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Saving RadioShack

Tom Spencer

When the business landscape changes, how can you turnaround a failing company? Assuming this leads to successful refinancing, what should the strategy be to turnaround and save this iconic company? When faced with a broad turnaround question, it is important to ask a variety of questions to determine the source of the problem.

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

But enough of the past – let’s talk about the present. This Firm Profile started as an email from Sean, asking if we could write on Alvarez & Marsal, “The Turnaround Guys”. The firm’s first turnaround client was the household brand, Timex Corporation. Turnaround and Restructuring. Industries.

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Consultant Marketing Pillow Talk

Jerry Fletcher

In order to perform industrial espionage a person of the consultant’s sexual partner preference is introduced. For instance, the interviewer in a pod cast asks how you accomplished a turnaround for a client or what process was used to save multiple clients. Ego boosting events These can take on many guises.

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Seabury Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Founded in 1995 by former Bain consultants and headquartered in New York City, they focus on developing airline strategy and implementing major operational turnaround. Industries. In fact, one of our interview coaches, Michael Hecht, used to work for The Seabury Group and now works for Delta Airlines as a member of their Skymiles team.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. Compared to its peers, FTI Consulting is a youngster in the consulting industry. The firm has made up for its youth, however, by growing rapidly through innovation, famous cases and a lot of acquisitions. How has the firm grown from a podunk, small-town cluster to a global behemoth?

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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

Hard skills: 1) Microsoft Powerpoint – you will (and have to) become a master at this, and will eventually have the ability to produce presentations quickly, concisely, and meaningfully. Note -firmsodeling” done in case work may not be directly comparable to the financial modeling more common at investment banks.

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How Organic Wine Finally Caught On

Harvard Business

Through historical research and many interviews, we found several ways in which early stumbles in the organic wine market created marketing problems that the industry still struggles to overcome. First, the conventional wine industry saw it as a threat. The Turnaround. New category creation is not easy.