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Why Law Firms Need IT Policies

Kraft Kennedy

The answers to these and hundreds of other questions should be documented and considered integra l to the operations of all organizations, especially in industries where work product and client data are highly sensitive, and highly valuable.

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Why Are We Still Classifying Companies by Industry?

Harvard Business

For more than 60 years, investors, analysts, business leaders, and even governments, have classified companies based on industries. Industry walls are disintegrating at a rapid pace. They have expanded far beyond the “Information Technology” tag attached to them by GICS. It’s not an industry in itself.

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Data Breaches Aren’t Just an IT Issue - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM VERIZON

Harvard Business

Your organization has ever more devices to protect, more people with access to data, and more partners to integrate with—while the attackers have ever more tools at their disposal. Understanding the types of attacks that are most likely to affect your industry will enable you to spend smarter and protect your company more effectively.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

As consulting firms go, FTI Consulting is a newcomer – but at just over 30 years old, the firm has made impressive strides to become one of the most respected name in legal analysis and data-driven research to support major initiatives for law firms, banks and the majority of the Fortune 500. Litigation technology. Public Policy.

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The Brattle Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Intellectual property. Industries. How did you validate assumptions and/or data? Associate: This bunch of people is highly motivated and intellectually curious. The skills you learned at graduate school or in the industry will be put to use to solve clients’ real-world problems. Commercial damages.

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Why Leaders Are Still So Hesitant to Invest in New Business Models

Harvard Business

As technology continues to change and challenge even the most successful incumbent organizations in every industry, the cost of inertia is growing. Today, the majority of market value is made up of intangible assets (networks, platforms, intellectual property, customer relationships, big data) more than physical assets.

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The Real Reason Superstar Firms Are Pulling Ahead

Harvard Business

Across industries and across countries, a small number of “superstar” firms are pulling away from the competition. One answer to that first question shows up in study after study: superstar firms are succeeding in large part due to information technology. They’re more productive, as the chart below illustrates.