Hey MBB people, what firms have you LOST work to besides each other? Did it have anything to do with reasons beyond price?

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None of mbb loses work to BAH

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Been around for a few years now, so far only other name I've heard in a bake off was Deloitte. Not that my N is super high, but you don't hear partners talk about other firms a lot. Ironically when I interned at PwC I heard about it every time the competed with MBB (it was a small chunk of their work and pre Strategy&)

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SC1: Better to be the best at something than 2nd or lower in everything else. Getting over that inferiority complex over at the Big 4?

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EY half the price
IDEO different expertise

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A few proposals I've done where D or P offers half the price but double the staff *shrug* at the end of the day it's a philosophical decision on how the client wants to attack the problem

Only ever lost on price/more staff against non-MBB

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