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Brews, News and Booz & Company: Interview and Culture Insights

Management Consulted

Marc Gerencser, managing director, noted in 2007 that returning to being a private firm allowed Booz & Company to make long-range investments that they may not have otherwise been able to make. Information Technology. In 2007, they had 150,000 applicants apply to 1,033 open positions. Organization and Change.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In 2007, The Advisory Board Company branched out again, launching membership programs in higher education. Healthcare Informatics , HCI 100 (largest health care information technology firms)—2013, 2012, 2011. Vault.com, Listed among Top 50 Consulting Firms. Modern Healthcare , Best Places to Work—2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009.

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Abt Associates Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

In 2007, Abt bought the NYC-based research firm SRBI, combining two market leaders and greatly impacting both companies. Information Technology Applications. For the next decade, Abt enjoyed sustained growth as it solidified its already glowing reputation in both the research and commercial worlds. Practice Areas. Industries .

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How to Make Sure Good Ideas Don’t Get Lost in the Shuffle

Harvard Business

In 2007 Joseph Golan, a division leader at Elop, an Israeli electro-optics company, faced a challenge. From 2007 to 2014, Golan’s employees generated over 5,000 ideas, with an exceptional implementation rate of more than 70%. Justin Tierney/EyeEm/Getty Images. Impressive Results.

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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. Industries with a higher share of IT workers saw more concentration between 2002 and 2007, even after controlling for M&A activity and several other variables.

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Stop Doing Low-Value Work

Harvard Business

That kind of thinking ended during the recession of 2007-2009. Ask for help reducing your low-value work from your company’s productivity unit or information technology gurus. If priorities changed, you just changed the order of your As, Bs, and Cs. Between January 2008 and February 2010, 8.8 million jobs were lost.

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Reshoring Myth Explodes: Ofshoring Opaces Onshoring Every Year Since 2004 Except 2011

MishTalk

Manufacturing, a new report by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), assesses the true status of the American manufacturing economy and argues pundits have overestimated the impact of isolated incidents of reshored production and misread or ignored the data. If only this were true.

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