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Has the MBA become Redundant for a Career in Consulting?

Tom Spencer

Their advice is always the same, for them their other degrees showed firms that they have an inquisitive mind that can solve problems with the utmost productivity. Most firms hire in batches and relying on a core group of schools enables a consistent flow of talent” ( “Here’s How to Break Into the Management Consulting Industry,” 2016 ).

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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. HarperBusiness. Mulinge, P.

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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. Many digital companies have no physical products and have no inventory to report. For the next four years, it continued to report losses.

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

Harvard Business

Her lab had discovered new ways to convert carbon emissions into useful products, and they believed the technology had enormous commercial potential. With more than $64 billion worth sold in 2016, it looked like a great opportunity. All they had were some chemistry papers, scientific data, and an idea to change the world.

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The H-1B Visa Debate, Explained

Harvard Business

Titled “Buy American and Hire American,” it directs federal agencies to review whether existing policies adequately prioritize American products and protect American workers. There were approximately 180,000 new H-1B visas issued in 2016, according to State Department data. Who gets H-1Bs? jobs overall.)