Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

Document ideas in the document we use for Directional Agreement. Offer your document as a “straw person” and starting point. EVEN if you feel the crunch on the finances, you do not want to under-value what you can bring to the table.

Consulting 202

Consulting Strategy Strategy Strategy& 202

Harvard Business

AUGUST 8, 2018

Despite the general trend across schools toward becoming more finance-oriented, there could have been considerable variation in what’s taught. In another supplementary analysis, we used the rankings of finance departments in business schools. Another issue we considered is that different business schools have different curricula.

Research 132

Research Education Pharmaceuticals Finance 132

Epicflow

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

At this level, there aren’t any established project management practices or standards; documentation and metrics are ad hoc. An organization has certain project management processes and corresponding documentation, but they aren’t standardized. Level #1: Initial process. Level #2: Structure process and standards.

Management 130

Management Metrics Resources Efficiency 130

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 3, 2012

When I started out in the program, I quickly realized I was never cut out for finance or accounting. As my finance study partner once told me, rising water rises with everything else – and that is why I want to get into ‘Consulting’.” Then I applied for a graduate program in Finance and got the admission.

Consulting 204

Consulting Case Interview Interviews Engineering 204

Consultant Journal

MARCH 5, 2020

Do trial runs and document practices for using telemeetings, including teleconferences and web meetings. Consider arranging financing ahead of time, as part of business continuity preparations. Look for opportunities to offer work from home, make-up shifts, sick days, leave or other flexible conditions that promote health and wellness.

Small Business 114

Small Business Cash Flow Policies Sales 114

Johanna Rothman

APRIL 6, 2022

” and pointed to a phase-gate approach with documentation deliverables after each phase. That's because a finance person drew the lifecycle.). ” He said, “We'll deliver documents after each phase.” ” I said, “No, documents are not real deliverables. It's not a long document.

Agile 90

Agile Productivity Finance Software 90

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

In Sweden, for example, the portion of approved bank loans to small and medium-size enterprises has decreased by 15% over the last 10 years , and roughly 60% of all ventures in need of external financing have reported difficulties in accessing financing for their investments.

Banking 70

Banking Research Finance Study 70

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 5, 2018

To better understand the tension between control and freedom in new roles, we analyzed more than 4000 pages of interview data, company documents, and media reports from 21 organizations that recently established a “sustainability manager” position and appointed someone to the role. finance, mineral processing, geology).

Company 131

Company How To Case Interview Resources 131

Harvard Business

JULY 5, 2017

Department of Labor retracted a guidance document regarding the definition of employees versus independent contractors that had been issued under my watch (you can find a copy here , however). For a deeper look into the distinctions under the Fair Labor Standards Act and the 2015 guidance document ). These distinctions matter.

Case Interview 134

Case Interview Government Insurance Insurance 134

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

A sizable literature documents the role that distraction plays: When faced with multiple competing cues, people have difficulty focusing their attention on the relevant information. But although the market as a whole displays a variety of biases in processing financial news, not all finance professionals consume news in the same way.

Research 107

Research Financial Finance Efficiency 107

Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2017

The goal: Help patients clarify and document their care preferences, communicate those preferences to providers, and then oversee their preferred mix of medical and nonmedical care, ensuring they receive no more and no less than they want. They engage patients on their own terms and at their own pace to identify what matters most to them.

System 110

System Healthcare Case Interview Operations 110

Harvard Business

APRIL 10, 2018

For example, firms with better-connected CEOs can obtain cheaper financing , and firms with well-connected board directors see better performance. Our study , published in the Journal of Corporate Finance, found that CEOs with strong connections to people of different demographic backgrounds and skill sets create higher firm value.

Research 128

Research Finance Study Analysis 128

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Portugal has excessive public and private debt financed from abroad. Salanic does a fantastic job presenting his case in a 62 page document, Rehabilitating Portugal. Here is his overall thesis. Portugal Debt Implosion Thesis The Troika Program is off track. Portuguese bondholders are at the mercy of that market.

Finance 78

Finance Comparison Banking Analysis 78

Harvard Business

MAY 11, 2017

Engage in customer research, online and in the real world, to understand and document their journeys. That may be the journey from unhealthy to healthy living, or from being broke to being a good steward of their finances. I don’t mean their customer life cycle with your brand.

Real Estate 134

Real Estate Video Productivity Analysis 134

Harvard Business

MAY 9, 2018

She had launched her career 12 years earlier with no connections — she just picked up a camera and started making small-budget films, including one she financed out of her own savings account. DuVernay, 44 at the time, had overcome many challenges to reach that moment. Such experiences can damage women’s confidence.

Film 134

Film Engineering Research Energy 134

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

In a document prepared ahead of this week’s G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Australia, the IMF said that growth in the first half of this year was weaker than it had predicted in April.

Banking 74

Banking Finance Policies Meeting 74

MishTalk

APRIL 9, 2014

The document is apparently technical. Not surprisingly, public weeks ago before the government will present its tax reform, and weeks after I did the Committee of Experts created at the time by the Ministry of Finance. But has behind it an undoubted political.

Government 72

Government Finance Report Course 72

MishTalk

JANUARY 20, 2014

In any case, the city''s creditors could face losses if the communities finances don''t recover. According to court documents, Fifth Third Bank wants to cut off the loans over concerns that the city will not be able to pay up. Finance reported Unable to pay bill, Mich. The general fund went over budget by $491,161.

Banking 76

Banking Finance Financial Report 76

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2017

The history of proving one’s identity with official documentation dates back 600 years to the realm of King Henry V in England. The Safe Conducts Act of 1414 created the first documentation for the English to prove themselves as subjects of the king when outside England: Thus, the creation of the first official passport.

Data 112

Data Insurance Insurance Government 112

Harvard Business

MAY 16, 2017

Prior to visit, coordinated all documentation, including collecting relevant data. Establish functions from scratch — Finance, Accounting, Marketing, Sales, and HR. Collaborated with University Facilities, Safety & Risk, Risk Manager; ServPro; and Insurance Adjuster to plan and execute clean-up and equipment replacement.

Transportation 134

Transportation Real Estate Financial Operations 134

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 16, 2024

For example, Morgan Stanley’s AI assistant based on OpenAI’s GPT-4, provides its 16,000 financial advisors instant access to a database of about 100,000 research reports and documents. Data-driven decision-making 2.1 Real-time market analysis There is a rich potential for Gen AI tools to considerably assist in strategic decision-making.

Banking 78

Banking Financial Operations Data 78

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Researchers have made major inroads into documenting trends in either income or wealth inequality in the United States, but we still know little about how the two evolve together — an important question to understand the causes of wealth inequality. We live in unequal times. The overall summary is bleak.

Financial 70

Financial Research Real Estate Trends 70

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Orr, seeks to invalidate complex transactions that helped finance Detroit’s pension system in 2005. Of even greater concern to creditors is the city’s 99-page “plan of adjustment,” the all-important document that details how Detroit proposes to resolve its bankruptcy and finance its operations in the future.

Insurance 71

Insurance Insurance Banking Finance 71

MishTalk

OCTOBER 19, 2013

The deal includes $4 billion to settle claims by the Federal Housing Finance Agency that J.P. The task force issued a series of subpoenas to various financial companies, seeking internal documents. Those documents held a number of promising leads, one of which was assigned to federal prosecutors in Sacramento.

Banking 71

Banking Government Journal Financial 71

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

According to a banking source with knowledge of the negotiations, the Ministry of Finance instructed the investment bank N +1 to study the feasibility of this plan. According to the confidential document called ''Project Midas'' N +1, the operating mechanism allows changing banking debt to capital.

Banking 73

Banking Government Operations Finance 73

Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2017

In effect, they all had skin in the game, which remains one of the most elusive elements of modern finance. Part of the driver of these unclaimed funds is known as longevity risk : People living longer means more life insurance policies mature and the memory of who was insured and where physical policy documents may reside fades.

Insurance 131

Insurance Insurance Industry Balance Sheet 131

Management Consulted

JUNE 21, 2015

Why Read It: The E-myth was first recommended to me by my wife, who had the book recommended to her by the teacher in a finance class she took at her school. Our author today is Golibe, one of our fabulous content editors and a whiz at everything media. Thank you for joining us today.

Small Business 100

Small Business Finance Productivity Media 100

Harvard Business

APRIL 9, 2018

We found that firms tend to choose directors who are much more likely to be male, have a large network, have a lot of board experience, currently serve on more boards, and have a finance background. Alternatively, it could be that because of behavioral biases, management is not able to select effective directors as well as an algorithm.

Research 111

Research Company Data Study 111

MishTalk

AUGUST 27, 2014

IMF chief Christine Lagarde has been put under formal investigation by French magistrates for alleged negligence in a political fraud affair dating from 2008 when she was finance minister. On the VAT, the recommendation is thus to minimize exemptions and special rates, in order to efficiently raise revenues to help finance pro-poor spending.

Meeting 68

Meeting Efficiency Education Finance 68

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This is taught in any Finance 101 class, and is presumably what McKinsey advises its clients. But it’s extremely hard to document causation rather than simply correlation. Moreover, in a new paper with Vivian and Allen Huang, we aim to more precisely document the long-term consequences of short-term incentives.

Study 71

Study McKinsey Efficiency Government 71

Harvard Business

MAY 3, 2016

Documenting and data entry. Machines can learn to perform time-intensive documentation and data entry tasks, letting knowledge workers spend more time on higher-value problem-solving tasks. The upshot of HealthMind is that doctors spend less time interpreting images and more time consulting with their patients.

Efficiency 70

Efficiency Company Data Engineering 70

Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

Many an economics and finance course later, I see that the layers of complexities to the 2008 financial crisis are innumerable. Mortgage originators often lent the entire purchase price of a house without asking for documentation to verify the borrower’s income, assets, and employment status. It all seemed so clear.

Financial 60

Financial Banking Balance Sheet Cash Flow 60

Management Consulted

JULY 15, 2015

After submitting your initial application, with your resume/CV, cover letter, and other supporting documents, HR typically will respond to your application within a couple of days. 28% of Management Consultants Pursue Finance. Be aware that even if your application is rejected, it does not mean that that is the end of road.

Groups 100

Groups Culture Interviews Travel 100

Management Consulted

MAY 21, 2015

After submitting your initial application, with your resume/CV, cover letter, and other supporting documents, HR typically will respond to your application within a couple of days. 28% of Management Consultants Pursue Finance. To add your jobs to the job board and gain access to our highly qualified candidates click here.

Wireless 100

Wireless Culture Telecommunications Interviews 100

Rick Conlow

JANUARY 15, 2021

The process and steps for achievement are well documented. Think in terms of balance; do not just zero in on your career or finances. Researchers Locke and Latham presented compelling research in over 100 studies that goals improve work performance in numerous settings. Do you want more personal and career success?

Research 77

Research How To eBook Exercises 77

Progressus

AUGUST 29, 2023

Integrating project accounting ensures accurate documentation of billable hours, activities, and expenses, creating a coherent picture for everyone involved. To steer the business in the right direction, the finance department requires instantaneous data on project statuses, forthcoming deals, and future client engagements.

Cash Flow 52

Cash Flow Financial Sales Operations 52

CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Documented Procedures If you manage a five-person team, it helps enormously if the work that everyone does is documented in the form of a procedure manual or “Standard Operating Procedures” guide. Today, I can do that via Google in under 10 seconds. Technology = a force multiplier. The CEO is not better at law than the Chief Counsel.

McKinsey 59

McKinsey Sales Operations Industry 59