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Hay Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

HAY GROUP CONSULTING. In this firm profile, we do a deep dive into Philadelphia-based Hay Group, a darling in the boutique organizational consulting realm. KEY STATS FOR HAY GROUP. Hay Group Website: [link]. Hay Group Headquarters: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hay Group Employees: 2800 employees.

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Retail Banks at the Crossroad

BCG

Nearly eight years after the financial crisis, the performance of many retail banks is still disappointing investors and financial markets, particularly in Europe. In fact, retail banks have to reinvent themselves. And getting back on track is about truly transforming—not just adjusting—their core business models.

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What is digital currency?

Tom Spencer

Since the advent of Bitcoin in 2008, digital currency has been a growing trend and a growing area of interest for consultants, businesses, fintech investors, central banks, and governments. This also includes Bitcoin (created in 2008) and Ethereum (created in 2015). Reading Time: 6 minutes. What is the value of digital currency?

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Competitive Response

Tom Spencer

CanadaCo, the largest discount retailer in Canada, currently holds the dominant market share in the industry. USCo, the largest discount retailer in the United States, has decided to expand into Canada by purchasing CanadaCo’s competition. Case scenario is a derivation from a practice case provided by The Boston Consulting Group.

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Embracing Selfless Love in the Workplace

Organizational Talent Consulting

In-group favoritism results in actions that favor one group. When leaders demonstrate selfless love, they cultivate an organizational culture where healthy and caring leader-follower relationships break down the adverse effects of in-group and out-group differences. Vitucci, S., & & Cedillo, M. Kaptein, M.

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How Many Versions of a Product Do Consumers Really Want?

Harvard Business

For retailers, that difference has big implications for the problem of assortment — how many variations of a single product to offer. A separate group of participants were told to select a song to listen to and evaluate as part of studying. Think of a swimsuit desired for beachwear versus swimming laps.)

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Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis: US Consumer Spending.

MishTalk

Longer-term, Americans self-reported spending is much stronger than it was from late 2008 to late 2011, but continues to trail early 2008, before the recession gained momentum. Spending by this group in 2013 has been in a relatively narrow range, from a high of $78 last month to a low of $70 in January. December 2008 (85).

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