Work Smart and Quickly with Internet Research-Getting Started
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Work Smart and Quickly with Internet Research-Researching Companies and Industries
Consulting Fundamentals: skills, tools, tips (2023)
4.1 Top 5 ways to get smart on a client’s business
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4.2 Top 5 ways to get smart on industry trends
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Example of investor relations presentations: Lowe's
Watch CEO interviews
Work Smart and Quickly with Internet Research-Analyzing Financials and Using Proprietary Research
4.3 Finviz.com: A free way to analyze stocks
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4.4 Paid research is expensive, and may be useful
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Understand Industry Supply Chain Dynamics-Strategy is How you Cope with Competition
4.5 Michael Porter's five forces framework
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4.6 Application of the five forces framework
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4.7 Creating barriers to entry
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Interview with Michael Porter (13min)
Create Data Through Surveys and Observations-Not All the Data is Found in IT Systems and Reports
4.8 Sometimes you need to create new data
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4.9 Surveys are useful, and take a lot of time
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4.10 Observations give a glimpse of reality
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More survey tips? Ask Survey Money
Use Benchmarks as a Starting Point-Benchmarking Tips and Warnings
4.11 What is benchmarking? Why is it important?
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How many jobs require "benchmarking?"
4.12 How to stay out of (benchmarking) trouble
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4.13 10 tips for competitive intelligence
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Use Excel to Model the Results-Learn Excel Hygiene so Your Models are Easy to Review
4.14 Use Exceljet.net to learn the Excel basics
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4.15 Excel models vary from simple to fancy
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Congratulations on finishing course #4
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