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Navigating a Downturn: Strategies for Business Resilience

Tom Spencer

Diversify Revenue Streams One fundamental strategy for business resilience is to diversify revenue streams. For example, during the 2008 financial crisis Microsoft used its large cash reserves to continue investing in software development and R&D, which has paid off in the long run.

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Business Book Review: Start-Up Nation

Management Consulted

Dan lives in New York and has studied in Israel and lived, worked and traveled in the Arab World. In fact, in 2007-2008, Israel received the highest amount of venture funding per capita, which is more than any other nation in the world. In 2008, per capita venture capital investments in Israel were 2.5 Enjoy their insight!

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Virtual Coaching is Inevitable but is it Effective?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Affordability improves through reduced travel and associated time out of the office costs. Although evidence suggests that the challenges with the lack of multiple cues and sharing emotions could be moderated by a skilled virtual coach, it is best to look at each client's situation and needs uniquely rather than a one size fits all strategy.

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Consultant Ninja: Future Histories: Management Consulting Blog

Consultant Ninja

Typical of its down-to-earth management ethos, NetApp early on ditched a travel policy a dozen ­pages long in favor of this maxim: "We are a frugal company. I am a strategy consultant at. Sunday, March 8, 2009. Future Histories. But dont show up dog-tired to save a few bucks. Use your common sense." Newer Post. Older Post.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Space travel alone is challenging, but reusing a rocket by landing it on a drone ship takes the complexity to another level. A financial services company engaged in investment banking and capital markets estimated the customer benefit of the Space X Falcon 9 reusable rocket. I like adopting the paradigm of experimentation. billion on R&D.

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Consultant Ninja: Classic Consulting Quotes: Management.

Consultant Ninja

You HAVE to do a classic consultant ninja analysis of this report, published by the US Travel Association! I am a strategy consultant at. I am a strategy consultant at. Nobody could do one better, I am SURE. October 12, 2009 at 9:08 AM. Are you more of an excel guru then? :). April 20, 2010 at 11:30 AM. Post a Comment.

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Top Consulting Firms

CaseInterview.com

While it sometimes seems that everyone wants to get into the top 3 strategy consulting firms McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and Bain & Company (Bain), also known as MBB , it's worth noting that there are several other top consulting firms that can give a career a real boost. PricewaterhouseCoopers (Strategy&).