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Economics Strategy

The Connection Economy

(Source: Flickr) Traditional strategic thinking, the kind championed by HBS Prof Mikey Porter, says that real economic value is only created when a company can sell a product or service to customers at a price that exceeds the cost of producing it. In other words, companies are entities that sell products or services, and strategic thinking is […]

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Consulting Industry

Consulting Firms in Australia, 2015

(Source: Flickr) Applying for consulting roles in Australia, or thinking about it? We have updated our list of Australian consulting firms, which includes a list of firms along with information such as firm background, services, sectors, office locations, and links to the most relevant careers websites. It might come in handy. To download the document, click here (it’s free).

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Career Advice

Building Consulting Relationships

(Source: Flickr) This post considers how to build consulting relationships. Some people appear to believe that the goal of attending networking events is to collect as many business cards as possible. This was always the wrong approach, however in a world with LinkedIn, it is also absurd since a person’s business card will contain much less information than […]