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Research: Business School Really Does Influence How Students Make Decisions Later On

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As chief executive from 1972 to 1994, Richard Gelb (HBS, 1950) orchestrated Bristol-Myers’ acquisition of Squibb and transformed the firm from a personal care company to a diversified pharmaceutical giant. In another supplementary analysis, we used the rankings of finance departments in business schools.

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The Brattle Group Interviews and Culture

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The Brattle Group is now considered one of the European Union’s top consulting firms in the areas of energy, finance and competition. In 2013, the New York office was established, providing a home base in one the most important finance and legal markets in the world. Regulatory finance. Commercial damages. Accounting.

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Health Care Is an Investment, and the U.S. Should Start Treating It Like One

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health care system, ranging from expensive imaging for benign medical conditions to routine pre-operative testing before low-risk surgeries like cataract surgery. Aside from reducing the use of low-value services, one potential solution is to identify and develop sources of long term financing for high-value services.

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The Globalization Backlash Is Reverberating Through Boardrooms

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As a practical matter, for example, these changes in the global policy regime are forcing multinational corporations to scale back and sell parts of their international operations. Meanwhile the Institute of International Finance forecasted net capital flows for emerging markets in 2015 would be negative for the first time since 1988.

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Why consulting?

Management Consulted

While I was working with them, the focus of my PhD gradually shifted toward how economic integration and various factors (domestic, international, political, economic) have impacted Japanese companies’ corporate strategy and operations over the past couple of decades. Neither did I have the communication skills to make it as a salesman.

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From STEM PhD to Federal Consulting: An Interview with Josh

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Well, I grew up in Bethesda, MD, and attended the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT for – BS (finance), MS (nutritional sciences), and PhD (cell and molecular biology). Presently, I am working with a DoD program that is contracting with a company to build and operate a drug/vaccine manufacturing facility.

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The Questions Executives Should Ask About 3D Printing

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Imagine the changes afoot in the pharmaceutical, medical device, automotive, and consumer electronics industries. Each of the potential business benefits of 3D printing carries tax implications that could alter the equation for any anticipated operating efficiency or return on investment. Are there operations you would shed?