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How to Increase Your Influence at Work

Harvard Business

Case Study #1: Stay current and build relationships with your colleagues so that you understand what motivates them. ” Case Study #2: Create a message that resonates, and forge a path for others to become proponents. ” In 2011, when Gallegos first started at Jitterbit, the company had about 50 customers. .

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Case Study: Innovating The Fast-Casual Restaurant Experience

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In 2011, the executives at Bertucci''s, a 30-year-old restaurant chain in the US Mid-Atlantic and New England regions, faced a big problem: The restaurant had become nearly invisible to younger generations of diners.

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The Right Way to Spend Your Innovation Budget

Harvard Business

We’ve come to these conclusions after completing case study analyses of a range of companies, including Nokia, Kodak, Borders, Amazon, Apple, and Xerox. ” By 2011, two-thirds of Xerox’s revenues came from products or services it had introduced within the last two years.

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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

The Advisory Board Company also acquired the revenue management software company Concuity, and the year after, 2011, the firm acquired Cielo MedSolutions, an ambulatory patient registry software provider, and PivotHealth, a physician practice management firm. Modern Healthcare , Best Places to Work—2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009.

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Good Management Predicts a Firm’s Success Better Than IT, R&D, or Even Employee Skills

Harvard Business

As Chad Syverson at the University of Chicago wryly noted in his 2011 round-up of the evidence on what drives productivity : “…no potential driver of productivity differences has seen a higher ratio of speculation to actual empirical study” than management.

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IBM Consulting Interviews: Navigating the IBM GBS Maze

Management Consulted

Revenue: $20B+ (2011). Example IBM Case Study question: Company X sells hardware, software and services. Enjoy the ride! KEY STATS FOR IBM GBS. Website: [link]. Headquarters: Armonk, NY. Employees: 100,000. Locations: 170 countries. Vice President: Bridget van Kralingen. IBM GBS Engagement Cost: $300k – $500k.

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What follows after the Eureka Moment: Consulting for Innovation Start-ups

Tom Spencer

The following article will demonstrate the pitfalls of turning an innovation into a market reality with a case study from the plastics industry. Referring back to Carbios, the company was established in 2011, but its first demonstration production unit is not expected to turn a profit until 2025.