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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

The office is incredibly diverse, with some of the best talent from 35+ countries and folks that speak 29 languages. In the New York office, the industries McKinsey caters to are financial services, health care services, advanced electronics, aerospace and defense, and TMT (technology, media and telecommunications).

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Are You A Future-Ready Leader?

Organizational Talent Consulting

It is projected by 2030 in the US and Europe that the time spent during a workweek will on information technology and programming tasks increase the most. While some skills will be less in demand it is important to consider the human leadership skills that remain in the technology-driven workplace. Journal of Political Economy.

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How Future-Proof Are Your Leadership Skills?

Organizational Talent Consulting

Disruptive innovation, increased global competition, and evolving market pressures are converging. According to a study by McKinsey & Company, it is projected that by 2030, the time spent during a workweek on information technology and programming tasks will increase the most. Robots and jobs: Evidence from US labor markets.

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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business

Similarly, Microsoft paid $26 billion for loss-making LinkedIn in 2016, and Facebook paid $19 billion for WhatsApp in 2014 when it had no revenues or profits. Therefore the most important aim for digital companies is to achieve market leadership, create network effects , and command a “winner-take-all” profit structure.

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Why Some of the Most Groundbreaking Technologies Are a Bad Fit for the Silicon Valley Funding Model

Harvard Business

The myth of Silicon Valley is that venture-funded entrepreneurship is a generalizable model that can be applied to every problem, when in actuality it is a model that was built to commercialize mature technologies for certain markets. With more than $64 billion worth sold in 2016, it looked like a great opportunity.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business

There were approximately 180,000 new H-1B visas issued in 2016, according to State Department data. These must qualify as “specialty occupations,” which typically require a bachelor’s degree (or the equivalent) and are found in fields such as science, engineering, information technology, medicine, and business.