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Disruption again, but this time from the supply side

The Source

We’ve generally defined disruption as a mass change in client behaviour; that, for example, Uber was disruptive, not so much because of its technology, but because people changed the way they travelled.

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Consulting or Banking

Tom Spencer

This post provides you with a high level comparison of management consulting and investment banking. Risk management is a middle/front office role which assesses the market or credit risk assumed by the bank or its clients in a particular transaction. In stark contrast, it is normal for consultants to travel up to 80% of the time.

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Research: Perhaps Market Forces Do Work in Health Care After All

Harvard Business

For decades, experts and policy wonks have argued that health care is a uniquely inefficient industry, insulated from conventional market forces that operate in the rest of the economy. Poorly performing hospitals do not feel pressure from patients to improve quality because standard market forces do not apply to health care.

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It’s Counter-Intuitive – Buy the Company and Lower Prices

Martinka Consulting

One of my favorite stories of how a buyer fixed a company is about when he raised prices about 25%, because he knew the company was severely under market (and no customers left or even complained). Amazon did something counter-intuitive, they lowered prices (supposedly on about 100 regular items, like bananas).

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4 Steps to a Strong Conclusion in Your Case Interview (Part I)

Tom Spencer

Say for example you’re working on a case where a client is considering entering a European market for dental floss and over the course of the case you find that the potential market there is very large. One supporting statement could be that “The market opportunity is huge and is really attractive for the client”.

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Fool Me Once Or Fool Me All The Time

Martinka Consulting

First, five points from the article I found interesting and then some comparisons to other areas of business. This goes back to before the stock market crash of 1929. First, most of the creative Ebitda terms in the public market have nothing on the creativity used when selling businesses. Medical insurance expense.

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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

Based on a recent study by Global Industry Analysts , the global market for wearable medical devices is projected to eclipse $4.5 1 In the United States, the predominant market in this space, it is estimated that roughly 20% of Americans currently own a wearable fitness device. billion by 2020. Potential Benefits.