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What follows after the Eureka Moment: Consulting for Innovation Start-ups

Tom Spencer

The following article will demonstrate the pitfalls of turning an innovation into a market reality with a case study from the plastics industry. When it comes to the plastics industry, the chemical recycling company Carbios is an instructive example of this delayed patenting strategy. Turning Innovation into a Market Reality.

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Case Study: A Founder Steps Back from Her Start-Up

Harvard Business

She’d hoped to escape from work for the morning, but as the founder and CEO of 2 Proud Pups, a maker of all-natural dog care products, she didn’t have much free time. Existing products had touted their cleaning power, but their ingredient lists were long and full of nasty-sounding chemicals that irritated the dogs’ skin.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

IBM Czechoslovakia, and IBM Japan created their own regional consulting services departments to meet business client service needs in each specific region. They were a management consulting firm whose clients were chemical and petroleum companies. Chemicals and Petroleum. Consumer Products. During 1992 and 1993, IBM U.K.,

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. Consumer Products. You have to be prepared for Sunday – Friday travel, which is the flip-side of client exposure – you get to meet and collaborate with the client, but you are NEVER at home. Automotive.

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Why Sourcing Local Food Is So Hard for Restaurants

Harvard Business

Chipotle has ramped up efforts to improve food safety since then, reportedly hiring two leading food safety experts and investing $10 million in helping smaller suppliers meet their updated safety standards. He has written a case study about food safety testing and is the author of All Business Is Local. You should use those.