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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

As the 2008 banking crisis ensued, Alvarez & Marsal played a pivotal role in liquidating Lehman Brother’s assets while also servicing many other high-profile clients. Recently, Alvarez & Marsal gained more territory in Europe and Asia by recruiting a new country head in Greece and by opening an office in Seoul, South Korea.

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The Startups Most Likely to Succeed Have Technical Founders Who Quickly Hire Businesspeople

Harvard Business

Identifying, recruiting , and retaining the right employees are among the most important tasks in the formative stages of a new business — and among the most challenging. Established in 2008, the KfW/ZEW Start-Up Panel is a representative survey of German startups. — Steve Jobs.

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business

Robo-advisors, which were introduced in 2008 , are steadily eating up market share from their human counterparts much the way that Amazon and Netflix have taken share from Walmart and Regal Cinemas. Will robo-advisors disrupt corporate capital allocation the same way they have personal capital allocation? will grow to U.S. $5

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

There I advised only insurance companies’ business models – it is a different type of consulting, yet invariably an enriching learning experience. I was hired by a large insurance company as a summer intern where Deloitte was leading a large consulting engagement.

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Self-Driving "Fully Automated" Vehicles on German Autobahn; Supply Chain Math; Uber and Khan Academy

MishTalk

The cost of finding, recruiting, training and keeping drivers is steadily rising,” Shevell says. Tires, insurance, terminal costs have all risen substantially. The ATRI study, “ Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking ,” has been tracking truckers’ costs annually since 2008. Equipment costs are through the roof.

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