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Consultant Ninja: Finally, two counter-cyclical markets: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Finally, two counter-cyclical markets. After seeing so many markets down, my cousin in the hunting business informed me that gun sales have been surging, due to Obama winning the presidency. The other sector Im long on is turnaround consulting: 10-13-08. Tuesday, November 11, 2008.

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

This Firm Profile started as an email from Sean, asking if we could write on Alvarez & Marsal, “The Turnaround Guys”. The firm’s first turnaround client was the household brand, Timex Corporation. This added to the firm’s already glowing reputation as they continued to diversify their services and enter new markets.

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Digital Growth Depends More on Business Models than Technology

Harvard Business

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.

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Food Stamp Growth Outpaces Illinois Job Creation 5-4 During Recovery

MishTalk

Job losses from the Great Recession occurred from January 2008 to January 2010, and since then, states have had five-and-a-half years of recovery. Bruce Rauner’s Turnaround Agenda, which addresses Illinois’ top economic reform needs.

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The Decline of Yahoo in Its Own Words

Harvard Business

Plenty of theories have been put forth to explain Yahoo’s failures, as the company seeks a buyer following a failed turnaround attempt. In 2011 we were playing a bit of catch-up compared to the market. One of the most prominent is that Yahoo was late to mobile. That said, it was a very dramatic shift in company focus.”

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List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

Booz, Booz & Co broke away from Booz Allen Hamilton in 2008. GIA provides strategic market intelligence and advisory services anywhere around the world. Monitor addresses all the problems that are involved in growth: strategy, marketing, pricing, innovation, product development, organization, leadership, economic competitiveness.

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

Harvard Business

What’s more, the demand for rapid growth often comes with a push from investors to enter new markets or ramp up product innovation. CEOs need to know how a change in strategy (a new target market, say, or a new product) will affect manufacturing, marketing, selling, servicing, and other processes.

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