Vault Message Board: Management and Strategy Consulting
Topic Name:
IB or Consulting M&A/Corporate Finance
Message Name:
Ph.D.
Date Posted:
04/09/2003
Message:
Hi!
I have a B.Sc.in Business Administration and M.Sc in Electrical Engineering. I worked
at Accenture for a year and realized that what I really wanted to do was what the strategy consultants at Accenture did. Since there was an economic downturn there was no point to try to get into strategy at Accenture. Therefor I quit and is now completing a Ph.D. in Mathematics/Electrical Engineering at a top institute in my country. I did it because I thought it would a merit and since there was a downturn I wouldn't loose anything. My objective is to join a pure strategy firm when I have a Ph.D.
My questions are:
- Is my strategy a good one?
- What does BCG think of my
background?
- Do I have to get an MBA
to be sure to get into a
strategy firm?
- What is the current and
forcasted state of the
strategy consulting
industry? (Will be done
with my Ph.D. in about three
years)
