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It’s Not “Time Management.” It’s Lean.

Markovitz Consulting

The same is true of employees at Tower Paddle Boards (at least during the summer months) and Collins SBA , a financial advisory firm in Australia. Of course, software firm 37 Signals has been operating four-day work weeks over the summer since 2008. Overtime expense isn’t a major concern when many office workers are on salary.

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Due Diligence by Management Consulting Firms

Tom Spencer

There are many different types of due diligence such as legal, accounting, financial, and commercial due diligence amongst many others. Financial due diligence involves a lot of financial modelling ( DCF , LBO , NAV ) and deal structuring. This allows them to value the target company and determine a bid price. Image: Pexels.

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Consulting in South Africa – what to expect

Tom Spencer

Consultants in the rainbow nation have continued to operate efficiently and effectively during the Covid pandemic. They are temporary responses to the pandemic, rather than trends that will become part of normal operations after the COVID pandemic comes to an end. Lack of physical engagement with clients has added challenges.

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Consulting as a Contractor: The Rise of Self-Employment

Tom Spencer

For example, as a freelance contractor, my manager has the freedom to act on the advice he gives to clients and work with them as they implement recommendations, rather than either leaving prior to implementation or merely performing the work for them. From a financial perspective, this allows businesses to turn a fixed cost (i.e.,

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What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?

Harvard Business

Today’s executives spend a lot of time managing the balance sheet, despite the fact that it doesn’t represent their company’s scarcest resource. Financial capital is relatively abundant and cheap. According to Bain’s Macro Trends Group, the global supply of capital stands at nearly 10 times global GDP.

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An Experiment in India Shows How Much Companies Have to Gain by Investing in Their Employees

Harvard Business

But our research suggests that a better way to manage low-wage workers in developing economies is to invest in them, which is good for both worker welfare and the company’s bottom line. In July 2013 we implemented a randomized controlled trial in five factory units in Bangalore operated by Shahi Exports Pvt.

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business

On March 25 mighty Uber bowed out of Southeast Asia by selling its operation in several countries to local rival Grab. In 2016 the company sold its China operation to Didi Chuxing because of the fierce competitiveness of the local player. A year later, Uber admitted defeat in another region, selling its operation in Russia to Yandex.