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A Study of 16 Countries Shows That the Most Productive Firms (and Their Employees) Are Pulling Away from Everyone Else

Harvard Business

In the afterword to his 2003 book, Wage Dispersion , Nobel Prize winner Dale Mortensen argued that productivity differences could cause wage dispersion: “Why are similar workers paid differently? One of them has clearly been information technology. The Productivity Gap Is Causing a Wage Gap.

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What Could Amazon’s Approach to Health Care Look Like?

Harvard Business

My recent HBR article on information technology in health care highlights the magnitude of investments that hospitals are making in electronic medical records (EMRs) as well as the frustration that many providers are feeling due to the time they must devote to entering data into those systems. So where is the link to health care?

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Strategy and general business consulting firms in Australia

Tom Spencer

Nous service lines include business strategy, public policy, leadership & people development, organisational capability, and information management & technology. Founded in 2003, Pacific Strategy Partners has offices in Sydney and Melbourne. Founded in 2003, Momentum Partners has offices in Sydney, Adelaide and Perth.

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

In 2003, BearingPoint, Inc. BearingPoint partners with the major technological suppliers, like Hewlett Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP, to develop solutions and strategies suiting their clients’ requirements. Information Technology. Practice Areas. Digital Marketing, Sales & Customer Services.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

In 2003, Mercer bought Oliver Wyman and it became Mercer Oliver Wyman, one of the first in a confusing line of name changes that MMC have tried to untangle over the past few years. Strategic Information Technology and Operations. Marsh & McLennan and Mercer were now functioning as united, but distinct, firms. Public Policy.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

The firm also launched their Talent Development Division – The Advisory Board Academies – to address “the leadership gap in health care” In 2003, The Advisory Board began to branch out into business intelligence and analytics launching the business Compass in the process. Forbes, Ranked one of the 200 Best Small Companies.

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How the U.S. Army Personalized Its Mental Health Care

Harvard Business

Between 2003, when the Iraq war began and the conflict in Afghanistan was two years old, the Army’s volume of mental health care visits tripled, from 1.1 million to 3.3 Between 2007 and 2011, more than $2.5 This will require health systems to better coordinate, assess, and improve mental health care.

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