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Can we rely on LIBOR? - Tom Spencer consulting blog

Tom Spencer

Society has lost its trust in the financial sector. Bremmer highlights the importance of LIBOR by explaining that it is “a key benchmark rate that affects the price of $350 trillion worth of securities and loans around the world.” Helpful Links. Can we rely on LIBOR? in Economics. Should we overhaul LIBOR?

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

In my time at McKinsey, easily half the people who left the firm went into the financial world (from hedge funds to PE), and salary was undoubtedly a major factor in the decision. Note -firmsodeling” done in case work may not be directly comparable to the financial modeling more common at investment banks. CONSULTING.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

A financial services company engaged in investment banking and capital markets estimated the customer benefit of the Space X Falcon 9 reusable rocket. Benchmarking in the process of creating a culture of innovation in hotel companies. million per launch. Organizational Talent Consulting. Gierczak-Korzeniowska, B., & Hjeltnes, A.,

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How One Company Made Its Analytics Investment Pay Off

Harvard Business

Here we present the case of Grupo Financiero Banorte (GFNorte), a large Mexican financial group, where the analytics transformation has been a success story. Recruiting this high-demand skill set was not easy. Most of the initial ABU recruits were external hires, and several of them had little knowledge of the banking industry.

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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

He began by helping firms recruit competent executives, acquire new customers, and establish conducive office space. After 2 years, he recruited 2 friends from Chicago and formed the Business Research and Development Company with $500 borrowed from the bank. Financial Services. BOOZ & COMPANY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

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How to Assess Entry-Level Product Manger Positions

Tom Spencer

Here are some questions to ask your recruiter, interviewer or APM coordinator: How long has the APM program been around? If this is tough, ask the recruiter to set up chats with multiple potential managers. If the recruiter is willing to set up chats with multiple people, that’s generally a good sign.

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Business intelligence vs. predictive analytics: Turn key differences into advantages

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It encompasses data mining, data visualization, performance benchmarking, and descriptive analytics—techniques for parsing data to generate reports, performance measures and trends to reveal insights and make better business decisions. Business intelligence answers the questions, “who are our most valuable/least valuable customers?”

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