Tom Spencer

APRIL 19, 2024

The GMAT is a necessary hurdle that individuals who aspire to pursue an MBA or a graduate degree in finance need to overcome in order to gain admission to a top school. The GMAT assesses a wide range of skills, from analytical writing to quantitative and verbal reasoning.

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Emerson Consulting Group

APRIL 4, 2019

In a world filled with tweets, ever-breaking news, a thousand TV channels and podcasts galore, is there any point to toiling away at an article, then seeking a journal or magazine willing to publish it? Publishing articles can promote your business. Publishing articles offer higher levels of credibility.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2023

With robust GHG reporting, businesses can integrate sustainability measures into existing financial systems and processes, and this can be achieved effectively through collaboration between finance and sustainability professionals. The article provides an eight-step roadmap to achieve investor-grade GHG reporting.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2023

But right now, there are three forces converging that might transform finance and other industries. The second is a massive migration of tech talent from big finance to big tech. The third is an increased appetite by big tech companies to enter industries like big finance. The first is the explosive growth of AI.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 10, 2018

It is no wonder we came to fear our gender would keep us from achieving the same level of success as our male peers in finance. We turned to those most able to effect change in finance: the professionals actively working in the field. Family-friendly policies alone may not be enough to drive change in gender equality in finance.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Historically, smaller, lower-tier suppliers have had trouble obtaining financing. They are making it easier for them to use assets such as approved invoices, inventories, and purchase orders to access financing from outside investors or focal companies. New fintech platforms are changing that.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 29, 2024

Whatever the case may be, this article will outline the secrets to winning a strategy case competition and why winning does not need to be complex. For example, if a case is related to business, it is likely to involve questions about finance and accounting, strategy, and marketing.

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Consulting Success

JULY 23, 2021

They aren’t on top of their finances. Do you have a consulting invoice template that enables you to create and send professional invoices quickly? We see many consultants who are successful and generating good levels of revenue. But on the financial side, they are slow to invoice.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 6, 2022

In this article, I will suggest six experiential learning opportunities that can help you gain professional experience. Student Organizations focused on Consulting, Finance, or Technology. Your university may have consulting, finance, or technology centered student organizations that produce some type of work-product each semester.

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Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2017

When I ask students graduating from Harvard Business School what they’re doing next, I often get some version of “I’m going into finance but…” Then they quickly explain that finance is just a way station on the route to nobler goals. And it is truly fascinating.

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Successful Independent Consulting

OCTOBER 22, 2017

My last article discussed working with consulting agencies to supplement your business development efforts. This article offers tips for finding work through online platforms or marketplaces like Catalant, SpareHire, and TalMix. See my article “ Friends Don’t Let Friends W-2 ”®.) Photo ID 40184079 © Ratz Attila.

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Kates Kesler

AUGUST 23, 2014

Ram Charan’s provocative article ( It’s Time to Split HR, HBR, p 34, July-Aug 2014 ) voices a common frustration we hear both from business executives and frankly, HR leaders themselves. But, honestly, if we were having a similar conversation about the CFO and the finance function, it would be a very short one. or even HR!

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 12, 2020

You can do well and do good.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 9, 2020

Understand your options, both in and out of court.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 11, 2022

The goal of this article is to help university students identify experiential learning opportunities on and off-campus. A few experiential learning opportunities to look for on campus include consulting clubs, finance clubs, student government, and technology development teams. Focus on Solving Problems. Opportunities on-campus.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 31, 2017

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .” “Finance and accounting are very simple. Overcome your fears.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 19, 2024

This is the second article in a series about the U.S. This article explores how the Fed uses tools like the federal funds rate and money supply to shape economic outcomes, including inflation. Federal Reserve. The Fed has significant influence over much of the U.S.

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Consulting Success

JULY 23, 2021

They aren’t on top of their finances. Do you have a consulting invoice template that enables you to create and send professional invoices quickly? We see many consultants who are successful and generating good levels of revenue. But on the financial side, they are slow to invoice.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2024

In this article, the authors discuss five critical actions that CEOs and other executives can take to tackle cost challenges. Leaders who take a hard, holistic look across their cost base will find opportunities to reposition their companies for future growth. But they must act boldly and decisively to achieve a competitive cost position.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 8, 2022

This two part article series will provide valuable perspective for those who are considering internal strategy teams as their next career option as I unveil my personal thoughts and experiences. I initially started out my career in management consulting, exited to an internal strategy team in industry, and pivoted back to consulting.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

While some accounting firms and trade associations are offering courses in climate finance, these efforts are insufficient compared to what a comprehensive, climate-focused MBA program could provide.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In terms of drivers, demand — in the form of a consumer boom, context appropriate innovation, and a green transition — and supply — in the form of a demographic dividend, access to finance, and major infrastructure upgrades — are helping to push the country forward.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Managers tend to think about liquidity as a finance issue, but in face the behaviors of the sales and operations team — and how they communicate and work together — can have a direct affect on a company’s cash position.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

New generative AI-enabled tools are rapidly emerging to assist and transform knowledge work in industries ranging from education and finance to law and medicine. Generative AI can be a boon for knowledge work, but only if you use it in the right way. However, there is no need to wait for these externally-imposed changes.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 31, 2021

This article will shed some light on the pros and cons of a career in consulting from the perspective of a Harvard undergraduate student. For example, if you want to pursue a career in finance, the ideal candidate would have a degree in economics or extensive background in finance. Exit Opportunities.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Think about the difference between “number of accounts added” and “number of people we are helping to improve their finances.” The second strategy is to reframe your measures of success. Finally, celebrate external impact in addition to internal achievement.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 30, 2021

Four strategies to reduce friction between these sometimes reluctant partners.

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Harvard Business

JULY 18, 2023

3) Get your finances in order. The more prepared you are, the less impactful the layoff will be on your mental health and finances — and the easier it will be to find a new job. It’s a prudent best practice to take care of these updates before you need to. 2) Develop a list of your own top values.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Intense competition drove centralized crypto finance platforms to take on hidden, unsustainable risks. But DeFi might offer a path forward.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 20, 2023

Having spoken to dozens of working consultants, I will briefly discuss some of the ups and downs of an entry level career in consulting in this article. In this article, we’ve merely scratched the tip of the iceberg concerning the pros and cons of life in consulting.

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Business Consulting Agency

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

This article elucidates the manifold benefits states can derive from collaborating with such agencies and their expert consultants. Maximizing state development with business experts. State business departments looking to contract out assistance can work with business experts through business consulting services for better results.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2023

Most businesses will be reluctant to tie up capital in this way, but such projects can be (and have been) financed by perpetual bonds, which represent attractive investments for investors such as university endowments that have very long liability streams extending far into the future.

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 14, 2021

A recent Wall Street Journal has an article on how cellphone carriers are back to giving away phones with a contract or financing phones with no down payment. This is a saturated market. Is there any way to grow besides taking customers from other carriers? Maybe more kids getting phones and at a younger age?

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Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2013

As a quick disclaimer – both strategy and finance are imperative to the health of any company, so we’re not trying to argue that strategy is more important than finance or vice versa. Until we post part 2, check out some of our other articles related to this topic: What is Consulting? Why Companies Hire Consultants.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

See the Wikipedia article. If you read the article above or any of the other articles you can find online, you might notice Economies of Scale focus on production—specifically manufacturing production. Clarify Economies of Scale Economies of scale attempt to clarify the output per unit time, through the division of labor.

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Steve Shu Consulting

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This article covers a meta study of behavioral architecture interventions: [link] .

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Tsavo Neal

JUNE 1, 2017

One way is through creating articles, blog posts, speeches and other content that keep them up to date on the issues they’re facing. Let’s say, for example, that you’re a consultant who wants to help renewable-energy companies create effective business plans – and by “effective” we mean “able to help raise financing.”.

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