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Hidden Heroes: Business Operations in Companies of All Sizes

Tom Spencer

They can also monitor vendor compliance and manage any associated risks. Change Management Big companies often undergo significant organizational changes such as mergers, acquisitions, or restructuring. Resource Allocation Startups typically have limited resources, including financial, human, and technological resources.

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LSA Global Increases Change Management Skills for ERP Implementation at High Growth Financial Services Firm

LSA Global

This fast growing financial services firm wanted to double revenue and increase efficiency by 50% while maintaining high levels of client satisfaction and employee engagement. Enable Change Management Implementation Support the team with implementing the change plan so that “hearts and minds” portion of the ERP implementation is successful.

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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. PM Images/Getty Images.

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What is consulting?

Tom Spencer

For instance, financial consultants provide advice to organizations on financial matters. This might include advice on asset management, tax structuring, or capital structuring to reduce financing costs and sources of risk (e.g. liquidity risk, interest rate risk, default risk).

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Why JPMorgan Chase Is Committed to Improving Racial Equity in Banking

Harvard Business

Does addressing structural racism in the financial system align with a major bank’s growth strategy?

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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

Professional Services Overview Professional services firms – such as IT professional services firms, marketing/PR firms, or legal or financial advisers – are at an inflection point. Gartner describes this concept as a platform-based system that supports an “internal gig economy.” Interested in learning more?

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How Machine Learning Is Helping Morgan Stanley Better Understand Client Needs

Harvard Business

Systems that provide automated investment advice from financial firms have been referred to as robo-advisers. It has 16,000 financial advisors (FAs), who historically have maintained strong relationships with their investor clients through such traditional channels as face-to-face meetings and phone calls.

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