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Consultant Ninja: Finally, two counter-cyclical markets: Management.

Consultant Ninja

Tuesday, November 11, 2008. The other sector Im long on is turnaround consulting: 10-13-08. Tuesday, November 11, 2008. 2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6%

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Alvarez & Marsal Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

This Firm Profile started as an email from Sean, asking if we could write on Alvarez & Marsal, “The Turnaround Guys”. The firm’s first turnaround client was the household brand, Timex Corporation. Turnaround and Restructuring. 2013) Outstanding Turnaround Firm – Turnarounds & Workouts. Practice Areas.

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Digital Growth Depends More on Business Models than Technology

Harvard Business

I explained this in an article that was published in Harvard Business Review in 2008, before any of those companies began, and, now, 10 years later, that still holds true, as more and more of the business discourse is focused on digital transformation.

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Reflecting on David Garvin’s Imprint on Management

Harvard Business

” (2008), it seems to me, is that it serves as an assessment tool that allows managers and executives to benchmark their organizations against other units and companies. But the main contribution of “Is Yours a Learning Organization?”

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"Bubblicious" High End Flipping Up 350%, Overall Flipping Down 13%

MishTalk

Flipping houses went out of fashion around 2008, along with flip phones and sub-prime mortgages. What’s behind these quick turnarounds? But real estate data shows the practice is on the upswing — among million-dollar homes. At the low end, where flipping might actually make some economic sense, flipping is down.

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Case Study: Can You Fix a Toxic Culture Without Firing People?

Harvard Business

FB Holdings had made it through the financial crisis of 2008 without losing money—but the climate control systems divisions, a Tier 1 automotive supplier, had not fared as well. Having executed a successful turnaround as COO of her construction company, Joss had been especially helpful to Noelle during her time at Franklin.

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List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

Booz, Booz & Co broke away from Booz Allen Hamilton in 2008. Value Partners has turnaround and change management expertise working with industrial and service multinationals. Unit 17, Level 18, Wheelock House. 20 Pedder Street. Tel: +852 3650 6100. Founded in Chicago in 1914 by Edwin G. Address: Spectrum Value Partners.