Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

We serve two markets that are very different but united by the common need for reliable, safe access to energy: outdoor recreationalists and low-income households in emerging markets. Our flagship products are wood-burning stoves that generate electricity from fire while reducing toxic smoke emissions by 90%.

Sales 28

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Management Consulted

JULY 3, 2016

Bates White has been a dominant market leader in asbestos litigation and valuation as well as in False Claims Act litigation. Though antitrust remains Bates White’s largest practice area, the firm is recognized as an expert in environmental product liability, healthcare and life sciences, energy, and finance.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 140

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2017

For decades, we have heard that emerging markets are poised for huge growth that will yield even greater prosperity. Much like their famed Silicon Valley counterparts, emerging market accelerators aim to boost startups’ potential for raising growth capital.

Marketing 29

Marketing Talent Research Video 29

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 17, 2016

The Frankfurt “scene” is absolutely poised to break out on to the global stage, just because of the presence of so many highly educated, financially savvy people –from all over the world. Beyond this, of course, is a wide range of products that interact with the consumer in different ways. You go girl!

Banking 60

Banking Financial Industry Finance 60

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

The Union of Public Purchasing Groups (UGAP), the French public procurement centre operates under the supervision of the Ministries of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Education. UGAP does not provide enough support for French companies in the eyes of the minister of productive recovery. Montebourg''s complaint follows.

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MishTalk

MAY 28, 2015

On May 13, Moody's shocked the municipal bond market by downgrading Chicago to junk. Kristi Culpepper, AKA "Bond Girl" comments on the event in What Chicago’s Fiscal Emergency says about the Quality of Credit Analysis in the Municipal Bond Market. Rating actions tend to lag the market rather than lead it. of revenue.

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Analysis Marketing Financial Finance 28

Harvard Business

MAY 19, 2016

So proposed solutions tend to involve reforming education and worker training programs. Research that I and my colleagues have conducted suggests that the skills gap persists mainly because employers are unwilling or unable to pay market price for the skills they require. However, I argue that this view is not correct.

Education 37

Education Data Training Training 37

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. ” As Walter Friedman documents in Birth of a Salesman , sales wasn’t seen as a function that required specialized training or education until well into the 20 th century.

Sales 28

Sales Education Training Training 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2016

While meeting this challenge is a clear priority for policy makers and donors, it is also a major profit opportunity for commercial players who can solve market failures and create real value. Households responded better to health shocks and spent 20 percent more on education and 15 percent more on meat and fish.

Insurance 33

Insurance Insurance Financial Banking 33

The Fearless Marketer

JULY 1, 2019

In the ABDO (Attention-Based Direct Outreach) Marketing process there are five main components: 1. Getting attention via email or other marketing activity. The sales letter informs and educates your prospective clients about how you can help them. How can I get my employees to be more engaged and productive?”

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Sales How To Guidelines Case Study 63

Emerson Consulting Group

MAY 10, 2019

transforming CEOs and their firms into thoughtleaders: www.thoughtleading.com Maguire Associates , a research-based consulting firm that serves educational institutions: [link] Productive Media , Boston’s Custom Audio Visual and Video Production Solution: [link] The Salute Military Golf Association New England.

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Meeting B2B Nonprofit Media 40

Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2017

Sometimes called the “Cradle of Liberty” for hosting the instigation of the American revolution, It was founded by puritan colonists from England and soon became the political, religious, commercial, financial and educational center of the New World. Well, they all took place in Boston. Pretty interesting, eh?)

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Oliver Wyman Mercer Consulting Deloitte 72

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The lack of jobs in their area of education must have forced these workers into a mismatch, right? To be sure, labor market conditions are important. Yet even in STEM fields where unemployment rates are low, many highly trained scientists still work in jobs outside of their field of education. But this is not the full story.

Engineering 28

Engineering Education Training Training 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 6, 2017

Our research finds that innovation flourished in densely populated areas where people could interact with one another, where capital markets to finance innovation were strong, and where inventors had access to well-connected markets. Much of the link between family income and invention appears to have been due to education.

Education 35

Education Data Research Financial 35

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

For details, please see Money as Communication: A Purposely "Non-Educational" Fallacious Video by the Atlanta Fed. Credit in a Gold-Backed World There is nothing wrong with credit expansion used for productive purposes. The same obviously holds for consumer debt, but consumers at least have an income based on production (i.e.,

Banking 77

Banking System Policies Government 77

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Among other things, there is growing demand from both retail and institutional investors to align their capital with better environmental and social outcomes, and more resources going into index fund or quasi-indexing products. Index funds can be a force for sustainable capitalism.

Chemicals 28

Chemicals Industry Metrics Financial 28

LSA Global

OCTOBER 3, 2018

One of our high tech clients is laser-focused on being the market leader in their space with new products and services that are continuously beyond what exists today. But a portion of their operations team is purposefully misaligned from a cultural perspective by having an explicit culture of planning, education, prevention and safety.

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How To Culture Finance Education 28

Tsavo Neal

MARCH 30, 2017

Rather than blogs focused on a particular consulting industry, I’m listing blogs that are focused on business development, marketing, and sales for consultants and independent professionals. The Zipursky cousins are marketing masterminds, and have a deep expertise in how consultants can build a thriving consultancy.

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Consulting Journal Marketing Resources 120

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2017

The job market does not account for all social value. On the other hand, some sectors involve “zero sum” endeavors, in which profits come at the expense of other market participants. Examples include excessive litigation or financial traders trying to beat the market. Some spillovers are quite large. In the U.S.,

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Policies Talent Government Research 28

1 to 1

MARCH 21, 2023

Less flashy but perhaps more thought-provoking were the words from Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, who became an activist for girls education after surviving a gunshot wound to the head as a teenager. So often, we design something that works for HR or finance or technology and guess what? It doesn’t work for employees.” “How

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Consider these examples: Education. The UK’s Department for International Development uses “results-based” aid to improve the educational outcomes of young girls in Africa and Asia. Pearson, the educational publisher, measures the efficacy of its products to improve educational outcomes.

Education 28

Education Insurance Insurance Analysis 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 27, 2014

Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere. Currency Crisis A second deflationary factor in Europe is the emerging market currency crisis. the Fed and others way overestimate the robustness of the jobs market. In the U.S.,

Banking 78

Banking Retail Healthcare Sales 78

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Stacked full of big-brained folks, most of Analysis Group’s 600+ staff hold advanced degrees in law, economics, finance, accounting or business. Analysis Group is pretty prescriptive in terms of the careers that are open to its employees, depending on his or her level of education. San Francisco, CA. Washington, DC. Career Path.

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Analysis Groups Interviews Culture 100

MishTalk

JULY 25, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. EC : In Italy, the public sector is not intended as an aid to the production of wealth and public goods and services.

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Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 78

Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2018

The model was honed by Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, with new portfolio restructuring strategies and a headlong expansion into finance. Simplifying a bit, the chief explanations were these: First, that GE benefited from scale and dominant market positions in industrial businesses. Private equity and the new capital markets.

Software 28

Software Industry Education Information Technology 28

Organizational Talent Consulting

JULY 17, 2023

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are key growth strategies for many organizations: entering new markets, acquiring new technologies, or leveraging scale and size. Local culture is learned at the beginning stages of childhood and reinforced by local social, spiritual, economic, and education systems.

Culture 52

Culture Resources Tools Leadership 52

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 28, 2017

This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.” ” Once one of Africa’s most developed markets – with a solid education system, good infrastructure, and a relatively large middle class – decades of mismanagement have cost Zimbabwe.

Government 28

Government Banking System Finance 28

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In today’s hiring market, a generous benefits package is essential for attracting and retaining top talent. Contrary to what employers might expect, unlimited time off doesn’t necessarily equal less productive employees and more time out of the office.

Insurance 51

Insurance Insurance Survey Policies 51

Harvard Business

APRIL 4, 2016

Consider, for example, a young working mother in the fast-growing mobile market of Pakistan. Or consider a farmer in Nigeria, another market where mobile is spreading rapidly. The evidence suggests that many of these financial service innovations are having a positive impact on the well-being of people in these markets.

Banking 28

Banking Insurance Insurance Financial 28

Harvard Business

MARCH 6, 2018

Across African markets, information and communication technology (ICT) is facilitating the process of socioeconomic developments. African consumers know about the best global products, and local ones are expected to match them on price and quality. Even in agriculture, digital technology is working.

Telecommunications 28

Telecommunications Banking Knowledge Base Data 28

Harvard Business

MAY 29, 2017

Yet Russia remains an important part of most Western multinationals’ emerging markets portfolios. This environment is altering how multinational firms operate in the country and market their products. This has been beneficial for some Russian industries but has reduced market access for foreign firms.

Government 29

Government Healthcare Policies Operations 29

Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2017

Even for experienced deal makers, a first digital acquisition is bound to be an education. Doing digital M&A right means upending the way most companies approach financing, due diligence, and merger integration. Let’s start with financing the deal. Sponsored by DXC Technology. How the best companies get up to speed.

Company 28

Company Finance Advertising Tools 28

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Estimates of the annual medical costs of obesity range from $147–$210 billion , approximately 40% of which is financed by Medicare and Medicaid. One of the most contentious policy tools is a tax on unhealthy products — a sugar or fat tax — to make them more expensive.

Policies 28

Policies Sales Education Study 28

Harvard Business

JULY 6, 2016

If biology flows downhill, shouldn’t society as well—especially when society will contain more older people than ever before, while becoming more dependent than ever on the productivity of a relatively smaller cohort of young people? Age-integrating education is another promising frontier.

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Film Education Fashion Sports 33

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

It’s an important question – and never more so than in today’s market. Explore alternatives such as grad school, finance, and entrepreneurship. Suggested areas include finance (eg, investment banking and sales & trading) and the corporate track (eg, corporate management and product management).

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Resumes Consulting Case Interview Interviews 147

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

We then tracked down their educational background, particularly whether they are U.S. or foreign-educated, and the sector and industry in which they work. have received their education in Canada. Consumer Products and Banking and Finance are two other major concentration industries. university does not.

Data 29

Data Healthcare Talent Training 29

MishTalk

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Spain''s ratio of debt to gross domestic product (GDP) will hit 99.8 Finance Minister Cristobal Montoro, says "next year we will not ask taxpayers to pay more taxes." Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. of the total.

Government 75

Government Finance Education Banking 75