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Case Study: Should a Hotel Giant Eliminate Some Brands and Refocus?

Harvard Business

Editor's Note This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, please be sure to include your full name, company or university affiliation, and email address.

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An Overview of Business Development Consulting

Tom Spencer

Business development consultants can work with both B2B and B2C businesses, and provide a wide range of services including data analytics over operations and financials, business design , marketing strategies, digital innovation, business model design , and organisational systems.

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Analyzing the CDC’s Crisis Communication In U.S. Ebola Outbreak

Melissa Agnes

Yesterday evening it was announced that an American who had recently travelled to Liberia has been diagnosed with Ebola and is under intensive care in the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. US has a strong health care system & dedicated public health professionals to ensure TX #Ebola case can be limited.

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How to Approach Experiential Questions

Tom Spencer

While these questions might seem easier compared to that of business case study questions, correctly preparing for them requires just as much preparation. If answered incorrectly, the firm might deem you a poor fit, regardless of your case interview performance. Tell me about a time you took the initiative to start something.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

Eastman Kodak Company and IBM completed an agreement hiring IBM to design, build and manage a new state-of-the-art data center for Kodak in Rochester, NY under the brand name Integrated Systems Solutions (ISSC). In 1998, IBM acquired The Chem Systems Group Inc. Travel and Transportation. Finance Risk. Information Technology.

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“Let me think about it” OR Why prospects don’t buy

Rod Burkert

Does our website provide case studies or testimonials? Maybe they don’t like that I live/work/travel in an RV. We should nurture the prospect in our CRM system. And with our responses, we can move the prospect up the axis of Believability … and/or right on the axis of Need. Does our LI profile have recommendations?

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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. Transportation & Travel. Technology.