The Experience Curve captures the relationship between increasing production experience and declining costs (Source: Flickr) Background The Learning Curve, the concept which predates the Experience Curve, was first described by German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus in 1885 as part of his studies into human memory. In 1936, T.P. Wright described the effect of learning on production […]
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Cash strapped governments seek counsel in these tempestuous times THE United States government has utilised management consultants for the past fifty years, beginning when McKinsey organised the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958. The number of consultants hired for public sector projects has been steadily increasing ever since, spiking to new heights over […]
[Last Updated: 31 May 2012] THE list of strategy and general business consulting firms is part of the full list of consulting firms in Australia: Tier One – Global 1.ย Bain 2.ย BCG 3. McKinsey Tier One – Australian 4. Nous Group 5.ย Pacific Strategy Partners 6. Port Jackson Partners Classic – Global 7. Accenture 8.ย A.T. Kearney 9.ย Booz […]
List of strategy consulting firms in London Accenture Alpha Financial Markets Consulting Alvarez & Marsal Applied Predictive Technologies Applied Value Group Arthur D. Little A.T. Kearney Bain & Company BearingPoint Booz & Company Boston Consulting Group BTS Cambridge Strategic Management Group Candesic Capgemini Cedar Management Consulting Celerant Consulting Deloitte Consulting Frost & Sullivan Global Intelligence […]
List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong Accenture Alvarez & Marsal Applied Value Group A.T. Kearney Bain & Company Booz & Company Boston Consulting Group Deloitte Consulting Forum Corporation Global Intelligence Alliance Hay Group Hill & Knowlton IMS Health Kurt Salmon Associates Lippincott McKinsey & Company Monitor Group Navigant Consulting OC&C Strategy Consultants Oliver […]
EXECUTIVES often rely on the advice of expert management consultants. Was it always this way? Where did it all begin? The very first management consulting firm was Arthur D. Little, founded all the way back in 1886 by a professor at MIT whose name was (funnily enough) Arthur D. Little. Almost 30 years later, Booz […]
AN IMPORTANT step towards obtaining a job in a consulting firm is to create a target list of firms that you would like to work for. This can be a very time consuming process. With the view to saving you a couple of hours, I have prepared a list of consulting firms operating in Australia. […]
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BCG Growth Share Matrix
The BCG growth share matrix is a simple conceptual framework for resource allocation within a firm 1. Background to the BCG matrix IN 1968, BCG developed the growth share matrix, which is a simple conceptual framework for resource allocation within a firm. 2. Purpose of the BCG matrix The BCG matrix is a simple tool […]
McKinsey & Company Boston Consulting Group Bain & Company Booz Allen Hamilton 2. Boston Consulting Group Organisation type Private Company Headquarters Boston, Massachusetts, USA Key people Hans-Paul Burkner, President and CEO Size 3,900 consultants (2007) in 66 offices across 38 countries Revenue $1.8 billion (2006, Vault) Expertise Business strategy Mission BCG is committed to: ยท […]