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Valentin Nugmanov is a multilingual strategy consultant with an extensive international experience across 5 countries (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Russia). He holds a doctorate in Management Science and a Specialist degree in Advertising from Moscow Polytechnic University, as well as several Master's degrees. These include a Master's in Urban Studies, funded by the EU's Erasmus Mundus Scholarship, from the University of Genoa and the University of Seville, a Master's in Innovation Management from Paris-Dauphine University and Mines ParisTech, and a Master's in Sociology from the School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences and Moscow State University. For more information visit www.valentinnugmanov.com

• Book Review for The Ultimate Case Interview Workbook

  By Valentin Nugmanov on Nov 1, 2021, 08:51 • ( 0 )

  

  The Ultimate Case Interview Workbook: Exclusive Cases and Problems for Interviews at Top Consulting Firms is a casebook by Taylor Warfield released in 2018. It is divided into two parts: bite-size questions and plagiarized cases. The first part, “Practice Problems,”… Read More ›

• Focus: Inductive vs. Deductive

  By Valentin Nugmanov on Oct 23, 2021, 18:25 • ( 0 )

  

  Consultants reason differently from their clients. Simply put, clients approach decisions inductively: they process empiric data about their business on a daily basis, and based on that data, make observations about what works and what does not. These generalizations—best practices—are… Read More ›

• Book Review for The Case Interview Workbook

  By Valentin Nugmanov on Jun 7, 2021, 11:07 • ( 0 )

  

  The Case Interview Workbook: 60 Case Questions for Management Consulting with Solutions is a casebook by “Robert Mellon” released in 2018. In the Introduction the author rightfully observes the lack of quality preparation cases in the market, which provides the motivation… Read More ›