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Bridging the Gap: From the Consulting Industry to the Management Consulting Profession

Effective Managers

The industry is vast, including freelancers, independent consultants, and employees of consulting firms, offering services across various sectors such as IT, marketing, finance, and more. While this model has its merits, including flexibility and a wide array of services, it lacks a unified set of standards or ethical guidelines.

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Want To Be On The Leading Edge? Forget About It.

Markovitz Consulting

Peter Golder and Gerard Tellis’s seminal study of 500 brands in 50 product categories reveals that almost half of market pioneers fail. In fact, the greatest long-term success belongs to companies that enter a market and become leaders about 13 years after these first movers. MITS introduced the first personal computer in 1975.

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How to Write a Great Sales Letter

The Fearless Marketer

In the ABDO (Attention-Based Direct Outreach) Marketing process there are five main components: 1. Getting attention via email or other marketing activity. See an actual sales letter for a professional business service from a client at this link that follows these guidelines (more or less). Durn – Dialect form of darn.

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Mobile Phones Promise to Bring Banking to the World’s Poorest

Harvard Business

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.

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How to get a return offer from your internship

Tom Spencer

If you’re interested in marketing, email a marketing manager or ask your manager for an introduction. When writing the email, follow the general guidelines in my cold-email template. This is also the perfect time to test other interests you have without the hassle of cold emailing. Image: Pexels.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business

Companies in multiple industries are already altering their approaches in changing urban markets. Companies that want to serve them directly often have to think outside the box when it comes to financing. Getting this right involves an often-painful process of enforcing guidelines about mandates and responsibilities.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

Harvard Business

Leaders of corporate strategic development need to analyze all of these considerations and be prepared for disruption to ripple through many functions — not just product development and manufacturing, but also finance, tax, legal, human resources, and IT.