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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

Can the buyer easily finance the acquisition? It is almost impossible to cover all these aspects in a 30-60 minutes case interview. Once you have laid out your framework, your interviewer will typically make you focus on a specific area of the framework for the rest of the case. Or will it need to borrow money?

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Cornerstone Research Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Many former employees go on to programs in business, finance, economics and law. These skill development tools will not only make you a more efficient worker, but will also show initiative and help move you up the ladder more quickly. CORNERSTONE RESEARCH INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. MBA programs? Not quite as much.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

KEARNEY INTERVIEW AND CULTURE. 1997 – First Global Prize, an annual business school case study competition for potential recruits, awarded. Thus, they work towards creating or upgrading current purchasing processes to enhance efficiency and maximize savings. KEARNEY INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. Strategic IT.

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M&A deals – benefits and drawbacks

Tom Spencer

Many consulting, corporate strategy, and corporate development roles require the interviewee to go through an M&A case study. Depending on the firm and specific role this case could be very strategic and operational like doing a market entry/growth-type case or very technical (i.e. Benefits of Combining Forces.

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Consulting Case Interviews at Non-Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

Consulting-style case interviews are highly effective, and the same format is being adopted more and more widely. The major consultancies have converged on a largely identical interview style, precisely because it excels in picking out the most genuinely capable candidates from the huge pools of applications received.

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Want Less-Biased Decisions? Use Algorithms.

Harvard Business

A similar conclusion was reached by Bo Cowgill at Columbia Business School when he studied the performance of a job-screening algorithm at a software company ( forthcoming research ).

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2024 Events for Project Managers, Business Leaders, and Industry Professionals

Epicflow

2024 Healthcare Project Delivery Conference January, 30-31, San Diego, USA This year’s conference will focus on implementing developments in procurement, design, financing, and O&M in healthcare projects. The program of the symposium includes case studies, lessons learned, academic research, actionable tips, and more.