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The Brattle Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

THE BRATTLE GROUP. Today we take a look at a boutique consulting firm you may not have heard of, The Brattle Group. Founded in 1990, The Brattle Group offers answers to economic, regulatory and financial questions posed by corporations, law firms and governments around the globe. THE BRATTLE GROUP KEY STATS.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in San Francisco

Management Consulted

McKinsey’s Bay Area offices serve major technology and financial firms, as well as leading healthcare and retail companies needing strategy and innovation help. Boston Consulting Group , 2 Embarcadero Center #2400, San Francisco, CA, 94111. Strategy& , 4 Embarcadero Center #2350, San Francisco, CA, 94111.

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Do You Have the Right Decision Making Culture?

LSA Global

We find two primary ends of a spectrum with respect to how companies make decisions – each with its advantages and drawbacks depending upon the corporate strategy. Examples of common fact-based decision making cultures include biotechnology, finance, and medical device companies. A Fact-Based Decision Making Culture.

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Framework for Understanding Market Tops and Bottoms

MishTalk

One area that currently is frothy is the biotechnology sector. In the past decade, private equity players have become more important “insiders”, and the number of IPOs from private equity backed groups has now reached all-time highs. Furthermore, the follow-on deals from private equity sponsored groups are also at all-time highs.

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Teams Solve Problems Faster When They’re More Cognitively Diverse

Harvard Business

Throughout this period, we have run a strategic execution exercise with executive groups focused on managing new, uncertain, and complex situations. The exercise requires the group to formulate and execute a strategy to achieve a specified outcome, against the clock. We worked with a startup biotechnology company.

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How to Get Yourself Invited to Important Meetings

Harvard Business

She was on the legal compliance team at a fast-growing biotechnology company. They respected that her role was to help manage the company’s legal risk, but she had a tendency to shoot down ideas and take a conservative stance on gray areas, leaving the marketing group feeling demoralized. Use the Right Strategy for the Situation.

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Innovation Should Be a Top Priority for Boards. So Why Isn’t It?

Harvard Business

Instead, boards typically looked for expertise in their firms’ industry (51%), strategy (34%), and financials (30%). As one director noted, “We spend a lot of time on operational strategy — growth, acquisitions, etc. Again, we found differences among industries. — [and] not much on risk, people, innovation.”