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Consulting or Banking

Tom Spencer

This post provides you with a high level comparison of management consulting and investment banking. People in the “investment banking” or “corporate finance” division typically help large organisations undertake merges and acquisitions. People in the “sales and trading” division buy and sell financial products.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

For instance, we examined predatory pricing in the airline industry and illegal product tying by Apple, Microsoft, and AT&T. What I found particularly fascinating was the number of variables that needed to be taken into account while making strategic decisions on governance, production or any other function.

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A New Way for Entrepreneurs to Think About IT

Harvard Business

A second set of entrepreneurs focus on information goods and think of IT as the product. But today there is a third approach, one that will become the dominant path for most entrepreneurs, especially those building information products. Need travel information or services? Microsoft, IBM, and Google offer similar services.

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A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture

Management Consulted

Working anywhere from the strategy related to the business unit to corporate finance and strategy to strategic foresight, A.T. Consumer Products. Transportation & Travel. Summer Associates are given the opportunity to travel as they will be stationed both at client sites and in the office. Sustainability. Automotive.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

Although it started as a tiny group, paling in comparison to the bohemoth revenues of the firm’s hardware sales, this group is now known as IBM Global Services (IGS) which is responsible for 50% of IBM’s revenue globally. Finance Risk. Consumer Products. Travel and Transportation. Information Technology.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business

It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. For comparison, they hold around 0.6%–0.7% on H-1B visas, boost the economy by increasing innovation, productivity, and sometimes even employment. jobs overall.)

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Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

MishTalk

Trillion Yuan in Audit The Washington Post notes "Local debt now equals about 33 percent of China’s gross domestic product, up from about 10 percent in 2008 and almost nothing in 1997." Assets in exchange-traded products backed by gold fell 33 percent to the lowest since 2009 amid sales by billionaires George Soros and John Paulson."