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Company case by SET Management Consulting
As one of three management consultants with many years of experience, you have SET yourself the goal of founding your own management consultancy. The topics, contents and solution offering with which you can advise and support potential customers are clear. The legal company is already founded and r
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As one of three management consultants with many years of experience, you have SET yourself the goal of founding your own management consultancy. The topics, contents and solution offering w
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Your client, a private equity fund, is considering entry into the wine business through the acquisition of a vineyard called “Piumarolo” in Italy's renowned Piedmont region. Since this marks the fund's initial foray into this specific sector, they have engaged our team to conduct a preliminary marke
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Your client, a private equity fund, is considering entry into the wine business through the acquisition of a vineyard called “Piumarolo” in Italy's renowned Piedmont region. Since this marks
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Expert case by Cristian
Russell University, located in the United Kingdom, is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world. They have been educating students for more than two centuries and provide a variety of undergraduate and graduate STEM-focused courses. In an effort to increase revenues and e
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Russell University, located in the United Kingdom, is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world. They have been educating students for more than two centuries and prov
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Expert case by Bernard
Our client is JimboTel, an African mobile telecom company with operations in four West African countries: Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana and Sierra Leone. JimboTel has experienced revenue declines in the last two years.How can JimboTel grow its revenues organically in the next year?
Our client is JimboTel, an African mobile telecom company with operations in four West African countries: Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana and Sierra Leone. JimboTel has experienced revenue declines in the last two years.How can JimboTel grow its revenues organically in the next year?
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Our client is Easywood, a furniture maker based in North Africa. Easywood serves the local market and sells mainly bedroom furniture. Last year, Easywood had a revenue of around $10m and a profitability of around 20%. Though Easywood is not concerned about the growth and profitability, they are worr
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Our client is Easywood, a furniture maker based in North Africa. Easywood serves the local market and sells mainly bedroom furniture. Last year, Easywood had a revenue of around $10m and a p
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Expert case by Thomas
Your friend is an aspiring artist and is asking for your consulting advise on a problem that he has been struggling with. Your friend (the artist) is trying to understand how many hours people listen to the number one music streaming platform (the one with the green logo) in total and on average per
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Your friend is an aspiring artist and is asking for your consulting advise on a problem that he has been struggling with. Your friend (the artist) is trying to understand how many hours peop
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Our client is a global company that specializes in manufacturing of different types of packaging. The company produces 2 types of packaging paper: Paper wrapping without foil inlays and paper wrapping with foil inlays (e.g., for packaging of fluids). The client buys materials such as paper, pai
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Our client is a global company that specializes in manufacturing of different types of packaging. The company produces 2 types of packaging paper: Paper wrapping without foil inlays and
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Your client is a big bank that issues credit cards with a €100 annual fee. Recently, a supermarket entered the credit card business. The supermarket’s credit cards do NOT have an annual fee. Your client wants to know how they should react to this new competitor.
Your client is a big bank that issues credit cards with a €100 annual fee. Recently, a supermarket entered the credit card business. The supermarket’s credit cards do NOT have an annual fee. Your client wants to know how they should react to this new competitor.
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A large fast food chain has hired us to improve the company’s profitability by cutting costs. Before engaging in the initial brainstorming session about your client’s options with your team, you first want to collect your thoughts.
A large fast food chain has hired us to improve the company’s profitability by cutting costs. Before engaging in the initial brainstorming session about your client’s options with your team, you first want to collect your thoughts.
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The automobile manufacturer CarsCo has difficulties with the profitability of its pick-up unit in Thailand. The candidate is supposed to evaluate the situation by answering a line of questions that are presented in the “suggested approach” section.
The automobile manufacturer CarsCo has difficulties with the profitability of its pick-up unit in Thailand. The candidate is supposed to evaluate the situation by answering a line of questions that are presented in the “suggested approach” section.
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Our client is a leading TV/film studio. They are concerned about the part of their business that provides post-production services internally as well as externally.The profits of this division have stagnated in the recent time.Your task is to find ways to increase the profitability of the business.
Our client is a leading TV/film studio. They are concerned about the part of their business that provides post-production services internally as well as externally.The profits of this division have stagnated in the recent time.Your task is to find ways to increase the profitability of the business.
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Your client is a big financial services company in Germany that just implemented a Client Relationship Management (CRM) system. Its intention is to provide the leadership with a real time view into the organisation’s sales channel.Before the introduction of the CRM system the sales teams have mainta
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Your client is a big financial services company in Germany that just implemented a Client Relationship Management (CRM) system. Its intention is to provide the leadership with a real time vi
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Your client is BS Systems, a defence contractor situated in the US.They have contacted our company to advise them in the selection of the location for a new plant, producing Apache helicopters. Three sites are in consideration: Canada, UK and US.The profits for each plant location over the next 5 ye
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Your client is BS Systems, a defence contractor situated in the US.They have contacted our company to advise them in the selection of the location for a new plant, producing Apache helicopte
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Your client, Wall Inc., is a dry wall manufacturer. A new competitor has just entered the market. Since the competitor charges low price company, Wall Inc. is thinking about reducing its price by 20%. The client wants us to evaluate this plan.
Your client, Wall Inc., is a dry wall manufacturer. A new competitor has just entered the market. Since the competitor charges low price company, Wall Inc. is thinking about reducing its price by 20%. The client wants us to evaluate this plan.
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