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. sales force teams. Where did ZS Associates begin, and what are they known for?

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Case Interview Interviews Sales Pharmaceuticals 100

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 11, 2018

The technology industry is booming: in 2008, Microsoft was the only tech firm ranked in the world’s top 10 public companies by market capitalisation. Hardware and software sales – where a product is sold. Apple, now the world’s most valuable company, does the same through hardware, its operating system and its app store.

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Company Advertising Operations Software 68

Tom Spencer

MAY 8, 2016

Within an investment bank, the work is split into many roles including investment banking, sales and trading, equity research, risk management, operations, and technology. People in the “sales and trading” division buy and sell financial products. Sales people communicate with investors to sell financial products.

Banking 60

Banking Consulting Comparison Finance 60

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In contrast, my favorite boardroom belonged to a clothing retail chain in California during the Great Recession of 2008. The company had suffered a 40% drop in sales. My second thought was, "Look at all that unnecessary cost.". but was still profitable!

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Case Interview Retail Finance Conference 59

Tom Spencer

JULY 22, 2013

Kearney’s services include strategy, innovation, sales & marketing, operations, strategic IT, and procurement. In 2008, Booz separated its operations from the U.S. Additional areas of expertise include new financial services channels, technologies and markets, retail financial services, and e-business.

Oliver Wyman 83

Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy Strategy& 83

MishTalk

AUGUST 17, 2013

Nearly 40% of car factories in North America now operate on work schedules that push production well past 80 hours a week, compared with 11% in 2008, said Ron Harbour, a senior partner with the Oliver Wyman Inc. factory recently cut 500 workers after sales of its new Passat sedan swooned. management consulting firm.

Oliver Wyman 75

Oliver Wyman Film Sales Data 75

MishTalk

JULY 14, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Clearly the pace of sales is very far below the business plan. With estimated operating costs of 1.7 December 2008 (85). November 2008 (78). October 2008 (108).

Banking 76

Banking Analysis Trends Real Estate 76

Tom Spencer

MAY 31, 2012

Bain operates in 47 offices across 30 countries. In Ausralia, Bain operates out of Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Founded in 1963 by Bruce Henderson, BCG operates in more than 75 offices worldwide. In Australia, BCG operates out of Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Perth. McKinsey operates in 98 locations worldwide.

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Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy Strategy& 122

Tom Spencer

MAY 15, 2014

Services include Strategy Development, Operational Improvement, and Transaction Support. Momentum’s vision is to become the leading independent consultancy in Australia providing the highest quality consulting services which integrate three key elements of organisational change: strategy, operations and people. Port Jackson Partners.

Oliver Wyman 76

Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy Strategy& 76

MishTalk

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Chris Hood and Jon Schultz paid $13,500 for the rights to Ebola.com back in 2008 and have just sold it to a company called Weed Growth Fund. The terms of sale call for Hood and Schultz to get $50,000 in cash and 19,192 shares of Cannabis Sativa, Inc., The stock is currently trading under the CBDS ticker symbol at $8.55

Trends 64

Trends Report Sales Operations 64

CaseInterview.com

MARCH 17, 2020

First, I have helped my CEO clients navigate multiple industry, capital market, and economic crises over the past 25 years. There was the Great Recession in 2008. I’ve also led mass casualty training exercises as a field operations leader and incident commander. They will also tell everyone else, "Hey, sales are down 50%.”.

Leadership 88

Leadership Case Interview Interviews Sales 88

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Established in 1989, Accenture operates in more than 120 countries worldwide. Founded in 1983, A&M operates in 38 cities worldwide. Applied Value offers strategy, finance, and operations management services. Kearney operates across 55 locations world wide. Bain operates in 47 offices across 30 countries.

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Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy Strategy& 107

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

The pressure on large companies in today’s equity markets is enormous, with expectations they will continue to produce outsized returns as PE ratios climb daily. PepsiCo is a $65B food and beverage giant, with a dozen global brands, operating in 190 countries. Country and Market Units (P&L, and some infrastructure).

Apparel 82

Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 20, 2016

If you think the job of a CEO is to increase sales, then Ballmer did a spectacular job. He tripled Microsoft’s sales to $78 billion and profits more than doubled from $9 billion to $22 billion. Microsoft ended the 20 th century owning over 95% of the operating systems that ran on computers (almost all on desktops).

Operations 28

Operations Productivity Software Talent 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2018

I explained this in an article that was published in Harvard Business Review in 2008, before any of those companies began, and, now, 10 years later, that still holds true, as more and more of the business discourse is focused on digital transformation.

Advertising 51

Advertising Turnaround Resources Comparison 51

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

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. Companies are both operators and investors. And, will they shake up the trillion-dollar corporate consulting and advisory industry?

Strategy 28

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Consulting 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department. AI wasn’t new at Microsoft.

Company 45

Company Survey Finance Engineering 45

MishTalk

JANUARY 27, 2014

Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere. Currency Crisis A second deflationary factor in Europe is the emerging market currency crisis. the Fed and others way overestimate the robustness of the jobs market. In the U.S.,

Banking 78

Banking Retail Healthcare Sales 78

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today’s executives are dealing with a complex and unprecedented brew of social, environmental, market, and technological trends. This can disrupt a firm’s ability to operate on schedule and budget. “Stranded assets” are investments that become obsolete due to regulatory, environmental, or market constraints.

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Study Efficiency Productivity Operations 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 5, 2018

The chief marketing officers at consumer products companies, the heads of design at luxury apparel companies, and the heads of logistics at large retailers are cases in point. The jobs are in sales, customer contact centers, and field service positions. Or they may be people who interact with customers after the sale.

Talent 28

Talent McKinsey Apparel Sales 28

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Of course, there is also persistent overoptimism about earnings growth and stock market expectations. Operating revenue decreased 15.9 Sales of Class 8 heavy trucks are on pace for one of the best years in history - around 260,000 units in North America. economy would avoid a recession despite the ongoing housing market turmoil.

Balance Sheet 28

Balance Sheet Banking Study Policies 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 24, 2017

In the years to come, even after seemingly strong performance, commentators would breathlessly describe Microsoft as having a lost decade , despite tripling sales and increasing profit from $9 billion to $22 billion. At some level, it appears that markets hold high expectations for these firms to grow.

Comparison 31

Comparison Marketing Research Journal 31

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2018

Recall that Nokia dominated the mobile and smartphone markets in 2007-2008 when Apple launched the iPhone and Google the Android operating system. The new rivals revolutionized customer expectations, causing Nokia’s Symbian operating system to become outdated.

Strategy 28

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Analysis 28

Management Consulted

MAY 10, 2015

The Hay Group carried on growing for the next 20 years, expanding its operations and its global reach. 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.

Groups 100

Groups Interviews Culture Case Interview 100

MishTalk

JANUARY 18, 2016

Diving Into Rumors Zero Hedge has an interesting post on Saturday entitled Dallas Fed Quietly Suspends Energy Mark-To-Market On Default Contagion Fears. In his post, ZeroHedge claims " The Dallas Fed met with the banks a week ago and effectively suspended mark-to-market on energy debts and as a result no impairments are being written down.

Energy 28

Energy Banking Journal Report 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 20, 2017

Data is now the critical tool for managing many corporate functions, including marketing, pricing, supply chain, operations, and more. Back in 2014 a leading automaker worked with an ABS marketing analytics platform to plan the launch of a new model. But is the pendulum starting to swing too far?

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Data Management Methodologies Tools 28

Management Consulted

AUGUST 28, 2013

Today, Booz Allen Hamilton and Booz & Company still reign in the federal sector – they own the highest percentage of the market in the government sector. 2008 was when the split came, and Booz Allen Hamilton (parent company) divided in 2. Operations and Logistics. Organization and Change. Program Management.

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Interviews Culture Company Case Interview 181

Harvard Business

AUGUST 10, 2016

On August 1 Uber announced that it is selling its Chinese brand and operations to Didi Chuxing for $1 billion, its annual burn rate in that market, in exchange for a 20% stake in the local competitor. A cautionary tale from the past: After acquiring EachNet.com, eBay controlled 80% of the Chinese e-commerce market in 2003.

Operations 28

Operations Comparison Transportation Marketing 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 11, 2017

The companies that are most vocal about environmental and social issues tend to be big, mass-market brands — well-known retailers , consumer products giants , and tech firms that are telling a new story to consumers who increasingly care about sustainability. Like many luxury brands, Krug was struggling after the 2008 financial crisis.

Energy 28

Energy Productivity Retail Financial 28

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

market for latex condoms. Recently, Mayer Laboratories sued Church and Dwight, Trojan’s parent company, for illegally monopolizing the market. It requires a broad knowledge and a high-level, big-picture understanding of the company and its markets. My group chose to examine the U.S.

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Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

MishTalk

MARCH 1, 2015

The city’s credit quality could weaken as unfunded pension liabilities grow and exert increased pressure on the city’s operating budget,” Moody’s analysts Matthew Butler and Rachel Cortez wrote. “ with the Federal Reserve keeping its overnight target close to zero since 2008. The city has a $300 million structural deficit in its $3.53

System 28

System Operations Report Financial 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2017

So is John Rice, the head of global operations, along with CFO Jeffrey Bornstein. During Immelt’s tenure, GE’s stock market value fell by about half. Increase operating margins to 18% (by cutting expenses). Or they may even put the entire company up for sale. Comstock is out. So what happened? of the company.

Balance Sheet 28

Balance Sheet Financial Journal Company 28

MishTalk

JULY 23, 2015

This idea is what Barack Obama had in mind in 2008 when he said he will redistribute money to the working class and poor. The operating expenses are paid by additional taxes on things from packs of cigarettes, to gasoline, sales tax , and cable TV bills.

Government 28

Government Case Study Case Studies Policies 28

freshminds

MAY 24, 2016

Airbnb Since its launch in San Francisco in 2008 between two friends renting their home out during a conference in the city, this online bed booking service offers over 250,000 rooms provided by private individuals in in over 30,000 cities in 192 countries. billion since its launch.

Hotels 53

Hotels Transportation Energy Company 53

Harvard Business

MARCH 27, 2017

A single-product enterprise, for example, might add new products, focus on new customer segments, or even enter new geographic markets. Instead, they take steps to address the underlying causes: Simplify the operating model. A company’s operating model encompasses its structure, governance, accountabilities, and ways of working.

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Meeting Sales Culture Productivity 28

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This has been a remarkable year for the markets. ” What was reported to happen as a consequence of this shift was a steady decline in firms’ R&D intensity (R&D/Sales) and a corresponding decline in firms’ R&D capability. MirageC/Getty Images. But this run-up isn’t based on solid business foundations.

Company 28

Company Trends Research Case Interview 28

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

Cross-border flows of digitally transmitted data have grown manifold, accounting for more than one-third of the increase in global GDP in 2014, even as the free-flow of goods and services and cross-border capital have ebbed in the aftermath of the 2008 recession. Digital players wield outsize market power. Digital markets are uneven.

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Methodologies Policies Government Data 28