Frameworks

Frameworks

Duke Fuqua Case Book: Use It Like a Partner Script

What the Duke MBA Consulting Club casebook is, which case types it trains, how club cases differ from live interviews, and a partner protocol that transfers.

Frameworks

SCQA Is an Introduction, Not a Case Framework

Trace SCQA to Minto, use it for prompt restates and synthesis openings, skip it mid-analysis, and see before/after lines that land.

Frameworks

4C Framework in Cases: Tool, Not a Four-Word Recital

Separate Lauterborn's marketing 4Cs from the case 4C, see where recital fails, then adapt Customer, Competition, Company, and Costs on one live prompt.

Frameworks

Pyramid Principle: Your Case Close Is Vertical Logic

Trace Minto's Pyramid Principle, see answer-first synthesis with a before/after transcript, and deliver one timed 60-second close.

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Frameworks Are Hypotheses: CoachNed's Case-Type Directory

Opinionated map of CoachNed framework guides by case type—profit, entry, growth, pricing, M&A, ops—plus why McKinsey, BCG, and Bain want custom trees.

Frameworks

Impact-Effort Matrix: Put Numbers on Both Axes

Score impact in dollars and effort in person-months, then sequence. A worked case turns a brainstorm into a ranked plan—and shows where the 2x2 misleads.

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Cost-to-Serve Flips Customer Profitability in Case Interviews

Why revenue leaders can destroy profit: ABC, the whale curve, and a worked example that reallocates cost-to-serve until customer rankings reverse.

Frameworks

VRIO in Cases: Defensibility Filter, Not a Moat Recital

Use VRIO to test whether a proposed move is defensible. Trace it to Barney 1991, see where it fails to size anything, and work one full case.

Frameworks

How to Use Consulting Frameworks in the First 90 Seconds

A four-beat opening for any case: choose a spine, adapt the branches, state a hypothesis, and hand off to the interviewer—with three worked scripts.

Frameworks

STP in Cases: Only Quantified Targeting Earns Points

STP is a Kotler textbook tool. In cases, only targeting earns points—size × reachable share × margin—plus a clear positioning choice. Worked example inside.

Frameworks

Segmentation in Cases: Cut the Aggregate, Find the Problem

Treat segmentation as an analytical cut on revenue, cost, product, channel, or geography. Mix-effect math and a worked case where the average hides offsetting segments.

Frameworks

Scale or Profit First: Cash Runway Decides the Case

In scale vs profitability cases, contribution margin and cash runway force a sequence. Worked numbers, Rule of 40 provenance, and how interviewers score it.