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Kickstarting the Gift Economy - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

As a result of the crisis, there was less money available for consumption and investment activity, and businesses found it difficult to re-finance existing loans. Just stumbled across your blog, and your current post struck a responsive chord. Here is a recent post from my blog on “growth”: [link]. Case Interviews.

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The First 100 Days as a CEO - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Case Interviews. Management Consulting. Enjoy the Consulting Blog? Graduate Consulting Group. Categories. Select Category. Business Frameworks. Business Strategy. Leadership. Other stuff. Copyright © 2013 Tom Spencer.

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Greek default in all but name - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Over the last few decades, countless risky financial products were sold to investors using harmless sounding terms like “credit default swap”, “mortgage backed security”, “special purpose vehicle” and “off-balance sheet financing”. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Case Interviews.

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PARADE Method

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The PARADE Method (tm) is an approach to answering resume-oriented job interview questions. It is an approach I developed that is tailored for answering these questions in job interviews for management consulting, as well as interviews for senior executive positions in industry. Interviewers want to know what you did.

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Inside a Fortune 500 Boardroom

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If you know finance, especially the finance of retail businesses, that’s nearly impossible. Of course, I was admiring the company's financial management while also feeling a little chilly. Check out our Privacy Policy below for details on how we protect and manage your submitted data. but was still profitable!

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Who is responsible for your success? - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Here are three examples of pessimistic explanations for positive outcomes: Praise from a client: “The client was happy with the finance report [specific] that the team [non-personal] submitted on this project [temporary]. Get Email Updates (It’s Free). -- Australia’s premier consulting blog. Case Interviews.

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Each Firm's Favorite Cases

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A reader sent me an email asking if there was a pattern or trend to what kind of case problems are given by each firm? So, does BCG give M&A questions while McKinsey gives business cases? My answer is the cases you get are all over the place and there's no pattern that I've ever seen or heard about.