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Cornerstone Research Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Energy and Commodities. Many former employees go on to programs in business, finance, economics and law. Case Studies. Consumer Fraud and Product Liability. Corporate and Government Investigations. Corporate Governance. Corporate Transaction Litigation. Data Analytics. Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

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Make Sure Your Team’s Workload Is Divided Fairly

Harvard Business

“You are managing the energy and brainpower of an entire group,” she says. “There needs to be a clearly articulated and repeated value that everyone ought to be equally contributing his or her talents, skills, and energy,” she says. Have a plan. You must devote time to it.”

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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business

In our case study on Central Park, we elaborate on ways she built and maintained her team’s momentum, and we discuss the Park’s current forty-nine team, decentralized zone management system.) Develop portfolios of financing to offset risk and achieve greater scale.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

Finance Risk. Energy & Utilities. Areas like finance, accounting, communications, HR and marketing. Example IBM Case Study question: Company X sells hardware, software and services. There are 6 specialty areas of Business Consulting: Business Strategy. Information Technology. Marketing Sales & Service.

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How to Know If Joining a Startup Is Right for You

Harvard Business

“Startups are cauldrons of energy, stress, and joy. Case Study #1: Get to know the founder and spend quality time with the team. He also considered the impact a change might have on his family and its finances. ” Case Study #2: Determine what you want out of the experience. Get discouraged.

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How Digital Tools and Behavioral Economics Will Save Retirement

Harvard Business

Here, I’ll outline new research and case studies that help us understand digital nudging even more deeply: Case One: The Power of Framing an Email. One project I’m very excited about is being led by the Voya Behavioral Finance Institute for Innovation, where I am Senior Academic Advisor.

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Should Dual-Class Shares Be Banned?

Harvard Business

On one hand, some studies find lower stock returns for dual-class firms as compared to single-class firms, lower trading prices compared to fundamentals , and higher management entrenchment, executive compensation, and value-destroying acquisitions. Other studies, however, show that dual-class structure might be optimal in certain scenarios.

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