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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. Turnaround and Restructuring. 2013) Outstanding Turnaround Firm – Turnarounds & Workouts. Practice Areas.

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

Consultant Ninja

Tuesday, November 11, 2008. The other sector Im long on is turnaround consulting: 10-13-08. Tuesday, November 11, 2008. 2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6%

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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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Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?

Harvard Business

FB Holdings had made it through the financial crisis of 2008 without losing money—but the climate control systems divisions, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, had not fared as well. Having executed a successful turnaround as COO of her construction company, Joss had been especially helpful to Noelle during her time at Franklin.

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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. Google released Android in 2008 and over the next several years cemented its position as one of the most successful players in the smartphone business. That makes sense.

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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. Value Partners has turnaround and change management expertise working with industrial and service multinationals. Unit 17, Level 18, Wheelock House. 20 Pedder Street. Tel: +852 3650 6100. Founded in Chicago in 1914 by Edwin G. Address: Spectrum Value Partners.