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Management Consulting versus Investment Banking

Management Consulted

The cons of investment banking – the long hours, the repetitive and unengaging nature of the work, the lack of non-finance exit opportunities – mattered far more to me than a 6-figure salary. This expertise may be as broad as “operations turnaround” and as specific as “benchmarking for insurance companies.”

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Zero-Based Budgeting Is Not a Wonder Diet for Companies

Harvard Business

Traditional ZBB implementations focus almost exclusively on simple SG&A , in part because SG&A benchmark data is far more readily attainable than are relevant data from the core functions of comparable companies. In another company, commercial discounts was essentially a black box for the finance chief and CEO.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Among CEO top priorities are sales growth and profit. Customer loyalty generates sales growth and profit. A finance executive said this of the decades-old corporate attitude, “We are GM. A global IBM study found that 33% of CEOs had engineering degrees and another 15% had finance degrees. We know everything.

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Strategy and general business consulting firms in Australia

Tom Spencer

Accenture offers management consulting services covering finance & performance management, talent & organisation performance, strategy, customer relationship management, and supply chain management. I came online looking for coys for benchmarking,what i got is pleasant and very useful. Website: www.atkearney.com. Oliver Wyman.

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Asset Management – Valuation (Part 2 of 4)

Tom Spencer

EV/EBITDA is pre-leverage and is also considered by most equity analysts – but it needs to be adjusted for timing for deferred commissions and sales charges as they are real costs to the firm despite possibly not showing up in the current valuation period. P/E is a good representation of what flows through to the shareholder.

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Develop Deep Knowledge in Your Organization — and Keep It

Harvard Business

For example, many top sales people know clients personally; subject matter experts know others in their field. Generating new knowledge by conducting research, benchmarking, or bringing in “resident” artists or scientists whose interactions with employees can spark creativity.

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2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney

Tom Spencer

Kearney’s services include strategy, innovation, sales & marketing, operations, strategic IT, and procurement. has expertise in a broad range of industries and has a range of capabilities including Strategy, Shareholder Value Management, Mergers & Acquisitions support, Operations & Organisation and Marketing & Sales.