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Case Study: Should an Algorithm Tell You Who to Promote?

Harvard Business

As a VP of sales and marketing for Becker-Birnbaum International, a global consumer products company, Aliyah knew she needed a talented marketing director to support her division’s portfolio of 34 products. The goal of the HR initiative was to use data analytics to inform hiring, promotion, and compensation decisions.

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How to Quantify Sustainability’s Impact on Your Bottom Line

Harvard Business

We chose Brazil’s beef industry as the location of our case study , both for the size and complexity of the industry and for its impact on the planet. Nonetheless, the case study demonstrates that measuring the value of sustainable business can be done, and that sustainable business itself can be cost-effective.

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The Deep Flaw in MBB Strategic Planning

CaseInterview.com

As you might know, Motorola eventually dominated the pre-smartphone mobile phone market with close to $10 billion in annual sales. I heard similar stories at McKinsey as well, all revolving around a central theme — McKinsey consultants hate to be wrong, and they hate to have conclusions they can’t support with quantitative data.

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Consulting Case Anatomy – A Simple Breakdown

Management Consulted

As a prospective consultant, one of the things that can seem the most mysterious in the case study prep process is wondering what the interviewer is going to ask you next. Many of you have heard about interviewer-led and interviewee-led case interviews and are wondering how to approach each one appropriately.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

The firm was temporarily acquired by Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in 1995 but was bought back by partners in 2006, just in time for the company’s 80th anniversary. 1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. Marketing & Sales. remains in Chicago.

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Positioning Yourself As The Expert — How To Develop A Consulting Voice That Clients Will Listen To with Ron Carucci: Podcast #21

Consulting Success

Research means important data and patterns. We have access to wonderful data because of our diagnostic work. As I have continued to write, I have leveraged the patterns and the broad data sets we have available to us because of our work. Or “Can you come and speak at my sales meeting?” It’s too intimidating.

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How to Make a Great First Impression

Harvard Business

The saying “You only have one chance to make a first impression” holds true in many situations, from job interviews to sales calls. That advice is easier preached than executed, of course, so Clark suggests, “using the methodology of power posing [before the meeting] to tamp down your cortisol levels.”

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