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Tackling the Case Interview

Tom Spencer

Case study interviews put you in the driver’s seat: you’re given a real business problem to work through and solve. The logical reasoning you use to work through the case is just as important as the conclusions you reach” ( The University of Sydney, 2019 ). There are many different case study examples online.

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Good Management Predicts a Firm’s Success Better Than IT, R&D, or Even Employee Skills

Harvard Business

As Chad Syverson at the University of Chicago wryly noted in his 2011 round-up of the evidence on what drives productivity : “…no potential driver of productivity differences has seen a higher ratio of speculation to actual empirical study” than management. And while this study focused on U.S.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In 2007, The Advisory Board Company branched out again, launching membership programs in higher education. Healthcare Informatics , HCI 100 (largest health care information technology firms)—2013, 2012, 2011. Here is a list of some of the awards that have been granted to The Advisory Board Company (well done, ABC!).

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

These services focused on business management and information technology. Information Technology. This is for students with a varied educational background (not crazy-varied, but out-of-the-norm-yet-still-excellent varied). IBM invests over $1B per year in education and training for their employees.

IBM GBS 203
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Abt Associates Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Some of the first contracts the firm won, including elementary school educational games and national security, demonstrate how they started off in the same way they wanted to continue. Information Technology Applications. In 1967, Abt won its first contract with NASA, which would eventually turn into a long-term relationship.