Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2018

While some companies — most large banks, Ford and GM, Pfizer, and virtually all tech firms — are aggressively adopting artificial intelligence, many are not. Instead they are waiting for the technology to mature and for expertise in AI to become more widely available. Paul Bradbury/Getty Images. We think this is a bad idea.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 8, 2016

In fact, that exact conclusion is one that Thierry Breton, CEO of the France-based information technology services firm Atos Origin, arrived at several years ago. So, he took steps to eliminate what he believed were negative effects on company productivity. Instead, the company built a social network for the entire enterprise.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 31, 2012

Bain & Company. Founded in 1973 when Bill Bain and others left BCG to form Bain & Company. Bain operates in 47 offices across 30 countries. In Ausralia, Bain operates out of Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Founded in 1963 by Bruce Henderson, BCG operates in more than 75 offices worldwide. Crescendo Partners.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 11, 2016

The Brattle Group is now considered one of the European Union’s top consulting firms in the areas of energy, finance and competition. In 2013, the New York office was established, providing a home base in one the most important finance and legal markets in the world. Regulatory finance. Commercial damages. Accounting.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

Kearney, which was the original split from McKinsey & Company, has a storied and impressive history. Now known to be THE best sourcing, procurement and operations consulting firm in the world, A.T. Kearney’s fascinating history begins with none other than current competitor McKinsey & Company. remains in Chicago.

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Interviews Culture Case Interview McKinsey 100

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

Luczak pioneered solutions at the intersection of law, communications and technology that affected not only the cases he was involved in, but the industry itself. 1998: The company formally changed their name to FTI Consulting and began aggressive expansion with the acquision of S.E.A., companies by Fortune Magazine.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

As companies modernize their IT infrastructure, they are looking to gain flexibility, scalability and above all, speed. And that means buying more new technology: IT organizations must adopt new platforms and processes and integrate services in new ways. “We’re becoming an online company,” said Calva.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 28, 2016

And you probably won’t even know you’ve been affected until it’s too late to prevent significant damage to your company’s finances, operations, and reputation. Physical theft and loss : Laptops, USB drives, printed papers, and other information assets that are stolen or disappear.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2018

In 1968 an investor named Arthur Rock backed executives from Fairchild Semiconductor to start a new company, which would become known as Intel. Stanford provost Frederick Terman, as well as existing companies such as Hewlett-Packard, also devoted resources to broadening and strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

That’s where data provocateurs come in — individuals who get their teams, departments, and companies to address data proactively. More people need to step into these roles, and companies need to remove barriers that prevent them from doing so. For example, take Kim Russo, head of marketing at TeleTech Services.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 18, 2016

We’ve spoken to leaders who express such a vision — and companies such as Amazon and Alibaba are already beginning to make it a reality. But it’s dangerous and naïve to assume that better technology and more data guarantee better outcomes. Remember Long-Term Capital Management ?

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MishTalk

JANUARY 27, 2014

Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere. In the neighboring town of Anglet, a Spanish company built the concert hall inaugurated this month. For companies hiring Spanish builders, the choice is clear.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Companies are spending millions on digital transformation, yet studies find many leaders feel their projects aren’t achieving their objectives. Workfront CEO Alex Shootman says digitization is happening in most companies on a function-by-function basis, leaving teams to work in silos instead of executing new strategies together.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

” Companies, government agencies, and other organizations are rife with hidden data factories. ” Senior executives hedge their plans because they don’t trust the numbers from finance. packages sent to the wrong address, and requests for lower invoices. I call the added steps the “ hidden data factory.”

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Harvard Business

JULY 14, 2017

To add to that, time must be kept down to the millisecond, which means the server that houses time has to operate very precisely. Individual companies have no idea how vulnerable they might be. When Y2K emerged, publicly listed companies were told to catalog their vulnerabilities and plans. Now for the scary part.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

The history of IBM GBS is one of our very favorite business stories of all time, and one that reminds us that even the most enormous, boring and troubled companies can re-invent themselves. IBM touts its sustainability and relevance as a global services leader by pointing to historical times the firm re-invented itself as a company.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Theories and practices of management often spring from the opportunities created by new technologies. The complex calculations of the field known as Operations Research were enabled by mainframe computing. And the best way to anticipate how these changes will occur is to hear from companies already aggressively implementing them.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Most companies are unprepared for the emerging revolution in predictive energy analytics. But what happens when every single light fixture in all of your company’s facilities becomes a networked mini-computer with an array of sensors? These examples are not hypothetical capabilities; these are now real options for companies.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

However, not all of its resources are pointed towards consulting, as it offers three lines of services, Audit, Tax and Advisory, with the Advisory arm of its operations (where consulting lives) generating $9.09 Within the US, KPMG LLP operates from 87 offices with more than 23,000 employees. Billion last year. Peat & Co.

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Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2017

Such a move might create inertia for some companies and investors if they see it as evidence that “business as usual” is now the most likely climate scenario. Despite the company’s board recommendation that investors to vote against the proposal, a striking 62.2% withdrawal from the Paris climate accord.

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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2017

It allows companies to hire foreign workers for specialized jobs that can be challenging to fill. It has benefited the tech industry enormously, and other sectors, including health care, science, and finance, have also used it to fill gaps in their workforces. But in April, just after U.S.

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