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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

I seriously considered sales & trading (in fact, I spent a summer at Credit Suisse First Boston in NY), and was tempted to continue in that line of work post-graduation. Consulting compensates with perks that banking does not offer – from better travel allowances to more generous health and retirement packages.

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

Management Consulted

With 57 offices worldwide, Booz offers consulting services for top businesses, governments, and organizations. Besides their core competency – advising the federal government and its contractors – maybe this is why we could call them “America’s favorite.” Will Booz be on par with the top 3 someday?”

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Zero-Based Budgeting Is Not a Wonder Diet for Companies

Harvard Business

Traditional ZBB implementations focus almost exclusively on simple SG&A , in part because SG&A benchmark data is far more readily attainable than are relevant data from the core functions of comparable companies. The result is a superficial and simplistic focus on “policing” costs versus substantive cost prevention.

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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

MishTalk

Ironically, Merkel immediately followed up with " The German government would not tolerate a weakening of German industry or job losses ". However, Grillo (the movement founder, but not himself a politician) was unwilling to form a coalition government of any kind. A coalition government with Enrico Letta is the result.

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A Guide to Solving Social Problems with Machine Learning

Harvard Business

This mix of enthusiasm and trepidation over the potential social impact of machine learning is not unique to local government or even to government: non-profits and social entrepreneurs share it as well. By now, policymakers are used to hearing claims like this in sales pitches, and they should appropriately raise some skepticism.

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