Management Consultant
As global markets become more complex, companies are increasingly pursuing collaboration to unlock value chain efficiency and agility. From joint demand planning to asset sharing, companies are seeking to unlock cross-firm economies of scale and scope.
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The prolonged US recession and recent increase in income inequality has energized viewpoints challenging capitalism as a sustainable economic model.
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During the 16th century, Spain transformed from a modest European kingdom to a global hegemony. Spain’s success was driven by monetizing innovations in trans-ocean navigation and firearms to appropriate vast quantities of minerals
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Business is often compared to war and statecraft, as reflected in management jargon (e.g. competitive positioning, stick vs. carrot, war-gamming, etc). If business is war then merger and acquisition integration (PMI), would be analogous to the capture and annexation of new principalities.
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The mortgage CDO initiated market crash of 2008 has surprising similarities with the rail road induced market crash of 1873. Both are driven by greed induced risk taking
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