Find Missing Puzzle Pieces ! in Your Case Interview!

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Notes to Readers
Welcome, The Yale Graduate Student Consulting Club (YGCC) is proud to present the official 20112012 YGCC Case Book. I created this book to help you prepare for your upcoming consulting case interviews in align with our interview bootcamp. Please review the Bootcamp presentation on interview principles at http://www.yale.edu/consulting. This case book could not have been completed without the valuable contributions of members and alumni of YGCC. Thank C. Babar, E. Chan, R. Cochanski, B. Funk, L. Habegger, Z. Han, S. Li, J. Ling, F. Schackert, S. Young for sharing their interview experience. Thank Z. Han, Yale School of Management (SOM) consulting club for enlightening discussions. Thank R. Banerjee for reviewing the case book. Thank J. Liu for transforming the Latex into MS powerpoint version. I would also like to thank our club 2012 Annual sponsors: BCG, McKinsey & Company, and ConsultingGuru for their financial support as well as our friends at other consulting clubs for sharing with us their old casebooks. Please feel free contact us if you have any questions or comments regarding preparing the interview or the case book. Wish all of you success during the upcoming recruiting season! Sincerely, Alice Qinhua Zhou Chair of Yale Graduate Student Consulting Club (YGCC) www.yale.edu/consulting/
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List of Cases
ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Page 4 10 16 20 28 35 39 45 48 56 63 66 70 77 80 86 90 96 99 106 112 118 124 127 Case Name Rare Disease Cookie Maker Car Rental Big Box Magazine Revenue Premium Grill Ice Cream Laparoscope Lacrosse League South Africa Bank Hotel Chain Web ElectronicRS Car Charger DM Program Luxury Goods Bank Acquisition Bank Statement Bank IT Center Medical Device Grace Proof Paper Chinese Car HelpDesk Mini Case 1 Mini Case 2 Firm BCG BCG A.T.Kearney A.T.Kearney A.T.Kearney Bain Bain Bain McKinsey McKinsey McKinsey McKinsey BCG BCG BCG BCG BCG BCG BCG BCG and SOM McKinsey McKinsey and SOM McKinsey McKinsey Round I I I I II I II II II II II II I I II II II I I II III II Insight Insight Type Profitability Profitability Market Entry Profitability Profitability Market Entry Investment Profitability Investment Profitability Investment Profitability Market Entry Market Entry Profitability Investment Profitability Profitability Market Entry Market Entry Market Entry Profitability Non-profit Market Entry Industry Healthcare Consumer Goods Automotive Retail Media Consumer Goods Consumer Goods Healthcare Entertainment Financial Service Service Retail Automotive Healthcare Retail Financial Service Financial Service IT Services Healthcare Consumer Goods Consumer Goods IT Services Healthcare Consumer Goods Comm. 3 4 2 4 5 3 4 4 5 5 3 4 3 3 5 3 4 2 4 3 4 5 3 3 Struct. 5 5 3 3 4 3 5 3 5 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 3 5 3 2 Quant 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 0 3 3 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 5 3 2 2

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