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Rule of Thumb #2: Use Behavioral Lenses to Innovate and Adapt to Changes

Steve Shu Consulting

this legislation covers finance and retirement-related considerations. There will be some players that will be way more agile than others and able to capitalize on both important behavioral implications and operational tactics. Harvard Business Press, 2015. We talked about the recently passed Secure Act 2.0 Sunstein, Cass R.,

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2015 Management Consulting Salaries – Undergraduate, MBA, Interns and More

Management Consulted

Welcome to our Consulting Salary post – the kickoff to 2015! So far, Strategy& hasn’t integrated with the consulting division of PwC and operates as separate entity. Want to see the data for full-time consulting positions with offers starting in 2015? Have a great 2015 and best of luck! Number hungry?

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

If you’re not a numbers person, finance is daunting. Stop avoiding finance because you’re afraid of numbers. Think of it this way, “Finance is the way businesses keep score. “Finance and accounting are very simple. .” “Finance and accounting are very simple. Overcome your fears.

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Startups Could Fundamentally Change the Way Big Investors Operate

Harvard Business

Given their size and appetite for diversification, these gigantic investors are a significant source of financing for many companies and governments in the developed world, and their investment activities can and do move markets.

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China’s Role in Africa

Tom Spencer

According to a McKinsey report , China is one of the top economic partners for Africa across five dimensions: trade, level of foreign direct investment (FDI), growth of FDI, infrastructure financing, and aid. More than $94 billion was invested in Africa from 2000 to 2015. No other country matches this depth and breadth of engagement.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

They operate in a bubble and do not attend the party. A finance executive said this of the decades-old corporate attitude, “We are GM. to 17.9%, from 1980 to 2015. A global IBM study found that 33% of CEOs had engineering degrees and another 15% had finance degrees. Even today, GM has record recalls.

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I'm Back

The Nonprofit Consultant

When I arrived, the Cafe had only been operating for about one year, and was only open three days each week, and serving four meals. In 2015, there were only had about 50 members who were actually participating in their Recovery Circles regularly. In 2015, the Cafe had a handful of Circles, and a few drop-in activities.