shows how companies can move beyond rhetoric and take ownership of sustainability. Psychological ownership refers to feelings of possessiveness and connection that we develop toward an appealing object such as a person, company, or even an idea.

How To 30

How To Real Estate Case Interview System 30

Harvard Business

JUNE 16, 2016

In July 2015, Novartis launched its new heart failure drug, Entresto, which Forbes in 2014 predicted would be a blockbuster — with expected sales of $10 billion annually — as the potential market in the US exceeds 5 million people with a heart failure condition. The failure stemmed from resistance in the U.S.

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Pharmaceuticals Sales Insurance Insurance 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

That’s the research firm IDC’s estimate of the size of the big data market, worldwide, in 2016. trillion , IBM’s estimate of the yearly cost of poor quality data, in the US alone, in 2016. ” Senior executives hedge their plans because they don’t trust the numbers from finance.

Data 28

Data Operations Finance Government 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2017

Total investment (internal and external) in AI reached somewhere in the range of $26 billion to $39 billion in 2016, with external investment tripling since 2013. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging. Furthermore, early AI adopters are 3.5

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Survey Tools Industry Automotive 32

Harvard Business

MAY 12, 2017

A 2016 study estimated that there are more than 53,300 professional coaches worldwide, and the British paper The Independent pegged the number of management consultants at 500,000. ” Prepare your marketing. . ” Prepare your marketing. Of course, competition for these plum positions is growing. Do a skills analysis.

Consulting 29

Consulting How To Recruiting Recruitment 29

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2018

Capital markets, as a whole, are also moving in this direction. In 2016, socially responsible investing made up more than one out of every four invested dollars under professional management. In turn, this will foster better social outcomes and create new markets and consumer segments. This initiative will soon connect all 1.3

Nonprofit 30

Nonprofit Government Company Operations 30

Harvard Business

MARCH 20, 2017

Home Run Media, a media agency that helped its clients plan and carry out their marketing strategies, had been operating for more than a decade when a key client in the fantasy sports industry began to grow rapidly, thanks in part to Home Run’s work and to a healthy dose of venture capital that was fueling its growth. He wanted out.

Media 29

Media Culture Company Software 29

Harvard Business

JANUARY 24, 2017

Scaling Up Manizales ( Manizales-Más in Spanish), an economic development coalition of local institutions and the Babson Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Platform (BEEP), which I created and lead, was launched in 2012 with the ambitious aim of revolutionizing the pursuit of opportunity. strategic hires).

Training 28

Training Training Banking Balance Sheet 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 12, 2016

We know from biology that DNA contains the instructions an organism needs to develop, function, and reproduce. The language of ecosystems redefined our understanding of competition by viewing markets has habitats. Consider Pokemon Go, the viral sensation of Summer 2016 and the most popular smartphone game in history.

How To 28

How To Company Examples Strategy 28

MishTalk

MARCH 1, 2015

This is a very significant, negative development for the city of Chicago’s financial position,” Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation, a nonpartisan research group in Chicago, said in an interview. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

System 28

System Operations Report Financial 28

Harvard Business

MAY 8, 2017

In a study of S&P 500 and Global 500 firms, our team found that those leading the most successful transformations, creating new offerings and business models to push into new growth markets, share common characteristics and strategies. The same was true of Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen. Theodor Weimer , Country Chairman at UniCredit.

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Methodologies Culture Metrics Company 45

QEmploy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The fact that sharing has become so popular means that long-established companies cannot close themselves off to the changing forces of the market. Developers ($40.75/hour) hour) Instagram marketing ($31.23/hour). In the last 5 years, everyone has been talking about the “Sharing Economy, Gig Economy and Freelance Consultants”.The

Company 11

Company Consulting Agile Talent 11

MishTalk

JULY 10, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Following is a snip from the June 18-19, 2013 Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee , released today. Big Picture.

Real Estate 61

Real Estate Financial Policies Advertising 61

MishTalk

APRIL 6, 2015

In March 2003, Mr. Wolfowitz told Congress that " we''re really dealing with a country that could finance its own reconstruction. " Hell, Iran is damn near crazy to trust us given that track record, especially when leading Republicans vow to overturn any agreement in 2016. It will not be allowed to build or develop newer models.

Report 28

Report Conference Finance Groups 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

There has been a truly dramatic retrenchment from foreign markets, making banking a rare case of an industry becoming less, rather than more, global. For instance, before the crisis, the three largest German banks had two-thirds of their total assets in foreign markets; today it is only one-third. And it is not alone.

Banking 28

Banking Balance Sheet McKinsey Finance 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

By early 2016 there were 20 HR business partners, covering almost 6,000 employees. But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties.

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Recruiting Recruitment Finance Agile 33

Harvard Business

MARCH 24, 2017

Then, via price dynamics determined by market supply and demand, the value is settled on by the network of participants, rather than by a central authority or government. ICOs are the Wild West of financing — they sit in a grey zone where the U.S. Insight Center. Business in the Era of Blockchain.

Finance 32

Finance Financial Government Software 32