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Cracking Pricing Strategy Case Studies

Tom Spencer

The first option to price a product is to look at how much it costs the company and then to set a price by adding a markup so that the company earns a certain profit margin on each unit sold. Here are the typical questions you need to go through for cost-based pricing: What are the variable costs for the product you are pricing?

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The consulting case study: What you need to know

freshminds

Why are Case Studies used? Note that they are not looking for a “right answer”; they are looking for a “right method” Types of case studies. Strategy Consulting : tend to use “strategic” type case studies (more details below). How to answer the case study.

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Case Study: How Do You Compete with a Goliath?

Harvard Business

They were in a conference room in Lima watching a focus group in Surrey, England, via Skype as the group discussed the fashion ponchos designed and manufactured by Alejandra’s five-year-old company, Tela. She was thrilled to find someone with his experience, not to mention a shared love of the product and Peru. Ricardo chuckled.

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Can Consulting Make a Positive Social Impact?

Tom Spencer

Social entrepreneurship combines the problem solving, product design, and strategic implementation associated with traditional entrepreneurial and consulting roles with large scale societal impact. Let us look at an example as a sort of case study. Enter Social Entrepreneurship!

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How to Get an Employee to Work Faster

Harvard Business

A slower worker doesn’t just reduce a team’s productivity — he can also hurt his colleagues’ morale, says Lindsay McGregor, the coauthor of Primed to Perform and co-founder of Vega Factor. Case Study #1: Support your perfectionists and look for time-saving tools. What the Experts Say.

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How to Build a Strong Relationship with a New Boss

Harvard Business

How should you establish a positive, productive working relationship with your new manager? ’” Assisting your new boss in this fashion shows that you’re a team player. Case Study #1: Adapt to the boss’s communication style. ” Case Study #2: Make a connection and bring solutions.

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PM Interview Question – What’s Your Favorite Product and Why

Tom Spencer

Like a consulting interview, a product manager (PM) interview consists of multiple parts, including a case study and a behavioral portion, which looks for communication, management, and prioritization skills. But what’s different is that it adds a twist by having product-related questions as well. Which product to pick?