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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

This might include advice on asset management, tax structuring, or capital structuring to reduce financing costs and sources of risk (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal). This post provided a brief overview of consulting, and attempted to answer three questions that students often have about the industry. Conclusion.

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VC Stereotypes About Men and Women Aren’t Supported by Performance Data

Harvard Business

Nonetheless, statistics show that women-owned businesses, which account for one-third of Swedish businesses, are not granted the corresponding proportion of government venture financing; in fact, women-owned businesses receive only 7%. ” Assumption 2: Women are reluctant to grow their businesses, whereas men are willing to do so.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

In the New York office, the industries McKinsey caters to are financial services, health care services, advanced electronics, aerospace and defense, and TMT (technology, media and telecommunications). BCG’s new home, 10 Hudson Yards, is like a city within a city and is considered the largest real estate deal in US history (jaw drop!).

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The Hidden Costs of Initial Coin Offerings

Harvard Business

In recent years, much has been written about how the Blockchain is poised to transform traditional industries such as banking, real estate, and healthcare. More recently, it has gained attention as a way to finance new ventures, through what is known as an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). 3 Defenses of Large ICOs.

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Can Impact Investing Avoid the Failures of Microfinance?

Harvard Business

The impact investment industry is growing rapidly, a fact that many of us in the field celebrate. Impact investing can learn from the history of microfinance — the provision of debt and other financial services to the poor — an industry that was at a similar stage 15 years ago. Erik Dreyer/Getty Images. In 2010, J.P

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7 Charts Show How Political Affiliation Shapes U.S. Boards

Harvard Business

We also found that industry matters. Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. METHODOLOGY.