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4 Types of Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

They are known for doing high-level assessments of their clients’ business situation, and providing strategies to increase profit or growth by entering new markets, launching new products, or making acquisitions. Some of the most notable specialisations include healthcare, IT or tech, and turnaround consulting. Image: Pexels.

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Student Consulting ? Does it deliver?

Tom Spencer

This may include discrete projects completed at arms length, such as due diligence on a transaction, or turnaround projects where consultants are embedded within an organisation. In the worst case scenario, student consulting clubs are a net drain on productivity, consuming more time and resources than they save.

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Jenny Dearborn Data Driven Strategies

LSA Global

She shares how most organizations capture and report data, but data is useless without analysis that leads to action. This book tells the story of a successful sales executive who, after leading an analytics-driven turnaround (in Data Driven, this book’s predecessor), faces a new turnaround challenge as chief human resources officer.

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

Consultant Ninja

The other sector Im long on is turnaround consulting: 10-13-08. Labels: Analysis. Analysis. (40). Productivity. (6). 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. Who knew he could stimulate the economy so quickly?

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

As consulting firms go, FTI Consulting is a newcomer – but at just over 30 years old, the firm has made impressive strides to become one of the most respected name in legal analysis and data-driven research to support major initiatives for law firms, banks and the majority of the Fortune 500. Restructuring/Turnaround Services.

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In the Best Sales Teams, About Half of the People Are in Support Roles

Harvard Business

But get it just right and your sales efforts can drive productivity and growth. First, support frees up frontline sales employees to be more productive. In our analysis, the top companies had a 15% lower average cost per sales employee than their peers. Sales efficiency can benefits from high levels of support in two ways.

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The consulting case study: What you need to know

freshminds

He summarised that all case studies were a combination of the following 12: Strategy Cases: Entering a new market, Industry Analysis, Mergers and Acquisitions, Developing a New Product, Pricing Strategies, Growth Strategies, Starting a New Business & Competitive Response.