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Why Companies Hire an External Consultant to Help Them

Strategy Driven

The consulting market across the world is valued at 262 billion dollars. You need someone who can advise on products from Microsoft pay now and get it fixed quickly. Change Management. They can identify the need for change, manage the change program or support the change. Expert Advice. Back You Up.

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Is Economics Ready for a New Model?

Harvard Business Review

In the sense that financial markets and the economy in general are far more fragile than most mainstream economists contemplated before 2008, there was a bit of unlearning done in the 1990s and early 2000s. The 1987 stock market crash was a scare. None of them brought economic devastation in the U.S.

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Take the Bias Out of Strategy Decisions

Harvard Business Review

Yet, the change happened, because they relied on their so-called “production capacity allocation rule”. Gordon Moore and Andy Grove, well before this actual dilemma became relevant, had put together a formula – the production capacity allocation rule – to decide what products would receive priority in their manufacturing plant.

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Make Your Innovative Idea Seem Less Terrifying

Harvard Business Review

Much as I want to believe that a glaringly good idea will stand on its merits, I have come to realize that just like any product or service, ideas require good marketing if they’re going to reach their intended customers. She also believed that Sanofi’s competitive edge was at risk because of this narrow approach to talent management.