Strategy Consultants

2019 ◽  
pp. 90-126
Author(s):  
Richard Whittington
Keyword(s):  
Major Part ◽  
Entry Barriers ◽  
Building Relationships ◽  
Consulting Firms ◽  
Strategy Consulting

This chapter examines strategy consultants as a major part of the Strategy profession. It examines their growth since the middle of the last century, and particularly the development of leading firms such as Bain & Co., the Boston Consulting Group, and McKinsey & Co. It demonstrates the structurally precarious and permeable predicament of strategy consulting firms, with many entries and exits. The challenging economics of strategy consulting are examined, with the problems of cyclical demand, low entry barriers, weak financial structures, and short pipeline highlighted. The chapter identifies three ways strategy consulting firms have managed their predicaments: cultivating professionalism, building relationships, and investing in knowledge. The chapter also examines the nature of strategy consulting work, particularly its combination of high demands and intellectual stimulus.

The Consulting Actuary in Canada.

1964 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 388-400
Author(s):  
F. Livsey
Keyword(s):  
Great Britain ◽  
Life Insurance ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Pension Funds ◽  
Complete Picture ◽  
Consulting Firms ◽  
Insurance Business

This paper is intended to give a fairly complete picture of the actuary in Canada when read in conjunction with T. R. Suttie's paper, ‘The Actuary in Canada’ (J.S.S.13, 199). Suttie concentrated on the life insurance business in his paper, and with this in mind, I shall refer mainly to consulting actuarial work.Consulting practice in Canada is very similar to that in Great Britain, where the major part of the actuary's time is devoted to pension funds. The main differences are that Canadian consulting firms may advertise, and may also include insurance brokerage as part of their business provided that they hold the necessary licences. The small amount of friendly society work in Canada is handled by actuaries who specialize in such work, and there is no market in reversions or life interests.

Intrim Business Associates: taking on global consulting goliaths

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Parag Rastogi ◽  
Radharani Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Executive Education ◽  
Diagnostic Study ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sales And Marketing ◽  
Retail Strategy ◽  
Consulting Firms ◽  
Strategy Consulting

Subject area Entrepreneurship, Strategic Marketing, Retail Management. Study level/applicability It may be used in marketing/strategy/organisation behaviour courses of MBA programmes as well as in specific executive education programmes dealing with business strategy, sales and marketing, entrepreneurship and organisation behaviour. Case overview In 2002, Rajan Chhibba co-founded Intrim Business Associates (IBA), a niche strategy consulting firm in India. IBA pitched for a consulting assignment for retail strategy/implementation with a steel manufacturer in India, where they were pitched against a large global consulting firm. After conducting a diagnostic study and reaching a stage where IBA had almost got the project, the client put forth a demand which was make-or-break for IBA. The case puts forth the questions faced by Rajan Chhibba at the time of replying to the client: How was IBA different from global consulting firms? Was IBA willing to compromise on quality of the project to reduce costs? Was reduction of price the only option for getting the project? What factors should Rajan Chhibba consider before making his final pitch? Expected learning outcomes This case may help students to: appreciate an entrepreneur's smart strategy up against formidable competition, analyse the resources crunch an entrepreneur faces and how he overcomes them, understand how organisations learn from their experience and appreciate the challenges in a competitive environment. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes.

B. The Non-Linear Calculations for Pulsating Stars

1967 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 105-176
Author(s):  
Robert F. Christy
Keyword(s):  
Major Part ◽  
Afternoon Session ◽  
Discussion Session ◽  
Pulsating Stars ◽  
Fourth Symposium ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Considerable Discussion ◽  
Informal Approach ◽  
Preceding Session

(Ed. note: The custom in these Symposia has been to have a summary-introductory presentation which lasts about 1 to 1.5 hours, during which discussion from the floor is minor and usually directed at technical clarification. The remainder of the session is then devoted to discussion of the whole subject, oriented around the summary-introduction. The preceding session, I-A, at Nice, followed this pattern. Christy suggested that we might experiment in his presentation with a much more informal approach, allowing considerable discussion of the points raised in the summary-introduction during its presentation, with perhaps the entire morning spent in this way, reserving the afternoon session for discussion only. At Varenna, in the Fourth Symposium, several of the summaryintroductory papers presented from the astronomical viewpoint had been so full of concepts unfamiliar to a number of the aerodynamicists-physicists present, that a major part of the following discussion session had been devoted to simply clarifying concepts and then repeating a considerable amount of what had been summarized. So, always looking for alternatives which help to increase the understanding between the different disciplines by introducing clarification of concept as expeditiously as possible, we tried Christy's suggestion. Thus you will find the pattern of the following different from that in session I-A. I am much indebted to Christy for extensive collaboration in editing the resulting combined presentation and discussion. As always, however, I have taken upon myself the responsibility for the final editing, and so all shortcomings are on my head.)

Strategy Consulting

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeroen Kraaijenbrink
Keyword(s):  
Strategy Consulting

Filipino Guest Workers, Gender Segregation, and the Changing Social/Labor-Scape in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-512
Author(s):  
Simeon S. Magliveras
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Gender Segregation ◽  
Guest Workers ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Gcc Countries ◽  
Overseas Filipino Workers ◽  
Dress Codes ◽  
Social Labor

Filipinos are a major part of the workforce in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with a population of almost one million. This article investigates the effects of gender segregation on Filipino workers and how they navigate their lives through systems imposed on them. In particular, it examines the Kafala system (administrative sponsoring system) used for recruiting migrant workers for GCC countries. This article suggests that contrary beliefs about gender segregation and dress codes, Filipinas found it empowering. However, this article also concludes that gender segregation and dress codes also lead to isolation and loneliness. In addition, it is concluded that the fate and contentment of the overseas Filipino workers are directly dependent on who sponsors them.

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