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Desperate Times Call for Effective Turnarounds

BCG

We refer to these as turnaround and restructuring efforts. Sales numbers may be stable, or even growing, yet profitability has begun to decline. Sales are now stagnating or declining, while profit margins turn markedly negative. At this point, the company starts burning through cash reserves and needs to launch a turnaround. .

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. Banking salaries average 50-100% higher than consulting salaries , with the difference increasingly significant as your seniority increases.

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

Consultant Ninja

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. The other sector Im long on is turnaround consulting: 10-13-08. Finally, two counter-cyclical markets. Who knew he could stimulate the economy so quickly? bankruptcy Sept.

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The consulting case study: What you need to know

freshminds

Different industries need to test different skills and therefore depending on whether you’re applying to management consultancies, strategy consultancies or investment banking, your case study will be slightly different. Investment Banking : tend to use a very different case study compared to consultancies.

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Bad News: You Have to Grow to Pay Your Debt

Martinka Consulting

One of the most interesting comments was: “To help pay back debt amassed in the deal-one of the biggest-ever overseas transactions by a Japanese company-Suntory is trying to double global spirits sales by 2020. Banks have ratios, guidelines, and regulators. Hitting that goal won’t be easy. So who lends on deals like this?

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Getting Old, Getting Stagnant, and That’s Trouble

Martinka Consulting

German business-chamber association DIHK says 73% of senior managers, “haven’t assembled the basic documents needed for a handover, such as power of attorney, supplier and client information, bank-access data or a will.” When the son took over the business they shed operations that were half of their sales and staff.

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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.