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The modern expediter

Seth Godin Blog

At the same time that air travel is becoming less favored by businesses, the world is more connected than ever before. And so the pharmaceuticals, the software, the fabrics, the call centers, the chips—it becomes ever more difficult to truly understand how to source and produce the components that world-based products demand.

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Simon-Kucher & Partners Interviews & Culture

Management Consulted

The firm has developed an impressive client list of many Fortune 500 companies from a variety of industries, but the majority of its business comes from pharmaceutical, healthcare, and medical technology firms. Transportation, Travel & Tourism. Travel is unavoidable at Simon-Kucher. Distribution & Wholesale. Healthcare.

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An Unconventional Path: One Medical Student’s Journey Into Consulting

Tom Spencer

I decided to pursue a master’s degree alongside my current training in order to better understand how clinical research played a driving role in the pharmaceutical and medical device business world. His free moments are spent traveling and enjoying sporting events with his wife and daughter. Image: Pexels.

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Wearable Technology in Healthcare

Tom Spencer

2 As questions on how to rein in increasing healthcare costs continue to mount, and politicians focus on passing legislation and targeting the pharmaceutical industry, a possible solution may be wearable health devices. His free moments are spent traveling and enjoying sporting events with his wife and daughter. billion by 2020.

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4 Autopsies of Big Change Management Failures

LSA Global

They received early success because of the early American desire for big vehicles that could travel over any terrain in the world. This outsized, rugged, status-symbol of a GM product failed to see the writing on the wall. But tastes change and, as they did, Hummer didn’t pay attention. Consumers no longer believed that big was good.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in San Francisco

Management Consulted

If you enjoy travel then you won’t be disappointed; most cases require international travel. C1 Consulting: A boutique life-sciences consulting firm committed to helping pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. Many consultants based here end up going to go work for startups right down the road in Silicon Valley.

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Bologna Shows How a Business Cluster Can Stay Vibrant for Centuries

Harvard Business

Firms in the cluster design, manufacture, and assemble packaging machinery for a wide range of products, such as baked goods, confectionery, beverages, tea, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals. The fruit of their travel was first the gestation and then, around 1844, the foundation of a technical school named after them.