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Recovery Mirage in Spain Dissipates Into Ashes

MishTalk

Spain is again dependent on foreign financing. Via translation from Libre Mercado, Spain Again Borrows Abroad to Finance Consumption. Between 2002 and 2007, Spain was amassing a growing external deficit, as more and sell less abroad (exports) and bought more (imports), bringing its foreign debt grew.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business

The Board Had No Finance Committee. GE’s board had another major structural defect: It lacked a finance committee. As I have explained elsewhere , a finance committee is critical for a board in complex public companies like GE, which are involved in a broad range of retirement plans, stock buybacks, and large acquisitions.

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Serving on Boards Helps Executives Get Promoted

Harvard Business

More than 25 years ago, William Sahlman wrote the HBR article “Why Sane People Shouldn’t Serve on Public Boards,” in which he compared serving on a board to driving without a seatbelt, that it was just too risky—to their time, reputations, and finances—for too little reward.

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GameStop, Robinhood, & Reddit

CaseInterview.com

If I thought the companies would earn more in profits in 2021 than in, say, 2002, I would have bought shares hoping to benefit from the growth in future profits. In 2002, my alma mater, Stanford University, interviewed me on my thoughts regarding the dotcom era of 1999 and 2000. Stanford Magazine, April 2002. It was crazy.

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List of strategy consulting firms in London

Tom Spencer

Its management consulting services include CRM, finance and performance management, process and innovation performance, risk management, strategy, supply chain management, and talent and organisation performance services. Founded in 2002, Candesic is headquartered in London and also has offices in Paris and Madrid. New Zealand House.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

In 2002, many large accounting firms were selling off their management and technology consulting segments. Finance Risk. Areas like finance, accounting, communications, HR and marketing. They were a management consulting firm whose clients were chemical and petroleum companies. Pricewaterhouse Coopers was one of them.

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The Brattle Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In 2002, Dan McFadden, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics became a Brattle Group. The Brattle Group is now considered one of the European Union’s top consulting firms in the areas of energy, finance and competition. Regulatory finance. Commercial damages. Environmental litigation Regulation. Forensic economics.

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