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List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

Established in 1989, Accenture operates in more than 120 countries worldwide. Founded in 1983, A&M operates in 38 cities worldwide. A&M is an independent global professional services firm which provides leadership, problem-solving and value-creation services to companies across the industry spectrum. Address: Accenture.

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The Decline of Yahoo in Its Own Words

Harvard Business

On Google’s earnings call for the first quarter of 2006 – more than a year before the iPhone was released and more than two years before the release of the first Android-operated smartphone – CEO Eric Schmidt went out of his way to talk about mobile. Did Yahoo’s leadership really miss the importance of smartphones?

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How to Get on the Shortlist for the C-Suite

Harvard Business

Every organization has a slightly different framework of expected experience, but I like to look at this through the lens of strategy and operations. Likewise, I know numerous chief HR officers who have done tours in business, operations, HR, and elsewhere. You can be stronger at one of them, but you need to know how to manage both.

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The Mistakes PE Firms Make When They Pick CEOs for Portfolio Companies

Harvard Business

When a private equity firm adds a new company to its portfolio, analysts rigorously size up its financial, operational, and competitive condition. From 2008 to 2015 SCA’s revenue rose 88% (from $690 million to $1.3 Hall and OSI’s leadership team have coinvested with Jordan and will continue with the company.

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Reflecting on David Garvin’s Imprint on Management

Harvard Business

I’ll fast-forward through the next decade, when Garvin, trained in operations, helped to answer the question much of America was obsessed with at the time: How Japanese automakers could make higher-quality, more-reliable cars than Americans, while charging less for them. Great leadership is extraordinarily difficult.