The economists over at George Mason had a discussion this week about professional services firms (it looks like consulting especially, but not exclusively) that led them to try and answer two questions of interest to this blog: why do smart motivated young people join professional services firms, and why do firms hire consultants. I’m going …
Category Archive: Consulting
Jan
31
Supply Chain/Operations Case Study, Courtesy of Jim Henson
How could a business case study get better than this? Building on the previous two posts, as well as my other passions, this 1963 Bell Data case study features: A business consulting case (operations/supply chain/communications) A Jim Henson Muppet A robot Rocket ships A great example of each. Enjoy, via @RobotCity_Chi
Nov
20
How Elite Firms Hire
Bryan Caplan is linking to a new study that covers an oft-discussed, but poorly researched, area of professional services firm management: the actual hiring process at elite firms in law, finance, and consulting. (The actual paper by Lauren Rivera, ”Ivies, Extracurriculars, and Exclusion“, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 2011, is behind a paywall). Bryan outlines the five …
Mar
07
Monitor Group Under Fire for Qaddafi Project
Monitor Group, the top-tier strategy consulting firm, is in hot water for their relations to Libyan President Muammar Qaddafi, who is currently engaged in a brutal war of repression against his own people. Mother Jones has the scoop on the project: But the firm also succeeded on other fronts. The two chief goals of the …
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