practice

English translation: operations (a firm)

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English term or phrase:practice
Selected answer:operations (a firm)
Entered by: alen botica (X)

19:55 Oct 1, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management / merger
English term or phrase: practice
What is a proper synonym I might use... an operations perhaps?

"Rolf-Magnus Weddigen is a vise president in Bain & Company’s Munich office. He is head of Bain’s Private Equity practice for Germany. He serves financial investors and corporate clients in large European transactions and helps create shareholder value in portfolio companies. His functional expertise is centered around private equity, venture capital, M&A, corporate and growth strategy development, sales and market optimization, and the development and implementation of full-potential programs. Rolf-Magnus is a graduate in mechanical engineering and business of the Technical University of Karlsruhe and earned an M.B.A. from INSEAD, Fontainebleau."
alen botica (X)
Local time: 09:54
operations (your version)
Explanation:
I think I like your version, "Bain's Private Equity operations." But then you need the Macedonian version, don't you.

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-10-01 21:12:21 GMT)
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Oh, I'm sorry - I meant to say "Croatian" (I spent 4 years living in the Balkans so I am not confused which language is which by any means - I just confused the language pair for which you posted your question).
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Sophia Hundt (X)
Local time: 03:54
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3 +5operations (your version)
Sophia Hundt (X)
5 +2Bureau or agency or services
lindaellen (X)
4business unit
ErichEko ⟹⭐
4firm
sergey (X)


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Bureau or agency or services


Explanation:
3 more options.

lindaellen (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jack Doughty
10 mins

agree  Mwananchi
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operations (your version)


Explanation:
I think I like your version, "Bain's Private Equity operations." But then you need the Macedonian version, don't you.

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Note added at 1 hr (2006-10-01 21:12:21 GMT)
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Oh, I'm sorry - I meant to say "Croatian" (I spent 4 years living in the Balkans so I am not confused which language is which by any means - I just confused the language pair for which you posted your question).

Sophia Hundt (X)
Local time: 03:54
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Now, why would I need the Macedonian version...:)=?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Suzan Hamer: or perhaps division?
1 hr
  -> great idea! thank you!

agree  Dave Calderhead
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Dave!

agree  Seema Ugrankar
4 hrs

agree  conejo
1 day 19 hrs

agree  Alfa Trans (X)
6 days
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business unit


Explanation:
In consulting world, "practice" refers to what we call business unit in other industry. For example, a typical financial audit consulting company may have the following practices: audit, tax, management.

ErichEko ⟹⭐
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firm


Explanation:

Private Equity Glossary
Captive firm - A private equity firm that is tied to a larger organisation, typically a bank, insurance company or corporate. ...
www.altassets.net/hm_glossary.php

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