Profitability Case #2

Mexico City Airport Taxi Services

the authorities of the mexico city airport have decided to issue 2,500 new taxi permits for $1,000 each. these permits authorize a taxi to service arriving passengers. your client has a taxi fleet in the city but does not service the airport. he has excess capacity meaning he has cars and drivers available. he has asked you to determine if he should buy those new permits. if so, how many should he buy?

Improve Profits Case #1

White & Case to Boost Profits for Its New York Office

Case Type: improve profits.
Consulting Firm: Compass Lexecon first round job interview.
Industry Coverage: law & legal services.
Case Interview Question #00566: The client White & Case LLP is one of the world’s most prestigious global law firms. Headquartered in New York City, New York, the firm has practice groups in emerging markets including Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, as well as in Europe. As of 2012, White & Case has 38 offices in 26 countries around the world, employing more than 2,000 attorneys.
For this case, we are only concerned with White & Case’s New York City office. The company’s New York office sells to several industries and mainly to its local region: New York City. The New York Office’s Managing Partner has just reviewed the office’s performance in last year and projections for this year and next year, and he is not happy – he wants your ideas in helping boost profits. What do you recommend?