BSEL visit at eStrategy Consulting
In May, we had the pleasure of welcoming a group of students from the Berlin School of Economics and Law (BSEL), accompanied by Prof. Dr. Andrea Rumler (Professor of Business Administration & Marketing), to our office in Berlin Mitte.
The goal of the visit was to give students a practical insight into the consulting industry and to demonstrate, using real-world use cases, what digital transformation means and how digital solutions are already shaping the development of business models today.
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