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Why Law Firms Need IT Policies

Kraft Kennedy

The rules and procedures that govern how organizations use technology to conduct business, Information technology (IT) policies are crucial to security, efficiency and productivity and shouldn’t be considered optional, static or one-size-fits all.

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Why Are We Still Classifying Companies by Industry?

Harvard Business

Over the past five years, Apple and Google have made significant moves in the automotive, healthcare, media, and smart home markets, among many others. 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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Where Trump Does (and Doesn’t) Have Leverage with China

Harvard Business

multinationals, while increasingly harassed by Beijing , have many leading market share positions in China, especially in high-tech and sophisticated capital goods such as U.S.-made Low-wage economies like Mexico’s and China’s absorb American technology and build industrial capability more easily today than ever.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In the span of 9 years, the firm acquired more than 16 consulting companies in 5 different markets, including Australia, the United Kingdom, Asia, the United States and Latin America. Litigation technology. Intellectual property. Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property. Interim Management.

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The Brattle Group Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

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

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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. Consider the dramatic shift in the types of assets that create market value. They do not value intangibles and only reallocate capital when the market forces their hand.

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The Real Reason Superstar Firms Are Pulling Ahead

Harvard Business

One answer to that first question shows up in study after study: superstar firms are succeeding in large part due to information technology. “Once a firm ‘invents’ good management it will then grow rapidly and dominate the market,” Bloom argues. This hypothesis is bolstered by another recent paper.