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Job Hub: Uber Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

Uber is a San Francisco-based start-up that has been turning heads since its launch in 2009, “bringing people and their cities closer.” Uber was founded in 2009 by Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp, and the accompanying Uber app was launched the next year in June. Interview Tips & Tricks.

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KPMG Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

OpRisk’s Top 2 overall in Consultancy Rankings (2009). KPMG CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & RECRUITING. You can expect things to go down like this, should you apply to KPMG: The first step is a phone interview or an interview on campus. It may even be that you don’t get asked to solve a case during the whole process.

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4 Ways CEOs Can Conquer Short-Termism

Harvard Business

Great stories are credible, simple, consistent, and use both financial and nonfinancial metrics to link a long-term vision and firm values with a distinctive business strategy and focused operational priorities. Bertolini observed that many of his peers had been promising 15% earnings per share (EPS), even during the financial crisis of 2009.

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What Airbnb and Strava Know About Building Emotional Connections with Customers

Harvard Business

We visited and interviewed farmers in Italy, Germany, and the UK to find out why the platform had bombed. Surprisingly, the interviews did not reveal any unequivocal reasons for why farmers shunned the platform. Their relative value is remarkable across a variety of metrics, such as purchases and frequency of use.

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Carlos Ghosn, Nissan, and the Need for Stronger Corporate Governance in Japan

Harvard Business

Ghosn’s swift downfall comes as a result of a Japanese criminal case against him for causing Nissan to make incomplete securities disclosures about his deferred compensation. Nor does the board issue a compensation report, which explains the rationale and metrics for setting executive compensation.

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The Truth About How Uber’s App Manages Drivers

Harvard Business

Since Uber was founded, in 2009, its workforce has continued to grow exponentially: 400,000 drivers are considered “ active ” on the Uber platform today, and 1.1 We also conducted seven in-depth interviews and had numerous conversations with drivers to explore worker experiences of the on-demand economy. Insight Center.