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The Paths of Consultancy

Tom Spencer

Instead, he took on a job at the Parthenon Group as a principal consultant where he worked on a variety of strategic and operational improvement projects. Fifteen years later (with a brief run for senator in between) he became dissatisfied with the never-ending quest for wealth accumulation and oversaw the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Below is a timeline of key milestones up until 2002. 2002: FTI made a major move into the corporate restructuring business with their post-Enron acquisition of the business recovery services practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Corporate Finance/Restructuring. More rapid growth and famous casework followed.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

Recognizing client’s needs for help managing IT operations and resources, IBM Vice President Robert M. During this same year, IBM introduced Business Recovery Services as a formal business offering for customers, enabling them to continue operations in the event of an unplanned outage or disaster. Finance Risk.

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Boards Aren’t the Right Way to Monitor Companies

Harvard Business

This idea has led to regulation such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002), as well as requirements by the NYSE and NASDAQ that boards have a majority of independent directors and that members on the audit committee have financial expertise. Most boards have strong cultures that promote deference to the CEO.

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Shockingly Bad Fiscal Health of Chicago (and the Financial Engineering Chicago Uses to Hide that Fact)

MishTalk

Chicago finances are even worse than I thought which is saying quite a bit because I have written about the sorry state of Chicago finances on numerous occasion. Many of these uses of bond proceeds are not eligible for tax-exempt financing under the federal tax code." The Corporate Fund is Chicago’s general operating fund.