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Keeping personal growth, salary, recreation & schooling for children, and exit opputunities in mind, which option is better for associate role: Mckinsey Switzerland or Mckinsey Germany?

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Question edited on Apr 11, 2024

gave the best answer on Apr 11, 2024

Recreation and Schooling in this case is really about alignment, and you should be looking into specific office locations. Same thing applies to personal growth - what is relevant to you and how it aligns with a country ... (read entire answer)

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MECE ways to grow market share

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Anonymous gave the best answer on Jun 24, 2016

Two frameworks here: 4 Ps (= price, place, product, promotion), or the Ansoff Matrix (grow with existing or new products in existing or new markets). Both are quite MECE. Word of caution however -- your interviewers h ... (read entire answer)

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What's the best way to structure a revenue growth case?

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Vlad

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Hi! It depends very much on the industry. In some cases (Growth strategy) I will use a broad structure, in others (e.g. “how to increase the excessive luggage revenues for an Airline”) I will use P, Q and the Process. ... (read entire answer)

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Growth Strategies in Structure

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Hi, It depends on when the revenue growth question is being asked: In the beginning of the case as the main objective In the middle of the case as a question on creativity In the beginning of the case I would ... (read entire answer)

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Amsterdam, Strategy& vs. Kearney Middle East

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Hi there, Congratulations on the offers! Would be great if you could share the ranking of your personal criteria of choice. The same 2 options may have a different winner according to what one would like to prioritize. ... (read entire answer)

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First question/information to ask in Growth Case and Market Entry Case?

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Hi there, You're being a bit too generic and not specific enough. "Any information about the existing markets" is too broad. Rather, you need to tailore your questions to the case! If they sell many products, ask fo ... (read entire answer)

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How to identify which market to grow?

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gave the best answer on Jul 19, 2021

Hi there, #1 and #2 are correct, but #3 is wrong. Remember, a fragmented market is neither inherently good nor bad (just look at the consolidated Taxi, news, and automotive markets that have been disrupted)...a consol ... (read entire answer)

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MECE framework to grow in sales

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gave the best answer on Apr 10, 2021

Hi there, I'm going to take a step back and answer the question you're really asking: How do I use frameworks in a case? If there's anything to remember in this process, is that cases don't exist just because. Th ... (read entire answer)

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When sales growth reduces EBITDA?

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Hi Roberto, There are probably 3 main areas that could be influencing this. 1) Cost increases that directly led to this sales growth (i.e. new factories, increased sales team, larger marketing bucket etc.) 2) Pric ... (read entire answer)

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When to include "growth rate" in market sizings?

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Hi, I think you answer the question yourself already. My rule of thumb is: If growth is expected to be significant, you should consider it. If you wouldn't assume major growth (well above inflation, etc.), you don't n ... (read entire answer)

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How to structure a brainstorm on ways a telecom company can grow through cross-selling?

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Hi, You are on the right track. I would look at the following buckets, there are many ideas to choose from Ancilliary services Insurance Additional lines International calling Retail services Phones ... (read entire answer)

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Revenues Growth Cases | Toolkit

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Hi! It's important when the growth question is being asked: At the beginning of the case as the main objective In the middle of the case as a question on creativity At the beginning of the case, the structure ... (read entire answer)

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BCG soon ahead of McKinsey regarding Revenue & Prestige?

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Hello! Key thing is first to define what prestige is. This is not linked only to revenues -actually, it´s not the key KPI to consider here either-. That only talks about your volume. Usually, when it comes to MB ... (read entire answer)

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Structure for growth strategy cases

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Hi, The problem with your 2nd structure is that it is more solution oriented and you have no chance to ask questions. So its more important when the question is being asked: In the beginning of the case as the mai ... (read entire answer)

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Growth Strategy for a Pipeline Engineering Firm specializing in inspection, repair and maintenance of non-standard pipelines

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Anonymous B gave the best answer on May 26, 2018

I would structure this in the following way . 1. Current revenue stream : a. Get longer term contracts from the current suppliers . ( build relationships with current customers ) b. Marketing about the service an ... (read entire answer)

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Any tips when drawing a P&L and cost structure?

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Hi Gerard, I have answered below to your questions: 1) To identify P&L, you should identify revenues and costs of the company. Moreover, from what you mentioned it seems you should also estimate the size of the ... (read entire answer)

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