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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

This might include advice on asset management, tax structuring, or capital structuring to reduce financing costs and sources of risk (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal). For instance, financial consultants provide advice to organizations on financial matters. liquidity risk, interest rate risk, default risk).

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VC Stereotypes About Men and Women Aren’t Supported by Performance Data

Harvard Business

Nonetheless, statistics show that women-owned businesses, which account for one-third of Swedish businesses, are not granted the corresponding proportion of government venture financing; in fact, women-owned businesses receive only 7%. Value of real estate: the scope of collateral for taking on larger loans.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

BCG’s new home, 10 Hudson Yards, is like a city within a city and is considered the largest real estate deal in US history (jaw drop!). Their functional areas are analytics, high-end information technology, BPO, healthcare, marketing & sales, media & communication, finance & risk, cyber security & financial services.

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The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings

Harvard Business

In recent years, much has been written about how the Blockchain is poised to transform traditional industries such as banking, real estate, and healthcare. More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). 3 Defenses of Large ICOs.

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Can Impact Investing Avoid the Failures of Microfinance?

Harvard Business

Early adopters of microfinance wanted to prove that it was a commercially viable product, deserving space in an investor’s portfolio alongside real estate and the stock market. By 2010, they had succeeded. First and foremost, we need mechanisms to insure we scale impact alongside financial return.

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7 Charts Show How Political Affiliation Shapes U.S. Boards

Harvard Business

Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance. METHODOLOGY. banking & financial services, insurance, real estate); Healthcare (e.g., We found differences in how Republican and Democrat directors view the performance of their boards.