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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

product cross-selling, using one company’s distribution channels for the other company’s products, etc.)? It is almost impossible to cover all these aspects in a 30-60 minutes case interview. Rationale: In both the Siri and Beats cases, Apple had the capabilities to develop the technology / product it was purchasing itself.

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Why Invest Your Energy With Existing Clients?

Chad Barr

They are happy to provide you with testimonials and case studies. You come up with new ideas, products and services and they are the easiest group to approach and most willing to accept. You come up with new ideas, products and services and they are the easiest group to approach and most willing to accept.

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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line

Harvard Business

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. Nonetheless, the case study demonstrates that measuring the value of sustainable business can be done, and that sustainable business itself can be cost-effective.

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Doubling a $400,000 Revenue Model With Business Trainer Blair Enns: Podcast #22

Consulting Success

In this episode, we are talking about ways that you can effectively position yourself as an expert in your field, how to get your expertise recognized, and the danger of productizing your work, as well as what you should be doing instead. With productized, you do it the other way around. Tell me more about that. What do you mean?

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Seth's Blog: Learning by analogy

Seth Godin Blog

December 2012. November 2012. December 2012. November 2012. Essential reading about remarkable products and services. You are surrounded by examples and lessons and case studies that clearly arent exactly about your project. The fork in the road offers only two difficulties. August 2013. April 2013.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

Consumer Products. 50 Most Powerful Woman in Business 2012 (#23). 2012 Women Leaders in Consulting: Sharon Hodgson (GBS Partner). Example IBM Case Study question: Company X sells hardware, software and services. Automotive. Chemicals and Petroleum. Communications. Electronics. Energy & Utilities. Government.

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Identifying Market Opportunities

Prudent Pedal

Cordbands started creating Rugged Rosaries in 2012, two years after the Catholic population peaked in the US. Here is a sampling of the Rugged Rosaries’ product line which sells for double or triple the price of a normal “delicate” rosary: Olive Drab Soldier’s Paracord Rosary. Rattlesnake Camo Rosary. Ashes to Ashes Rosary.