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2016 ECS Value Creators Report: Building Endurance

BCG

lthough the engineering, construction, and services (ECS) industry continues to lag substantially behind the broader market, a doom-and-gloom outlook is by no means warranted. Infrastructure construction companies continue to outperform. Infrastructure construction companies had a median TSR of 8% from 2011 through 2015.

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Let Go of What Made Your Company Great

Harvard Business

By the 1990s, IBM had become the go-to provider of enterprise information technology — hardware, software, and systems integration — for large and midsized businesses. The customers of United Rentals historically were concentrated in the construction industry — always vulnerable in a downturn.

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Abt Associates Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Their early work with the space agency was focused on using NASA technology in urban construction, science and technology as a tool to positively affect social and economic change. Information Technology Applications. 1968 was an important year for Abt. Practice Areas. Implementation and Technical Assistance.

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List of strategy consulting firms in Hong Kong

Tom Spencer

Services offered include: complexity management, enterprise transformation, operations, procurement solutions, strategic information technology, strategy and sustainability. Kearney’s mission is to help the world’s leading corporations gain and sustain a competitive advantage, and to achieve profound, tangible results for its clients.

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Deflation Will Return: Europe First, Then US; Global Supply Arbitrage

MishTalk

Today''s information technology allows a multinational company to position research, marketing, finance and managerial jobs to anywhere. The earth movers digging out a sandy pit in the beach town of Biarritz could be any construction site in France. Hence, when a country stimulates demand, it''s met by supply from anywhere.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Litigation technology. Dispute, litigation and investigations services for construction industry. Construction. Information Technology. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations and litigation. Intellectual property. Global Risk and Investigations in Asia. E-discovery software provider. Industries.

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Companies Are Turning Drones into a Competitive Advantage

Harvard Business

Heavy machinery company Caterpillar is reportedly exploring the use of drones for fleet vehicle management in the field, while drones are the cornerstone of Komatsu’s “Smart Construction” service, which can fully automate bulldozers and excavators.

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