Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2013

Strategy consulting vs. financial advisory consulting – both are consulting. First, a 101 on strategy consulting for you newbies to the site – having an insider view into the strategy and operations of a company requires that you quickly become an expert on day-to-day activities in light of the overall company vision.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 6, 2014

Three strategies to achieve above-average performance: cost leadership, differentiation, and focus. In order to understand Porter’s Generic Strategies, it is helpful to take a step back and examine the two things which determine a firm’s profitability in the long run. Figure 2: Three Generic Strategies. Source: Flickr ).

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 17, 2014

A third reader asked " what is the free market response? " Before tackling the free market issue, let''s first review the government''s response to date. Free Market Response It''s 100% certain the free market response would not have been the government''s response to date. I read a comment that airlines are being greedy.

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Marketing Airlines Travel Government 66

MishTalk

JANUARY 23, 2014

In an effort to get money out of Venezuela, airline ticket sales had been booked solid for months. One airline cancelled all flights. The black market exchange rate is 79 Bolivars per dollar. Airlines operating in Venezuela fell and one carrier suspended flights. On the currency side, the official exchange rate is 6.3

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Airlines Travel Government Transportation 77

Tom Spencer

MARCH 24, 2018

A fine example of a company that passed through the five stages of decline to ultimately collapse was the one popularly known as “the king of good times” – Kingfisher Airlines. Kingfisher Airlines, once known for its best in class service, on board meals, and staff courtesy fell from grace due to excessive arrogance.

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Airlines Capgemini Industry Groups 101

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

The French airline union, SNPL, has called for a month-long strike beginning in May. It''s main objective is to repeal the Diard Law which limits the right of airline pilots to strike. Via translation from Les Echos : An unprecedented month-long strike is the motto launched today by SNPL, the main union of French airline pilots.

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Airlines Government Operations Management 68

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Warren Buffett got burned with an airline investment in the 1990s. airlines, taking a 4.16% stake in American Airlines, smaller stakes in United and Delta, and an undisclosed stake in Southwest Airlines. airlines had one thing in common: their largest investors. billion in the four largest U.S.

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Airlines Industry Travel Marketing 28

Harvard Business

MAY 27, 2016

Why is the airline industry so terrible? Instead of getting into a price war or squabbling over a shrinking market, both disruptors and incumbents find new ways to create value. Which brings us back to the airline industry. Finally, they would take over the international air travel market.

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Airlines Travel Industry Efficiency 36

Consultant Ninja

MAY 16, 2011

Why the US Housing Market is still royally screwed. As a potential homeowner, Ive been trying to assess which way the housing market is going. Ive seen in my local market "falling prices" "bidding wars", and "all cash buyers." Am I going to miss out on the next bull market? I am a strategy consultant at.

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Oliver Wyman Marketing Consulting Airlines 113

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2017

The airline industry is a cautionary tale of what happens when companies emulate new business models without bringing over the associated mental models. For over 40 years, Southwest Airlines has been a disruptive force in the airline industry, creating an entirely new category and a record 43 consecutive years of profitability.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 3, 2017

American Airlines and United Airlines recently joined Delta in offering passengers a lower-priced option to fly: basic economy. At first blush, it’s difficult to see how a further degradation of airline service can enhance profits and attract customers. Want to save a couple of bucks on your next flight?

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Airlines Travel Fashion Productivity 28

Tom Spencer

JULY 22, 2013

List of Global Strategy Firms in 2013. BELOW is a hand-picked list of leading Global Strategy Firms. Maybe not, but seeing as Sydney is at the other end of the earth you would expect a truly global strategy firm to have an office there (if you want to see a list of purely Aussie strategy firms for 2013, click here ).

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Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy Strategy& 83

Consultant Ninja

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Finally, two counter-cyclical markets. After seeing so many markets down, my cousin in the hunting business informed me that gun sales have been surging, due to Obama winning the presidency. I am a strategy consultant at. Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Who knew he could stimulate the economy so quickly? Older Post.

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Oliver Wyman Marketing Consulting Management 100

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 4, 2020

You can choose to go “with” the change in market demand or go “against” it. As painful as it might be to adapt to major shifts in market demand, it’s the only sustainable path forward. You can go “against” a change in market demand that you don't like only up until the point where you run out of cash. What is still selling?

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Trends Case Interview Airlines Interviews 76

Tom Spencer

MAY 15, 2014

The definitive 2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney. Below is our 2014 list of strategy consulting firms in Sydney. This list will be of interest to you if you live in Sydney (or you would like to live in Sydney), and: you want to become a strategy consultant, or. Pacific Strategy Partners. Source: Flickr ).

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Oliver Wyman Strategy Strategy Strategy& 76

Markovitz Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

To be sure, if you own cruise ships, an airline, or a live concert venue, you’ll have to deal with serious changes to your business models for a while. The fundamental principles of good business transcend the effects of COVID-19, the shift to work from home, new technologies, and all the other changes we’re living with now.

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Leadership Airlines Agile McKinsey 124

Consultant Ninja

JUNE 20, 2011

From: Client Sent: Monday, 11:32 PM To: Consultant Ninja Subject: RE: Market Data Sources Ninja- Please make this high priority. I am a strategy consultant at. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Tuesday, June 21, 2011. of nights) AMEX Charges: $83,296.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Management Airlines 100

Consultant Ninja

MARCH 31, 2009

A Simple Question about the Credit Markets. AJ: I totally agree that it massively shift market share from the sick banks to the healthy banks. But wouldnt that be a better market result than letting the sick banks keep their share? I am a strategy consultant at. Tuesday, March 31, 2009. April 1, 2009 at 1:44 AM.

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Balance Sheet Marketing Banking Consulting 100

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

” This and a slew of similar maxims reflect a common view of strategy execution: that it’s distinct from strategy, harder to pull off than defining a strategy, and therefore more critical to success — underpinned by seemingly indisputable virtues such as diligence, discipline, consistency, alignment, and focus.

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Film 36

Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2018

Why is that some companies have great heads of strategy who make an outstanding contribution to their companies while others don’t? To answer this question, we evaluated a sample of 55 different heads of strategy and looked more closely at 11 who were particularly successful and 10 who were at the other end of the spectrum.

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Chemicals 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 24, 2014

Argentina Institutes 50% Tax on Internet Purchases; Emerging Market Contagion Spreads; Argentina, Venezuela, Turkey Roundup Yesterday, Argentina devalued the Peso hoping to halt further declines in its currency reserves. Markets had seen this coming as charts of the Peso vs. the US dollar show. The 5-year decline is over 50%.

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Marketing Policies Government Financial 78

Tom Spencer

MARCH 8, 2024

From entrepreneurs putting a new product on the market to executives at a public company revamping a product line, effective pricing is a key pillar of any successful sales and marketing strategy. Pricing strategy is not one-size-fits-all. On one end of the spectrum, the market might be perfectly competitive.

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Productivity Sales Marketing Strategy 158

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2016

For many executives battling through economic headwinds in emerging markets, the answer tends to be wherever they think someone will provide the strongest boost to top-line growth, which usually means hiring an additional sales or marketing manager to support the commercial front lines. Somewhere else?

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Sales Marketing Survey Finance 28

MishTalk

JULY 17, 2014

A second disaster hit Malaysian Airlines today. A Malaysia Airlines passenger jet has crashed in Ukraine 60km from the border with Russia, ITAR-TASS news agency reported on Thursday. Malaysian Airlines confirmed by Twitter that it had lost contact with flight MH17, the scheduled flight for that route.

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Airlines System Report Financial 65

1 to 1

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Whether it''s the airlines embracing mobile to assist customers, a bad-boy company promising to make over its service standards, or the launch of new technology that will change how consumers pay for everyday retail goods, these 10 customer experience incidents will change the course of how organizations deliver customer experiences.

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Airlines Retail Media Sales 55

Tom Spencer

JULY 2, 2015

Entering a New Market. Your client is a low-cost airline headquartered in Philadelphia with frequent service to cities along the East Coast of the United States. A large Korean electronics company is thinking about entering the market for tablet computers. Pricing Strategy. Growth Strategy. Is this a good idea?

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Consulting Turnaround Case Interview Retail 60

MishTalk

AUGUST 5, 2014

The sanctions retaliation game took another big leap forward today with the EU in the spotlight: Moscow May Force European Airlines to Fly Around Russia. At the height of the Cold War, most Western airlines were barred from flying through Russian airspace to Asian cities, and instead had to operate via the Gulf or the U.S.

Airlines 76

Airlines Tourism Transportation Operations 76

Rick Conlow

MARCH 22, 2023

Websites that are unresponsive or marketed products that are unavailable. Delta Airlines employees never seem to be happy. Automated chat services that cannot help and overall slow responses. How do the above play out in organizations? For example, Target consistently is out of stock on items, and has website problems.

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Survey Training Training Bain 98

Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

Strategy& (PwC). Ask any consultant about the Middle East, and Booz (now Strategy&) will be the first name on their lips! A little later, Booz was acquired by PwC and rebranded as Strategy& Now that our little history lesson is complete, let’s continue. Here we go! in revenue (wow!). Bain & Company.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Real Estate 160

Consultant Ninja

JULY 26, 2011

I wonder if this is a good buying opportunity or the market will stay flat for some time ahead. I am a strategy consultant at. 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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Oliver Wyman Real Estate Consulting Airlines 100

MishTalk

AUGUST 27, 2014

Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and Lufthansa cut the number of flights. billion in airline-ticket revenue because of strict currency controls, carriers have slashed service to Venezuela by half since January, adding another layer of frustration to daily life here. Every day, the cost of a plane ticket out of Venezuela goes up.

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Airlines Travel Government Study 77

Consultant Ninja

MARCH 4, 2009

Uniteds fuel hedging strategy has all the marks of some smooth-talking consultants or bankers. billion during the year ended December 31, 2008. " - United Airlines 2008 10-K, 2 March 2009. Just buying the calls would have been a much better (if more cash intensive up front) strategy. I am a strategy consultant at.

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Airlines Consulting Management 100

Consultant Ninja

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Mr. Ninja - A quick review of the markets tells me that oil is trading at $50, Ford is nearly a penny stock, and the shorts are going to take Citi into an AIG-style gov't bailout. There will be many more BearingPoints in this market, including more of the blue-chips (death-watch on GM & C). I am a strategy consultant at.

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BearingPoint Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines 100

CaseInterview.com

JUNE 11, 2019

Example 1: Company A faces profitability issues, please come up with strategies. . Example 2: Carlsberg wants to enter the Italian market shall they do this? Hypothesis 1 – Carlsberg should enter the Italian market. Hypothesis 1.1 – The Italian market is attractive. Like in these examples.

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Case Interview McKinsey Interviews Airlines 49

Consultant Ninja

APRIL 16, 2010

Undisclosed in the marketing materials and unbeknownst to investors, the Paulson & Co. paid Goldman Sachs approximately $15 million for structuring and marketing ABACUS. Source: SEC Charges Goldman Sachs With Fraud in Structuring and Marketing of CDO Tied to Subprime Mortgages. I am a strategy consultant at. hedge fund.

Oliver Wyman 100

Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines Bain 100

CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

For example, I am writing this post from the airport where Alaska Airlines (the only major airline with a hub in Seattle) had a computer system outage. This was the topic of an Apex Alliance monthly conference call. I explained the different C-level roles and what each person typically cares about.

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Case Interview How To Airlines System 40

Consultant Ninja

JANUARY 25, 2010

I am a strategy consultant at. 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% Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Monday, January 25, 2010.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines Analysis 100