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What follows after the Eureka Moment: Consulting for Innovation Start-ups

Tom Spencer

Innovation start-ups are a practical starting point for familiarising yourself with the industry, since they rarely have the budgets for hiring major strategy firms, and therefore often welcome volunteer consultants. Copycats and Patenting Strategy. There are two weaknesses to such a strategy.

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4 Strategies for Overcoming Distraction

Harvard Business

We even have a novelty bias , wherein our brain is flooded with a pleasure chemical, dopamine, whenever we focus on something new. For example, today I set three intentions: finish a draft of this article, have fun in two media interviews that have been scheduled, and finalize a slide deck for a talk next week.

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What is Consulting?

Tom Spencer

Consultants can work in a wide range of industries including automotive, CPG (consumer packaged goods), chemicals, defense, electronics, financial services, healthcare, infrastructure, logistics, media, mining, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, private equity, retail, social sector, technology, telecommunications and tourism.

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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

The most significant impact of introducing a carbon border tax will be on the cost of products with high-carbon inputs, such as steel, aluminum, cement, chemicals, and electricity-intensive processes. EU importers and non-EU producers of these inputs will be required to pay around 75 EUR per metric ton of CO2 emissions.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East

Management Consulted

Strategy& (PwC). Ask any consultant about the Middle East, and Booz (now Strategy&) will be the first name on their lips! A little later, Booz was acquired by PwC and rebranded as Strategy& Now that our little history lesson is complete, let’s continue. Here we go! in revenue (wow!). Bain & Company.

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Simon-Kucher & Partners Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

Though the firm’s background is exclusively in pricing, in more recent years it has been breaking into other practice areas such as strategy, marketing, and sales. In 1996, Simon-Kucher opened an office in Boston and began to put more of a focus on its other three practice areas: strategy, marketing, and sales. Practice Areas.

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BTS Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

A strategy execution and implementation firm based in Sweden, today the firm counts 59 of the U.S. However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. Media & Entertainment. Social Media. BTS GROUP INTERVIEWS AND CULTURE.

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