Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

And so, as of 2002, PwC was just a big old accounting firm. The consulting industry continues to grow and, in search of higher margins, PwC has thrown itself back into the consulting game head first. Industry Consolidation. Gold Fever. While assurance services are PwC’s traditional bread and butter, revenues have stagnated.

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BearingPoint Talent Culture Industry 92

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 6, 2015

In 2002, they played a pivotal role in steering HealthSouth out of a $2.7B Combining their industry experience, the pair were forerunners in what became a specialty area in professional services: turnaround management, corporate restructuring and operational performance improvement for companies and stakeholders. Industries.

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Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

However, after the ENRON scandal erupted, SOX restructured the consulting industry, and BearingPoint battled to find its own way in the world, the firm struggled with its independence from its Big 4 parent. On October 2, 2002, after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed, the company rebranded their name to BearingPoint Inc., Industries.

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BearingPoint Interviews Oliver Wyman Capgemini 139

Management Consulted

MARCH 9, 2014

The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO) is a professional services firm that offers resources to players who are mainly in the healthcare industry. The founder, David Bradley, set out with the lofty mission of solving “any question for any company for any industry.” Industries. Musslewhite), a President (David L.

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Interviews Culture Company Healthcare 147

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Alpha Financial Markets Consulting. Founded in 2003, Alpha Financial Markets Consulting is based in the UK and also has offices in Luxembourg, Paris and NY. Bain focuses on strategy, marketing, organisation, operations, technology and M&A across all industries and geographies.

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BearingPoint Capgemini Strategy Strategy 99

MishTalk

APRIL 11, 2015

It''s the kind of political power Australian agricultural industries can only dream of. market at unfair low prices, South Korea’s exporters will face tariffs of about 10% to 16%, while smaller players from other countries face rates up to 118%. 200,000 Americans lost their jobs to higher steel prices during 2002. It does to me.

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Engineering Training Training Analysis 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2016

as many as one million manufacturing jobs since 1999, had lowered wages, and had not led to the new jobs and industries that trade proponents had promised. industries became more innovative, thanks to cheaper inputs made possible by trade. They reviewed the literature and reported that trade with China had cost the U.S. innovation.

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MishTalk

APRIL 23, 2014

Numericable (NUM), which provides cable and internet service in France and other European markets, sold a record amount of high-yield bonds Wednesday with some priced in dollars and others in euros. Reflections on AOL These are the kinds of deals that mark the top of markets. It''s sold $7.78 billion and €2.25

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Sales Company Media Finance 67

Management Consulted

MAY 25, 2014

Survey research was his passion and he began to apply these procedures to various fields of industry. He developed research methods and programs for the television and movie industry to help clients determine advertising effectiveness and how to identify what the market wanted to watch in film and television. Market Research.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 181

Management Consulted

MAY 10, 2015

In 2002, World at Work posthumously honored Edward N. Below them is a team of five global managing directors, each owning a different sector: mature markets, fast-growing markets, productized services, people-delivered services, and expertise & knowledge management. Industries . Practice Areas. Capability assessment.

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Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

APRIL 11, 2016

In 2002, Dan McFadden, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics became a Brattle Group. In 2013, the New York office was established, providing a home base in one the most important finance and legal markets in the world. Industries. They hire and develop some of the best and the brightest in our industry. Product liability.

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Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

Tom Spencer

JUNE 22, 2019

In part one of my series about health economics I gave an overview of the drivers of demand in the medical care market. Additionally, the cost of liability insurance in the medical industry may result in doctors who are unwilling to perform complex procedures upon individuals if there is a foreseeable chance of injuring the patient.

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Insurance Insurance System Government 60

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2017

Value is defined in the other paper according to the Tobin’s q ratio, which indicates the market value of a company’s assets. The latter is a market-based measurement, which may be better for evaluating firm performance in the long run, but can be influenced by accounting methods. family firms (from 1993 to 2009).

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Company Data Marketing Banking 36

Harvard Business

MAY 28, 2018

Large companies in industries ranging from retail, to aerospace, to financial services are buying talent and technology to develop new digital capabilities and reinvent themselves quickly. Notably tech firms acquired an average 250 tech companies annually between 2002 and 2011 and 350 in the years since. Julian Watt/Getty Images.

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Company Talent Accenture Transportation 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2018

Indeed, current trends are moving away from broad offerings in many industries. The trick is, growth strategies have to fit the company’s current context, especially its brand promise and its target market. The company had been a star of the dot-com boom, eventually selling to eBay in 2002 for $1.5

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Productivity Sales Operations Groups 28

Tom Spencer

MAY 9, 2020

Money is not really respected in academia, and so most of the attention tends to focus on other topics: the interaction between buyers and sellers, the structure of industries, statistical modelling, the valuation of financial assets, and so on. Since most advanced economies have adopted a freely floating exchange rate (e.g.

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System Banking Government Insurance 88

Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2016

Since every industry changes in time, the key to success is adapting to those changes – hence, strategy is innovation. billion ten years ago, some in the industry thought he was crazy. In this, Disney and Warner Brothers provide an instructive study in contrasts. When Robert Iger, Disney chair and CEO, purchased Pixar for $7.4

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Film Industry Examples Strategy 28

MishTalk

AUGUST 4, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Magazine Ad Revenues Plunge; Google Collects Half of Mobile Internet Ads; Cannibalization of Ad Market. Ad Revenues in Dollars and Percent of Market. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts.

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Advertising Real Estate Financial Case Interview 68

Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

Why is there is a cottage industry of executive search firms focusing on “reverse board searches,” where they proactively work to place executives on outside corporate boards? In an effort to explore executives’ motivations for serving on boards, we looked at how board service is evaluated in the executive labor market.

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Government Development Journal Study 34

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Of course, there is also persistent overoptimism about earnings growth and stock market expectations. Trucking Industry Entering a Profit-Killing Era of Overcapacity? Trucking Industry Entering a Profit-Killing Era of Overcapacity? So far, the industry does not appear to be doing that. The Fed never sees them coming.

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Balance Sheet Banking Study Policies 28

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

I don''t and neither does Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets. The Financial Times reports China house price surge raises prospect of steps to cool market. Deposit rates are still low and the stock market has been uncooperative. Bulls think China is on the mend. Bullish Arguments. Property Prices Rising.

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Real Estate Banking Government Balance Sheet 64

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Economic Vacuum China’s flag is waving strongly these days, the direction of the economic- and political winds have changed but the present multitude of macro changes is yet to be recognized by consensus and the market. Markets and monetary policy It’s the weather! Not a good month for monetary coordination and friendly summits.

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Banking Conference Travel Policies 74

Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2018

” We then collected nine years of play-by-play data (2002 – 2010), totaling almost half a million unique plays. In organizations and industries in which experimentation, innovation, bold strategic moves, and thinking outside the box are valued (e.g., Risk-taking is not inherently good or bad; it depends on the context.

Research 34

Research Study Survey Sports 34

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 12, 2016

The language of ecosystems redefined our understanding of competition by viewing markets has habitats. One of its most successful marketing campaigns was “Let’s Build a Smarter Planet.” In today’s markets, it’s more important than ever to adapt and evolve. Does biology inform business?

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How To Company Examples Strategy 28

Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Today’s emphasis is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the USA) – a premier boutique firm focused on sales force and marketing optimization. Founded in 1983 by Kellogg School of Management marketing professors Andris A. The firm is a strong niche player, distinguished in its speciality of sales and marketing consulting.

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Case Interview Interviews Sales Pharmaceuticals 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

It should be no surprise since they have been the birthplace of many technological advances, were one of the founders of the entire personal computer industrial revolution, and now are leaders in new software platforms, hardware infrastructure and workplace equality. Marketing Sales & Service. Financial Markets. Automotive.

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IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Founded in Paris, and containing the spliced DNA of other major firms it acquired along the way (Ernst & Young Consulting being the most notable), Capgemini Consulting is a global player in today’s consulting industry. In 1981 , the Cap Gemini Sogeti group entered the US market. Industries. Website: [link].

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Capgemini Interviews Consulting Accenture 192

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Across industries and across countries, a small number of “superstar” firms are pulling away from the competition. He finds that the rise in industry concentration – the share of revenue captured by the top firms in a sector – is largely explained by the adoption of IT. But why are these companies doing so well?

Intellectual Property 29

Intellectual Property Software Industry Study 29

MishTalk

APRIL 1, 2015

trillion muni market had puzzled at the true identity of Bond Girl, Hector Negroni, co-founder of New York-based investing firm Fundamental Credit Opportunities, said in a telephone interview. “ Guest Post I mention the above to prove Culpepper is highly regarded in the industry. Buyers and traders in the $3.7 The city has a very?—?well,

Financial 28

Financial Engineering Finance Government 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The consumer banking industry is notoriously difficult to enter, not least because most customers rarely switch banks. The banking industry in South Africa was no exception; for decades the industry was dominated by “the Big Four” (Standard, FNB, Nedbank, and Absa). Capitec first entered the industry in rural areas.

Banking 28

Banking Industry Insurance Insurance 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2014

My Thoughts: During periods of market excess, avoiding bubbles and instead investing in out of favor but attractive assets can be quite painful to live through in the short-term. Fed Uncertainty Principle : The fed, by its very existence, has completely distorted the market via self reinforcing observer/participant feedback loops.

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Conference Government Education Marketing 69

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2016

While he was in office, from 2002–2010, he promoted a hard-line policy with the FARC. ” Unlike other countries on the continent, Colombia used much of the money it earned during the commodities boom to invest in infrastructure and industrial development.

Leadership 35

Leadership Government Tourism Emotional Intelligence 35

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2018

.” By that, we mean that GM’s layoffs significantly reflect the talent and workforce strains associated with the diffusion of digital and electronic technologies into nearly every industry, business, and workplace in America. This has reoriented the occupational mix of the industry, changing its hiring needs and layoff decisions.

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Industry Engineering Automotive Software 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

“How long does it take for her to interact with a market that isn’t nearly monopolized?” But the rise of big companies — and the resulting concentration of industries, profits, and wages — goes well beyond tech firms and is about far more than antitrust policy. .” Most industries in the U.S.

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Software Company Industry Policies 28

MishTalk

JULY 24, 2014

A decade ago, as the United States hemorrhaged manufacturing jobs, the federal government considered reclassifying fast food as a manufacturing industry. manufacturing employment figures by 595,000 jobs in 2002 and 431,000 jobs in 2007. The IB Times reports Obama''s jobs proposal was Slammed by Unions. Sound ludicrous?

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Government Company Research Report 74

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Platzeck, Brandenburg''s popular state premier from 2002 to 2013, struck a nerve in eastern Germany where there is far less support for sanctions against Russia than in the West. "We This week, Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukaev is being hosted by Russia-friendly businessmen in Stuttgart, the heart of German industry.

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Report Banking Government Management 69

Management Consulted

APRIL 6, 2014

Hewlett-Packard was in negotiations to purchase MCS for $17B prior to the scandal’s blast on the industry, but negotiations predictably broke down in 2000. In May 2002, PwC announced PwC Consulting would branch off to be its own independent entity and would have their own CEO to run the global firm. Industries.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers IBM GBS Case Interview Interviews 221