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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

Revenue: $1.35B (2010). And, of course, their claim to fame, Financial Services , is broken down into even more practices including: Finance and Risk. Corporate and Finance and Advisory. All degrees are welcome to apply, but the firm attracts those with a demonstrated interest in banking, finance, and business administration.

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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

Can the buyer easily finance the acquisition? Situation #2: In 2010, Apple decided to buy Siri , its now famous voice assistant. Jason Oh is a management consultant at Novantas with expertise in scaling profitability and improving business efficiency for financial institutions. What’s the acquisition rationale?

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Japan Tells Firms "Stop Sitting on Cash", Ignore the Lack of Customers

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Okumas clients "are not investing, not even to raise efficiency, so we are not investing either," he says. 2010-03-12 - Mish with Marc Faber. 2010-02-12 Max Keiser. December 2010 (122). November 2010 (122). October 2010 (91).

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Lettuce Bot - Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis

MishTalk

Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Machinery and machine technology has made farming easier and more efficient for centuries. 2010-03-12 - Mish with Marc Faber. 2010-02-12 Max Keiser. December 2010 (122). November 2010 (122). October 2010 (91). September 2010 (95).

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Making Sense of Our Very Competitive, Super Monopolistic Economy

Harvard Business

Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010. Firms concentrate on what they’re good at, adopt new technology, and deliver products and services more efficiently. By 1993, just eight years after its founding, Blockbuster was the global leader in movie rentals, with more than 3,400 stores worldwide. Then Netflix happened.

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How One Nonprofit Is Expanding Health Care for the Uninsured

Harvard Business

Under the leadership of Anthony Tersigni, Ascension’s president and CEO, the organization has sought to become much more efficient at delivering health care. In a 2010 review of its purchasing strategy, Ascension concluded that it didn’t really have an effective purchasing strategy at all.

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Joint Ventures Reduce the Risk of Major Capital Investments

Harvard Business

In many industries, the capital required to build an asset of minimum efficient scale is growing. For example, in 2010, Corelio and Concentra, two European media companies, established Coldset Printing Partners, a joint venture (JV) for their newspaper printing assets.