Case Examples of Empirical Research Methods As Related to Consulting Firms
Steve Shu Consulting
JULY 27, 2022
McKinsey article, “Not enough comps for valuation? This post will be updated from time to time.
Management Consulting versus Investment Banking
Management Consulted
DECEMBER 16, 2008
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. At the Big 3 (Bain, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey), you can expect travel 50-75% of the time. 3 SKILL DEVELOPMENT.
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The Consulting Bible – Dominate Your McKinsey, Bain and BCG Fit and Consulting Case Interviews
Management Consulted
FEBRUARY 5, 2009
Learn more about the interview preparation course and guide that helped land offers at BCG, Accenture, and McKinsey. We’ve helped 1600+ people land interviews and offers in the consulting world (including such esteemed firms as McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Deloitte and Mercer). Click to purchase !
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The Top 5 Reasons why an MBA will help you break into McKinsey
Management Consulted
AUGUST 28, 2016
Do you need to have an MBA to break into McKinsey? The short answer is no – you do not have to have an MBA to break into McKinsey. Didn’t Michael Wolf, former Director of McKinsey’s Global Media & Entertainment Practice, do it with a BA in international politics from Columbia? McKinsey hires MBAs – it’s a fact.
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MC Coach Interview: My First Year at McKinsey
Management Consulted
MARCH 29, 2015
Today we get a sneak peek into a former McKinsey consultant’s first year of life at the firm. and asked a few questions about her time at a non-core school, breaking into McKinsey, and her early career to find out what McKinsey life was like for her. How was settling in at McKinsey for you?
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Career Launchpad: The value of joining an MBB Firm
Tom Spencer
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
During my undergraduate education, I was always mesmerized by the sessions run by the MBB consulting firms: McKinsey , BCG, and Bain. healthcare, technology, finance), allowing you to develop expertise in multiple areas. Having worked at a boutique consulting firm and a Big 4 firm, I always sensed that the MBB experience was distinct.
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Consultants – A dime a dozen for MBA Applications
Tom Spencer
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
With thousands of management consultants applying to top MBA programs each year, consulting is one of the most overrepresented candidate pools, alongside finance. Jeff Zhang currently serves as a Consultant at McKinsey, specializing in private equity, transportation, technology, and sustainability sectors.
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Networking 102: It’s Never Been More Important – And It Truly. Does. Work.
Management Consulted
JUNE 10, 2009
Finance-Specific Networking. What do you think about non-finance work graduate school, then transitioning through an MBA? What about PhD to MBA to finance?”. Is it good for you if the McKinsey recruiter knows you’re applying for BCG, Bain, other consulting firms?”. Linked-In Networking.
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3 ways financial advisory consulting bests strategy consulting
Management Consulted
JULY 22, 2013
In compliance work, or on finance-focused projects, the broad-sweeping projections of strategy consulting don’t cut it. As mentioned in our previous post, financial consulting is a much better choice than a narrowly-defined role in internal finance (especially at a no-name corporation).
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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story
Management Consulted
AUGUST 1, 2013
And, of course, their claim to fame, Financial Services , is broken down into even more practices including: Finance and Risk. Corporate and Finance and Advisory. Risk Management – assists CFOs and other finance executives on matters of finance and risk, global risk and trading, and compliance and governance.
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201 Why Do Management Consulting Firms Hire MBAs?
Steve Shu Consulting
OCTOBER 8, 2017
Management consulting projects can span diverse areas from operational to finance to marketing to strategy to IT management, etc. investigate careers at Digital McKinsey or BCG Digital Ventures). There are other modern, consultative models emerging. And the models don’t need to be exclusive.
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From Lab to C-Suite: The Future of Life Sciences Consulting
Tom Spencer
JANUARY 31, 2025
Generalist firms, such as McKinsey, Deloitte and BCG, also have life sciences practices but generally provide advice to support the growth and efficiency of key business functions as well as advising on high level business strategy. Specialised life sciences consulting firms, such as ClearView Healthcare Partners, Putnam, Simon Kucher, L.E.K
Top 10 Consulting Firms in Boston
Management Consulted
JULY 2, 2017
” In fact, 2 of the MBB (McKinsey, Bain and BCG) elite firms, Bain and BCG, have their headquarters in Boston, MA. McKinsey : McKinsey, usually the big brother to all other consulting firms in other environments, has a long history but a small presence in Boston. In the Boston office, they are only ~100 employees.
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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York
Management Consulted
FEBRUARY 5, 2017
McKinsey & Company. Yes, the great McKinsey has its headquarters in New York, located at 55 E 52nd St on the 21st Floor. Founded in 1926, McKinsey now has its largest global office in New York with more than 500 consultants. Drum roll… 1. The Boston Consulting Group.
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2 Years of Networking Results in Consulting Job at PwC
Management Consulted
APRIL 20, 2014
I ended up using some of the books off your site’s recommended reading list – The McKinsey Way , How to Get Into the Top Consulting Firms , and I bought the Consulting Interview Bible. I then took another internship in finance with Merrill Lynch. My senior year I continued my work as a research assistant.
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Startups: Picking the right opportunity for your career
Tom Spencer
NOVEMBER 8, 2024
In a previous article, we explored why a startup experience is a must for every young professional ( Startup Experience: A Must for Every Young Professional ), especially if your university in undergrad placed a spotlight on finance and consulting.
Strategy and general business consulting firms in Australia
Tom Spencer
MAY 31, 2012
Founded in Chicago in 1926, McKinsey remains one of the world’s most prestigious consulting firms. It is worth noting that, as at May 2012, McKinsey continues to receive negative publicity due to the ongoing Rajat Gupta insider trading scandal. McKinsey operates in 98 locations worldwide. [Last Updated: 31 May 2012].
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122 List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong
Tom Spencer
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
McKinsey & Company. Applied Value offers strategy, finance, and operations management services. 30/F, One International Finance Centre. McKinsey & Company. Address: McKinsey & Company. Boston Consulting Group. Deloitte Consulting. Forum Corporation. Global Intelligence Alliance. Hill & Knowlton.
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How Companies Are Already Using AI
Harvard Business
APRIL 14, 2017
And in January 2017, McKinsey’s research arm estimated AI-driven job losses at 5%. Some 51% of our AI leaders predicted that by 2020 AI will have its biggest internal impact on their back-office functions of IT and finance/accounting; only 34% of AI followers said the same thing.
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Consultant Ninja: The Curious Case of Equity Private, Part I.
Consultant Ninja
AUGUST 14, 2009
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. For the period of 2006-2008, I was somewhat entranced by the wizardry (and compensation) of my finance peers. Friday, August 14, 2009.
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2016 Top 10 U.S. MBA programs for Management Consulting
Management Consulted
APRIL 20, 2016
The Class of 2015 had a full 35% of its graduates accept offers in the consulting field, and Kellogg has become a hot recruiting spot across top firms – but especially for McKinsey. In fact, McKinsey has hired over 215 Kellogg graduates over the last 5 years, including 34 from this most recent class. 2015 class size: 826.
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List of strategy consulting firms in London
Tom Spencer
OCTOBER 3, 2011
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. Address: McKinsey & Company. McKinsey provides management consulting services. Celerant Consulting.
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Dinged From MBB Consulting Firms – Now What?
Management Consulted
NOVEMBER 22, 2015
If you are an undergrad who has been turned down for a summer internship at MBB, going in to finance is your next best bet. In addition, having a finance internship under your belt shows that you’ve got the necessary quant skills to succeed in consulting. For the Pre-MBA level, finance should be your last option.
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The Paradigm of Prestige
CaseInterview.com
OCTOBER 23, 2021
It is also, frankly, an implicit promise of joining a company like McKinsey. What is said jokingly in a Harvard Business School finance class is that the most important thing you need to know about finance is to hire a CFO… from Wharton. It is the default premise of many country, company, and academic-institution cultures.
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Consultant Ninja: Friedman Billings Ramsey and Tom Peters.
Consultant Ninja
MARCH 23, 2009
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. If you havent heard of Tom Peters: He was a partner at McKinsey who wrote the most influential business book of the 1980s. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja.
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Strengths Multiplied
CaseInterview.com
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
If someone I work with is fabulous at sales but terrible at finance, when we work together, I benefit from their talent in sales, and they benefit from my talent in finance. He was terrible at supply chain management, finance, and managing foreign exchange currency risk.
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98 Consultant Ninja: What to put on a consulting resume (part 3 of a.
Consultant Ninja
DECEMBER 10, 2008
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Wednesday, December 10, 2008. What to put on a consulting resume (part 3 of a continuing series).
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Consultant Ninja: Whither art thou Marakon: Management.
Consultant Ninja
FEBRUARY 25, 2009
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. NEW YORK -- Marakon, the international management consultancy and Integrated Finance Limited (IFL), a financial advisory firm, are merging. skip to main | skip to sidebar.
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100 Interview Process and Preparation - McKinsey, Bain, BCG
CaseInterview.com
JUNE 13, 2019
Following is a success story from a student that interviewed with four firms and got offers from both McKinsey and Bain. As of yesterday, an offer from McKinsey has been added to that one. Naturally, I am excited about having offers from these two exceptional firms, and I have decided to go and work for McKinsey.
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List: Global Strategy Firms 2013
Tom Spencer
JULY 22, 2013
Founded in Chicago in 1926, McKinsey is arguably the world’s most prestigious consulting firm. McKinsey has 102 offices worldwide including Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong, Bombay, Johannesburg, London, Toronto, New York, and San Francisco. The below list will be of interest to you if: you want to work for a leading strategy firm, or.
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A Perfect Storm: Growth in Public Sector Consulting
Tom Spencer
JUNE 17, 2013
THE United States government has utilised management consultants for the past fifty years, beginning when McKinsey organised the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958.
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The Elitism Machine
CaseInterview.com
JANUARY 31, 2022
If you get into Harvard Business School (HBS), you’re implicitly taught that you don’t really need to take the finance classes very seriously. This could be a family culture, a regional culture (Wall Street, Silicon Valley), or an organizational culture (Yale, McKinsey). If you see elitism in this way, it’s incredibly liberating.
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Why consulting?
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.
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Consultant Ninja: How Consultants Manage Frequent Flyer Miles.
Consultant Ninja
SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Monday, September 27, 2010. How Consultants Manage Frequent Flyer Miles. April 18, 2011 at 2:55 AM. Consulting Georgia.
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Consultant Ninja: The Curious Case of Equity Private, Part II.
Consultant Ninja
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Additionally, it seems that her stint at DealBreaker, finance snark-central, has come to an end. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja. Tuesday, September 1, 2009.
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100 Technology Is Changing Transportation, and Cities Should Adapt
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
McKinsey and Bloomberg New Energy Finance have estimated that in 50 metropolitan areas worldwide, a rapid transition to advanced mobility systems could yield $600 billion in societal benefits through 2030. Such improvements could help cut the costs of traffic congestion ( about 1% of GDP globally ), road accidents ( 1.25
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As European Banks Retreat from the World Stage, China Is Stepping Up
Harvard Business
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
Since 2007, gross cross-border capital flows have fallen by 65%, and half of that is due to a sharp reduction in cross-border lending and other banking activities, a new McKinsey Global Institute report finds. As European banks retreat, China is leading something of a changing of the guard in global finance. And it is not alone.
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2015 Management Consulting Salaries – Undergraduate, MBA, Interns and More
Management Consulted
JANUARY 4, 2015
McKinsey & Company. McKinsey & Company Undergraduate Salary. For McKinsey Research Analyst in Poland: €22,000 base. For McKinsey Consultant in Poland: €50,000 base. McKinsey & Company MBA Salary. 11,000 McKinsey: $12,500 Oliver Wyman: $12,500 + $2500 signing (10 weeks). Bain & Company.
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100 A.T. Kearney Interview & Culture
Management Consulted
JANUARY 18, 2015
Kearney, which was the original split from McKinsey & Company, has a storied and impressive history. Kearney’s fascinating history begins with none other than current competitor McKinsey & Company. Founder Andrew Thomas Kearney was hired by James McKinsey as his firm’s first partner in 1929. 1963 – A.T.
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Profit vs. Positive Cash Flow
CaseInterview.com
APRIL 15, 2019
In every McKinsey engagement, there’s a moment when the senior client says to us, “Hmm. You might be wondering what the McKinsey team says to the client that prompts that reaction. And it also means your understanding of finance is insufficient to be a CEO or General Manager of a company or division of a larger company.).
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The 3 Secrets of a Successful Consulting Interview Suit
Management Consulted
JUNE 4, 2017
Before starting Black Lapel , Tian worked in finance and his wife was a consultant at McKinsey. We talked to business suit expert, Derek Tian, co-founder of the custom clothing brand Black Lapel , to get some perspective. Suffice it to say, he knows a thing or two about dressing for a consulting interview.
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140 Consultant Ninja: "Future Demand Borrowing": Management.
Consultant Ninja
DECEMBER 3, 2009
Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. This indication should signal, pent up demand to return to the market to take advantage of favorable pricing and financing. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Consultant Ninja.
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Job Hub: Culture and Jobs at Google
Management Consulted
OCTOBER 23, 2016
If you onboard with Google doing strategy, you could find yourself working on mergers & acquisitions, operations, or even corporate finance in different business areas. 28% of Management Consultants Pursue Finance. It’s one of those rare places where you won’t get pigeon-holed into a specific area of expertise.
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NERA Economic Consulting Interviews – Moving Up in a Down Economy
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. .
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