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Management Consulting

CaseInterview.com

They may mix separate issues or expect that their previous strategies will work in a new market. Your role as a management consultant will be to filter information from the client so you can identify the specific challenges being faced. Let’s use the example of a business that’s seeking to relocate.

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2016 ECS Value Creators Report: Building Endurance

BCG

Beyond being in the right place, or having the right skills, at the right time, many of these companies have pursued strategies to maximize their advantages in the challenging environment. Companies in BCG’s ECS Technology Index have valuation multiples 1.5 These pockets of success coexisted with signs of distress, however.

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Let Go of What Made Your Company Great

Harvard Business

As United Rentals, the largest equipment rentals company, shifted its strategy to focus more on national customer accounts, it faced a huge forgetting challenge; branch managers needed to forget the fiefdom mentality. While these core businesses continued to generate cash flow, IBM struggled to find The Next Big Thing.

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