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Jim Fielding, Ex-Head of Disney Stores, on the Struggles of Making It as a Queer Executive

Harvard Business

According to Yahoo Finance, there are only four openly gay CEOs atop Fortune 500 companies. That’s up from zero in 2014, when Apple’s Tim Cook came out. But it represents less than 1% of the cohort, well below the 7% rate of Americans in general who identity as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Is there a glass ceiling for gay executives?

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2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney

Tom Spencer

The definitive 2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney. Below is our 2014 list of strategy consulting firms in Sydney. The firms on the 2014 list are: Nous Group. Pacific Strategy Partners develops practical solutions by deploying low leveraged teams guided by deep Director expertise. Source: Flickr ).

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. After all, if you’re trying to sell a product or strategy, you need to be able to demonstrate that it is both practical and high margin. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .”

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Jim Whitehurst on the Open Organization: A Conversation with the CEO of Red Hat

BCG

Jim Whitehurst is the president and CEO of Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open-source enterprise IT products and services. With a background in business development, finance, and global operations, Whitehurst has a reputation for helping companies flourish—even in the most challenging of times.

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Consulting or Banking

Tom Spencer

People in the “investment banking” or “corporate finance” division typically help large organisations undertake merges and acquisitions. People in the “sales and trading” division buy and sell financial products. Sales people communicate with investors to sell financial products. Salaries will vary by country and over time.

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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

Can the buyer easily finance the acquisition? product cross-selling, using one company’s distribution channels for the other company’s products, etc.)? And in 2014, it decided to purchase Beats Electronics which had just launched a music streaming business. Rationale: The cost to develop a new car platform is high.

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PEST Analysis

Tom Spencer

If you are thinking about producing a strategic plan, developing a new product, entering a new market, engaging in a new venture, or financing a project then it probably makes sense to understand the big picture issues that could affect your success. Availability of financing (investment and grant funding). Technological.

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