Harvard Business

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The post-scandal scrutiny of Wells Fargo’s culture has so far focused on the high-pressure sales environment that drove employees to create as many as two million fake accounts. The bank has since fired 5,300 employees for the illegal behavior and eliminated retail bank sales goals entirely.

Leadership 132

Leadership Banking Ethics Culture 132

Tom Spencer

MAY 8, 2016

This post provides you with a high level comparison of management consulting and investment banking. Investment banks help companies raise money for various purposes including investment, acquisitions, and provision of working capital. Traders buy and sell securities with the bank’s money with the aim of making money for the bank.

Banking 60

Banking Consulting Comparison Finance 60

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. As consulting firms go, FTI Consulting is a newcomer – but at just over 30 years old, the firm has made impressive strides to become one of the most respected name in legal analysis and data-driven research to support major initiatives for law firms, banks and the majority of the Fortune 500.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

APRIL 26, 2015

Starbucks History & Culture. Starbucks is known for its fun laid-back atmosphere and amazing service-oriented culture. Starbucks has a clear vision, a mission-driven purpose, and an impressive culture. 28% of Management Consultants Pursue Finance. Related posts: Business Book Review: The Starbucks Experience.

Culture 100

Culture Interviews Recruitment Recruiting 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

The advice applies equally to industries like investment banking. Internalize feedback about your shortcomings (“you were unstructured in your approach to the case…you had an insufficient understanding of the underlying business drivers…we didn’t feel that you were a good fit for our company culture”).

Resumes 147

Resumes Consulting Case Interview Interviews 147

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2017

An entrepreneurial culture. culture for failing and starting again. has a more developed system of equity finance than the countries of Europe, including angel investors willing to finance startups and a very active venture capital market that helps finance the growth of those firms. Individuals in the U.S.

Finance 135

Finance Energy Enterprise System 135

Management Consulted

JULY 15, 2015

History & Culture. Once you get called in for an interview, bank on at least 3-4 interviews which typically consist of connecting with the recruiter for a phone screen, followed by a phone interview, and then two 1:1 in person interviews with either a panel or the hiring manager. Starbucks Jobs and Culture.

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Groups Culture Interviews Travel 100

Management Consulted

AUGUST 23, 2015

History & Culture. Once you get passed to Round 0, you can bank on at least 3-5 interviews (although they have been known to give more) which typically consist of connecting with the recruiter for a phone screen and a phone interview with the hiring managers. Starbucks Jobs and Culture. ” Enjoy! Prepare for interviews.

Culture 100

Culture Interviews Cover Letters Resumes 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

———— History & Culture. ” Once you get called for an interview, you can bank on at least 7-15 interviews that typically consist of connecting with the recruiter, hiring manager, and associates that you will be working with over a phone screen, a Skype interview, and multiple on-site interviews.

Culture 100

Culture Cover Letters Case Interview Interviews 100

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The prize for best answer was a FREE Consulting Case Bank and The Consulting Bible 3rd edition – a HUGE giveaway – so we weren’t surprised when we heard from so many of you. When I started out in the program, I quickly realized I was never cut out for finance or accounting. This left me with few options.

Consulting 204

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Harvard Business

JULY 7, 2016

“It’s a culture thing,” María Lacouture, the head of government economic development agency ProColombia, told me. Banks often are unwilling to take the risk of financing small and midsize companies. The economic cost is difficult to calculate. A handful of rail lines carry little more than coal.

Tourism 128

Tourism Government Finance Efficiency 128

Management Consulted

JULY 2, 2017

And with Bain’s globally-recognized social culture, Vault ranked Bain as the Best Place to Work in 2015. As one of the oldest and most storied cities in North America, Boston is full of historic sites and leading cultural institutions which the employees and their families enjoy on holidays or weekends.

Oliver Wyman 72

Oliver Wyman Mercer Consulting Deloitte 72

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 8, 2016

In the fall of 2015, after spending two years in a small town in the Ruhr Valley starting to learn German (I will appreciate Mark Twain’s perspective on the sprache so much better going forward), I moved to Frankfurt to begin my Executive MBA at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Germany is more interesting.

Education 83

Education Finance Enterprise Banking 83

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The firm advises government divisions, law firms, and major global corporations on governmental regulation (like anti-trust rulings), public policy implications, public, competitive forces, and private financing. Finance: Bankruptcy, Consumer Protection in Financial Services, Financial Institutions and Banking, Financial Risk Management. .

NERA Economic Consulting 147

NERA Economic Consulting Interviews Oliver Wyman Consulting 147

Harvard Business

JULY 17, 2017

Banks are feeling the crunch; according to McKinsey , legacy financial institutions will see profits decline 20%–60% by 2025 if they fail to evolve digitally. The current innovation model in the finance sector is designed to generate the highest possible short-term returns. Insight Center. Crossing the Digital Divide.

Financial 135

Financial Industry Banking Company 135

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The firm has also grown so much, so fast that its culture has lost focus and the pursuit of so many strategies at once have left many clients unsure of what exactly IBM GBS offers at the end of the day. Finance Risk. Areas like finance, accounting, communications, HR and marketing. IBM GBS CULTURE. IBM GBS ORGANIZATION.

IBM GBS 203

IBM GBS Interviews Consulting Case Interview 203

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 20, 2023

If you seek big bucks or work-life balance, consulting isn’t your best bet Consultants are certainly well-paid relative to regular office jobs, but it is worth pointing out that they are a step behind compared to their entry level counterparts in top technology and finance firms.

Consulting 88

Consulting Boston Consulting Group Bain Banking 88

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2017

Automating finance. This lets organizations reduce the amount of work outsourced to service centers and frees up finance staff to focus on strategic tasks. For example, banks can use historical transaction data to build algorithms that recognize fraudulent behavior. Lastly, don’t underestimate the cultural barriers.

Company 135

Company Software Data Sports 135

MishTalk

APRIL 16, 2014

The political union had to precede the formation of the single currency and a real central bank. Economic cultures are different and there is no solidarity. The French view is that imbalances of payments and budgets should be adjusted and jointly funded by the surplus countries to finance the deficit countries.

Conference 70

Conference Policies Finance Banking 70

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

You don’t need to break the bank to offer attractive extras. Job benefits that don’t directly impact an individual’s lifestyle and finances were the least coveted by survey respondents, such as in-office freebies like food and coffee. But what should a business do if it can’t afford Google-sized benefits?

Insurance 135

Insurance Insurance Survey Policies 135

Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

BearingPoint Interview and Culture. Read on to discover interesting nuances of culture and competence that are unique to the global consulting firm. BEARINGPOINT CULTURE. BearingPoint started at the height of the consulting boom years in the late 1990s, and was a part of KPMG’s worldwide consulting practice. Industries.

BearingPoint 139

BearingPoint Interviews Oliver Wyman Capgemini 139

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 30, 2016

In addition, Economics degrees are highly theoretical – which often doesn’t equate to the very specific, actionable and data-driven consulting culture. Finance – A Finance degree not only shows that you’re proficient in math, but also implies you’re inquisitive and like to get to the root of problems.

Consulting 100

Consulting Engineering Finance Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

The culture is really crisp with very intelligent people around; in fact, some of the “best” longest-standing McKinseyites in the world are in NYC and McKinsey has significant support staff in the office as well. Bank of New York, AIG, Depository Trust, Standard & Poor’s, etc.).

Consulting 157

Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

Harvard Business

APRIL 21, 2016

Only about 18% of interlocks were international in 1976, and most of those were transatlantic links in finance and energy — two of the first industries to begin globalizing. There’s a distinct cultural approach to boards in these regions. Shell’s Board Interlocks, 1976. . © © HBR.ORG.

Government 70

Government Energy Banking Finance 70

Harvard Business

MARCH 2, 2017

One CFO I know managed finance for a spin-off firm when it went public and then returned to the parent company in a corporate position. Another CFO led finance for multiple units so he could gain a breadth of knowledge across the business before becoming the corporate CFO. Most companies have a distinct culture.

How To 70

How To Culture Turnaround Talent 70

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Even before announcing his new cabinet, Mnangagwa installed a key reformist, Patrick Chinamasa, as acting finance minister, tasked with tackling corruption and re-engaging with international institutions to unlock funds to ease liquidity shortages. Mnangagwa’s first actions in office underscore how important he views economic recovery.

Government 70

Government Banking System Finance 70

Harvard Business

JANUARY 24, 2017

Through a coordinated, systemic, prolonged intervention with dozens of institutions and thousands of individual participants, new growth of the local companies we trained has directly created over 1033 jobs, fueled by dozens of new private sector financings. 1 – Quickly demonstrating new growth. strategic hires).

Training 70

Training Training Banking Balance Sheet 70

Tom Spencer

MARCH 24, 2018

Traditional Chinese food consists of little dairy, so this will be a massive change for a country whose culture of food appreciation dates back centuries. However, you won’t be able to use it unless you have a Chinese bank account. One firm I visited is aiming to introduce dairy into the Chinese diet. I cannot say.

Trends 87

Trends Productivity Finance Report 87

Ben de Haldevang

MARCH 7, 2017

Abhay Pande and conducted a series of interview with senior Asian leaders to understand a little more of the cultural complexity that exists across the Asian landscape, recognise the key differences and start to think about what an Asian owner might expect of a European and American business. Our second interview is with Han Meng Chan.

Interviews 45

Interviews Energy Finance Banking 45

Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2018

Perhaps “you are being suffocated by a culture that wants to keep you in a state of being perpetually obsessed with your career,” Petriglieri says. Earlier in his career he was an attorney in a private practice; later he was an in-house corporate lawyer for a bank and then a director of large consulting firm.

How To 133

How To Case Study Case Studies Finance 133

Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

The economy still hasn’t received a boost from sanctions relief, and many big banks that left the country have not returned. sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. Large European banks in particular are not ready to return to Iran even though they are permitted. However, remaining U.S.

Tourism 70

Tourism Banking Hotels Financial 70

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 15, 2017

In one illustration of these difficulties, consider that India currently ranks 100 out of 190 countries in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings, 22 places behind China, 39 places behind Indonesia, and just nine places above Papua New Guinea. Cultural variations are important.

Strategy& 72

Strategy& Strategy Strategy Operations 72

Tom Spencer

JANUARY 19, 2019

Work culture/structure – for example, some companies put PMs in the engineering team and PMMs in the marketing team. The PM focused on product development, strategy, international go-to-market planning and execution, and collaborated with management, finance, hardware engineering and third-party partner teams. Image: Pexels.

Engineering 60

Engineering Productivity Enterprise Marketing 60

Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2018

Since then, we interviewed several chief financial officers (CFOs) of leading technology companies and senior analysts of investment banks who follow technology companies. This notion, that risk is a desirable feature, can seem like sacrilege to anyone who’s taken an introductory finance course.

Financial 81

Financial Report Cash Flow Metrics 81

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk. Building Balanced Cultures. In an experiment, we approached the call center of a bank’s consumer loans business. (We’ve This is also true of executives.

Metrics 135

Metrics Engineering Operations Sales 135

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 29, 2016

Thus the explosion of start-ups, start-up culture and the new entrepreneurialism. However start-up culture is not the same everywhere. Marguerite Arnold is an entrepreneur, author and third semester EMBA candidate at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Retirement funds to take care of the old.

Real Estate 60

Real Estate System Transportation Healthcare 60

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 16, 2016

The cultural and operational challenge for incumbent financial services firms was enormous. Mint aggregates financial information from disparate sources including banks, brokerages, and credit card companies to provide users with a comprehensive view of their finances. Leverage big data.

Financial 70

Financial Healthcare Insurance Insurance 70