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Big Data: An Opportunity for Data Scientists & Data Analysts

Tom Spencer

Although all data is field specific, for example health care data collected from a hospital, data scientists can often operate without specific domain expertise as they apply powerful statistical methods to uncover meaningful correlations in large datasets. Required Skills. In terms of pay, both roles offer highly competitive salaries.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted. Sales, Marketing, Production) and secondary functions (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal).

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Is your small business making enough profit?

Asamby Consulting

Major cost and expense types The major types of cost are Cost of goods sold (COGS, including some of the below) Staff cost (salaries) Cost of financing (interest rates) Offices and buildings Energy Marketing cost Depending on your industry, different types might be dominant. For example to sell it or to hire an external CEO?

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

They seized this opportunity to establish a firm that would help firms gain clarity about their business models, products, and clients and then advise them by creating long term strategies. Industrial Products. Retail and Consumer Products. Corporate and Finance and Advisory. Corporate and Finance and Advisory.

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Paying Skilled Workers More Would Create More Skilled Workers

Harvard Business

Nevertheless, few would argue that information technology permanently increased unemployment. For example, an unemployed typist looking for work in the 1980s could learn how to use a computer or fill a vacant position left by another typist who moved on to another job or retired.

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Why Companies That Wait to Adopt AI May Never Catch Up

Harvard Business

Instead they are waiting for the technology to mature and for expertise in AI to become more widely available. They are planning to be “fast followers” — a strategy that has worked with most information technologies. We think this is a bad idea. This is particularly true for complex knowledge domains.

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Who Killed the GE Model?

Harvard Business

The model was honed by Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, with new portfolio restructuring strategies and a headlong expansion into finance. In that strategy , the country uses state enterprises, industrial policy, and the power of its domestic market to dramatically increase the country’s industrial production.