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Overcoming Data Collection Challenges in Consulting

Tom Spencer

I was assigned to a typical strategy engagement – should client X selling product Y increase sales in market Z? Our hypothesis was that increased sales volume would be associated with increased profitability due to economies of scale. We repeated our request a week later, but they only provided a balance sheet from the previous year.

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Align sales and marketing to gain customers, drive growth

1 to 1

Marketing and sales teams have traditionally had two separate objectives in most organizations: the marketing team works to get leads and fill the top of the funnel, while the sales team focuses on the bottom of the funnel and closing those leads. Lead prioritization is another people-based way brands can boost sales.

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Two-Week Price Inflation in Argentina hits 30%, US Products Lead the Way; Currency Devaluations Hit P&G Earnings

MishTalk

Forbes explains Venezuela, Argentina Currency Devaluations Hit P&G Expected Sales And Earnings. Due to devaluations in currencies like the Venezuelan bolivar, Argentine peso and Turkish lira, to name a few, the consumer product giant said that it is lowering its outlook for its full-year 2014 sales and earnings.

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Would a Bund by any other name smell as sweet?

Tom Spencer

Firstly, the German Debt Agency ( Finanzagentur ) normally retains part of any new Bund offer, so a partial sale of Bunds is pretty standard. Thirdly, European banks are currently focused on building their balance sheets not on lending. Graduate Consulting Group. Secondly, German Bunds are expensive. How could Dexia fail?

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How the Great Recession Changed Banking

Harvard Business

That strengthened investment banks’ balance sheets by forcing them to scale back and to change the nature of the risks they take. As a result, their balance sheets are half as large on a risk-adjusted basis, and the capital they hold against trading positions has doubled over the past decade, our research shows.

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Profitability Framework

Tom Spencer

The profitability framework can help executives, consultants and entrepreneurs to diagnose and respond to falling prices, declining sales volume, or rising costs. Revenue can come from various sources including advertising and product sales, but is normally thought of as being a function of price per unit and units sold.

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Consultant Ninja: A Simple Question about the Credit Markets.

Consultant Ninja

Heres my understanding of the current TARP/TARPII/PPIP/etc plans: The major "sick" banks wont lend to businesses, because their balance sheets are tied up with bad assets that they cant sell. It is probably much easier to diagnose and treat 4 or 5 patients than a group of 100, 200, or +1000. Posted by Consultant Ninja.