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Hard/complex profitability structure - Help

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Question edited on Jan 13, 2024

gave the best answer on Jan 11, 2024

Please do NOT do REVENUE - COST. That is not a framework and is super generic. I appreciate you saying “seemed like a simple profitability case” as this is a misnomer! Every profitability case is different and require ... (read entire answer)

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High margin vs low margin

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Jun 30, 2021

High margin business just means that costs are low compared to revenues. But defining revenue or costs as high or low in isolation doesn't really make sense in my eyes. E.g. what means a business has high revenues? I ... (read entire answer)

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Profit Turnaround and EBITDA Improvement cases

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Mar 06, 2019

Hi, Have you checked out the case library on this website? https://www.preplounge.com/en/management-consulting-cases?language=en&topic[]=4&sort=real-case-desc&page=1&perPage=20 Here are also some m ... (read entire answer)

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Margin Generalisation

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McKinsey Senior EM & BCG Consultant | Interviewer at McK & BCG for 7 years | Coached 350+ candidates secure MBB offers

Hi Anonymous, you can easily answer it yourself if you start with the definition of your subject: Margin = Profits / Revenue Hence, whether margins increase/decrease/stay constant depends on whether the percentage ... (read entire answer)

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