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The Top 8 Undergrad Consulting Majors

Management Consulted

A fun fact – Jenny Rae was an economics major at UVA, but famously decided to shave her head and travel the world after graduation (yeah, her parents were really proud). Finance – A Finance degree not only shows that you’re proficient in math, but also implies you’re inquisitive and like to get to the root of problems.

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Enslaved to What?

Chad Barr

Freedom is not always a choice but often we have constructive ways in which we can become disentangled from that which holds us captive. Travel globally. While we are celebrating our release from servitude from hard labor in the land of Egypt thousands of years ago, today, so many are still enslaved in other ways. Elect our government.

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A New Way for Entrepreneurs to Think About IT

Harvard Business

Bricolage , a French word by origin, means the construction of things from a set of available items. The bricoleur is a French term for the person who employs such construction methods—in short, a handyman or jack-of-all-trades. Need travel information or services? Theirs is a “bricolage” approach to digital.

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Government Contracts Pricing Strategy – Ten Dynamic and Synergistic Pricing Practices

Granite Leadership Strategies

The basics of a pricing narrative can and should be constructed with uniformity in mind for those items that are always requested. For example, a pricing lead may also take a turn in finance assessing indirect rate impacts. The types of pricing information that are routinely requested include the following subjects.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Dispute, litigation and investigations services for construction industry. FTI Consulting has 5 areas of expertise, but excels in Forensic & Litigation Consulting and Corporate Finance/Restructuring. Corporate Finance/Restructuring. Construction. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations and litigation.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

Management Consulted

Well, I grew up in Bethesda, MD, and attended the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT for – BS (finance), MS (nutritional sciences), and PhD (cell and molecular biology). Hi Josh, how are you doing today? I’m doing great, thank you. Tell me a bit about your background.

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What CEOs Get Wrong About Activist Investors

Harvard Business

As the tension built, the chance of working together positively and constructively to add value for the benefit of all shareholders slipped away. We have written extensively on shareholder activism , and one of us coauthored a study in the Journal of Finance showing that, on average, activists produce value for targeted companies.