YGCC 2012 Casebook Preview

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Notes to Readers Welcome, The Yale Graduate Student Consulting Club (YGCC) is proud to present the official 2011–2012 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/ Yale Graduate Student Consulting Club© !

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List of Cases ID

Page

Case Name

Firm

Round

Type

Industry

Comm.

Struct.

Quant

1

4

Rare Disease

BCG

I

Profitability

Healthcare

3

5

3

2

10

Cookie Maker

BCG

I

Profitability

Consumer Goods

4

5

2

3

16

Car Rental

A.T.Kearney

I

Market Entry

Automotive

2

3

2

4

20

Big Box

A.T.Kearney

I

Profitability

Retail

4

3

3

5

28

Magazine Revenue

A.T.Kearney

II

Profitability

Media

5

4

2

6

35

Premium Grill

Bain

I

Market Entry

Consumer Goods

3

3

3

7

39

Ice Cream

Bain

II

Investment

Consumer Goods

4

5

4

8

45

Laparoscope

Bain

II

Profitability

Healthcare

4

3

0

9

48

Lacrosse League

McKinsey

II

Investment

Entertainment

5

5

3

10

56

South Africa Bank

McKinsey

II

Profitability

Financial Service

5

4

3

11

63

Hotel Chain Web

McKinsey

II

Investment

Service

3

4

2

12

66

ElectronicRS

McKinsey

II

Profitability

Retail

4

3

3

13

70

Car Charger

BCG

I

Market Entry

Automotive

3

4

4

14

77

DM Program

BCG

I

Market Entry

Healthcare

3

4

2

15

80

Luxury Goods

BCG

II

Profitability

Retail

5

4

3

16

86

Bank Acquisition

BCG

II

Investment

Financial Service

3

3

3

17

90

Bank Statement

BCG

II

Profitability

Financial Service

4

4

3

18

96

Bank IT Center

BCG

I

Profitability

IT Services

2

4

4

19

99

Medical Device

BCG

I

Market Entry

Healthcare

4

4

3

20

106

Grace Proof Paper

BCG and SOM

II

Market Entry

Consumer Goods

3

5

4

21

112

Chinese Car

McKinsey

III

Market Entry

Consumer Goods

4

3

5

22

118

HelpDesk

McKinsey and SOM

II

Profitability

IT Services

5

5

3

23

124

Mini Case 1

McKinsey

Insight

Non-profit

Healthcare

3

3

2

24

127

Mini Case 2

McKinsey

Insight

Market Entry

Consumer Goods

3

2

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