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Dear Readers of Globthink,

I would like to share my personalized MBA Case Framework for consulting interviews. My framework is far from perfect. I will try to improve it as I am doing more cases. You can use my framework if you want but I recommend you building your own framewok. You will learn a lot doing that.

My Framework is based on building blocks.

1. Most common case scenarios (M&A, Profitability, New Product, New Market) are structured using high level building blocks (“buckets”).
2. Building blocks are shared among different scenarios
3. Building blocks are classified in groups
4. Some building are composed of smaller building blocks

I have 13 scenarios and around 40 building blocks.

First of all, remember some trends about the current economy

• USD⇓ slowly; Euro ⇑; Yen/ Euro =; interest rates⇓ but not for long; Gas ⇑

MBA Case Framework

SCENARIOS

NEW MARKET

1. Market Strategic Fit
2. Market Attractiveness
3. Financials,
4. Implementation

NEW PRODUCT

1. Product Strategic Fit
2. Product
3. Market Attractiveness
4. Financials
5. Market / Product Implementation

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

1. Market Attractiveness
2. Supply Chain (Suppliers/ Distributors)
3. Collaborators
4. Future Market

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

1. M&A Rational (before drawing the framework)
2. M&A Strategic Fit
3. Market Attractiveness
1. Company Attractiveness
4. Financials
5. M&A Implementation:
6. Exit Strategies

PRICING

1. Product
2. Market / Company Economics
3. Pricing Schema
4. Financials
5. Supply & demand
1. Implementation

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