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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

These include offsetting greenhouse gas production by purchasing carbon credits, investing in more efficient gas turbine engines, using sustainable aviation fuel, and manufacturing with novel materials and 3D printing methods. When it comes to understanding the carbon footprint of these aircraft, the primary culprit is the engine.

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Location, Location: Choosing the Right Office for You

Tom Spencer

For example, if you are an engineer or a scientist, you might be limited to a specific location that performs the work you are trained to conduct. In engineering, there are specialties such as biomechanics, thermal fluids, or material science. He aspires to become a management consultant in the aerospace and defense fields.

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The Price is Right: Decoding the Art of Product Pricing

Tom Spencer

Optimal pricing strategy The primary goal of pricing strategy is the same as the primary goal of any other management strategy – to maximize economic value over time. For instance, airlines typically try to practice price discrimination by charging higher prices for business travelers and lower prices for tourists.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

When people think of consultants, they tend to visualize professionally suited employees, degrees from the best schools, high pay-checks and fancy travel stories. This might include advice on asset management, tax structuring, or capital structuring to reduce financing costs and sources of risk (e.g.

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The Perils of Internal Disruption (Part 4)

Markovitz Consulting

But when it comes to internal operations at least, disruption is often both bad for business and for employees, because it causes unevenness in work. It made no sense for consultants traveling all the way from Japan to the United States to work with a company for just a half-day or a full day. Next week it’s back to business as usual.”)

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How to De-Risk Working with a Freelance Management Consultant

Comatch

The world is changing rapidly, and the way that companies operate within it needs to shift as well. More than ever, organizations are using independent experts and freelance management consultants to address critical challenges. Consider examples like data analysis experts, Google search engine advisors, and CRM strategists.

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Unlocking a Career as a Marketing Consultant

Tom Spencer

Gaining work experience can allow you to position yourself as a low-risk hire who can hit the ground running from day one by operating independently and delivering value without extensive handholding and supervision. Elle Cheney is a student at Brigham Young University with an interest in management consulting.