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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Intellectual property. In 2005, the firm developed their first 5-year plan with a goal to double revenues from approximately $427M to $1B in 5 years. There are 2 Senior Vice Presidents as well – one heads up Strategic Development and the other serves as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer. Intellectual Property.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business

Imagine the changes afoot in the pharmaceutical, medical device, automotive, and consumer electronics industries. For example, printing products on demand would significantly reduce the U.S. What happens, for example, if the value of a product’s underlying intellectual property overtakes its production value?

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Why Are We Still Classifying Companies by Industry?

Harvard Business

Even though these systems are updated regularly, we can no longer rely on standards and measures that were developed in a different age to reflect today’s realities — especially when we’re evaluating tech firms. Technology Creators generate and deliver intellectual property (software and data).

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Research: Self-Disruption Can Hurt the Companies That Need It the Most

Harvard Business

their production capacity, which obviously varied considerably) and the competitive intensity of their markets (which ranged from perfect competition to near monopoly, because of regulatory differences between states). Traditional automotive manufacturers certainly do. What companies fall into this quadrant?

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You Don’t Have to Be a Software Company to Think Like One

Harvard Business

You’re competing against platforms like Uber in transportation, Google in automotive, Airbnb in hospitality, LinkedIn in recruiting, Netflix in television, and the list goes on. That doesn’t mean that you should stop delivering your current products or services. Rethink the role of partnerships in your business model.

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Industry-Academic Partnerships Can Solve Bigger Problems

Harvard Business

Cross-functional teams of IIT-Madras and SGRI researchers with expertise in building sciences R&D focus on energy efficiency and sensory multicomfort (that is, visual comfort with optimal daylight, acoustic comfort, air quality, and thermal comfort), innovating by combining various existing products and affordable mass housing.

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What a Changing NAFTA Could Mean for Doing Business in Mexico

Harvard Business

While consumer spending has proven resilient, with same-store retail sales rising 6% YOY in April , most multinational corporations are developing contingency plans to mitigate risks to their businesses and reassessing the country’s role in their global market portfolio and supply chains. Renegotiating NAFTA.