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Breaking down the M&A Case Study

Tom Spencer

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. M&A Case Examples. Ok, now that you know how to analyze M&A situations, let’s step through a few real life examples of acquisitions and their rationale.

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Launch Your New Business with Professional Help

Business Consulting Agency

Operational Setup and Efficiency Setting up efficient business operations is key to maximizing productivity and profitability. How to Get Help from Business Startup Consulting Services Identify Your Needs Before seeking consulting services, it’s important to identify the specific areas where you need assistance.

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Interviews and Assessment Centres – Preparation is key to success

Tom Spencer

In this post, I will share tips on the case interview, assessment centres, keeping stress levels down, and staying motivated on your journey to land a coveted role in the management consulting industry. Get friendly with case studies. Though some may be interviewer-led (i.e. A simpler approach may be to consider external (e.g.

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Completing Graduate School Like a Consultant

Tom Spencer

Whether you are studying for your MBA , Ph.D., You might be completing case studies, conducting experiments, and writing lengthy legal reports, all of which will prepare you for your career. Conducting Literature Reviews I remember learning about how to carry out literature reviews as an early step in the research process.

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IT Consulting: What’s All the Fuss about ‘Soft Skills’

Tom Spencer

I believe this is especially the case with ‘soft skills’, a term which is often mocked as an empty excuse for applying to undersubscribed university courses. Nevertheless, a case study of the IT consulting segment can readily showcase the real-life application of soft skills. And this is where soft skills come into the picture.

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Harmony & Rythm in Organizational Development

Harmonious Workplaces

New Beginning, Making Gains: Attitude change and acceptance take hold as people perceive benefits (improved efficiency, new skills, better service) and celebrate successes. As conditions move from the old to the new ways, confusion and questions may arise, but this paves the way to new beginnings.

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Consulting Case Interviews at Non-Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

A fundamental skillset: Case interviews are fundamentally an assessment of basic reasoning skills and a specific problem-solving mindset. You will need to adopt the same logical, rigorous-but-efficient approach to solve a case for BCG as you will in a case interview for Uber or Canada Goose. These are universals.