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> McKinsey study concluded that nobody in the developing world would buy smartphones because they were too expensive Just goes to show what all those fancy con
by bitcharmer 5y ago
> McKinsey study concluded that nobody in the developing world would buy smartphones because they were too expensive
Just goes to show what all those fancy consultancies are worth. Same applies to Gartner and their "predictions".
When are people finally going to stop for the scam of the big five brands?
- nuclearnice1 5y agobig five?
- atarian 5y agoParent is referring to consulting firms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_accounting_firms#Big_Five https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Four_accounting_firms#Big_...
- adenozine 5y agoFAANG? Facebook Amazon apple Netflix Google Not sure why Microsoft always gets left out...
- magicjosh 5y agoHN thread on this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22165118 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22165118
- lightbendover 5y agoNo, consultancies.
- anxrn 5y agoI think parent is referring to the cohort of large management consulting firms (McKinsey, Bain, et al.).
- wand3r 5y agoConsultancies provide a valuable service of blame laundering. Obviously, this isn’t the exclusive use of consultancies, but it does allow management to save face all the time.