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What follows after the Eureka Moment: Consulting for Innovation Start-ups

Tom Spencer

The first social media network was not Facebook, but a short-lived Hungarian start-up called iWiW, and the Ford Model T was by far not the first automobile either. When it comes to the plastics industry, the chemical recycling company Carbios is an instructive example of this delayed patenting strategy.

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Is mood a gift or a skill?

Seth Godin Blog

That might be because the outside world has handed us good news and opportunities, or it might be because the chemicals in our brain are particularly aligned… I think it’s fair to assert that sometimes, our moods are handed to us. But it’s also clearly true that we can do things to improve our mood.

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What is Consulting?

Tom Spencer

Consultants can work in a wide range of industries including automotive, CPG (consumer packaged goods), chemicals, defense, electronics, financial services, healthcare, infrastructure, logistics, media, mining, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, private equity, retail, social sector, technology, telecommunications and tourism.

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The pleasure/happiness gap

Seth Godin Blog

Both respond not only to direct, physical inputs (chemicals, illness) but more and more, to cultural ones, to the noise of comparisons and narratives. Lately, social media is using dopamine hits around fear and anger and short-term connection to build a new sort of addiction. Marketers usually sell pleasure.

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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

The most significant impact of introducing a carbon border tax will be on the cost of products with high-carbon inputs, such as steel, aluminum, cement, chemicals, and electricity-intensive processes. EU importers and non-EU producers of these inputs will be required to pay around 75 EUR per metric ton of CO2 emissions.

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AlixPartners Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Media & Entertainment. 3 in the chemicals and pharma sector – brand eins. Social Media. Turnaround & Restructuring. Effectiveness. Industries. Aerospace & Defense. Automotive. Business & Consumer Services. Consumer Products. Financial Services. Healthcare. Heavy Equipment. Life Sciences. Oil & Gas.

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Issue? Crisis? What’s The Difference and Why Is It Important?

Melissa Agnes

For example you might analyse the communication benefits of a media release versus a press conference versus a one-on-one interview and the options of newspaper versus radio versus television versus social media. In a crisis the choices become fewer rather than more as the situation develops.

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