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Health Systems Need to Completely Reassess How They Manage Costs

Harvard Business

hospitals and health systems experienced an average 39% reduction in their operating margins from 2015 to 2017. Cost reduction requires an honest and thorough reassessment of everything the health system does and ultimately, a change in the organization’s operating culture. PM Images/Getty Images.

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Impact of Data Analytics in Consulting

Tom Spencer

“Data scientists, fast computers, and advanced software are replacing traditional decision-making processes and disrupting tried-and trusted traditional consulting methodologies, with Big Data being one of the main forces of disruption” ( Tras, 2015 ). The words “big data” have become a “buzzword” in the business industry.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

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Limit Cyberattacks with a System-Wide Safe Mode

Harvard Business

As a result, when companies are hacked, it can take days for information technology teams to isolate infected systems, remove malicious code, and restore business continuity. But they continue to operate and communicate with other systems until information technology teams shut them down and correct the malfunction.

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Preparing for the Future of Talent Acquisition - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM KORN FERRY

Harvard Business

Survey respondents indicated the most difficult roles to fill today are in sales, research and development, and information technology, and filling them is only going to become more difficult. The pace of technological and marketplace change will continue to create demand for new skill sets and brand-new job categories.

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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

As MIT economist David Autor told HBR in late 2015 when asked about the causes of inequality, “There are many moving parts here. One of them has clearly been information technology. ” How Trade and IT Fit In. A second one has been international trade. ” Our new data confirms these suggestions.

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More Training Won’t Reduce Your Cyber Risk

Harvard Business

An entire industry now exists to train us humans to be smarter in how we operate computers, and yet the number of cybersecurity incidents continues to rise. military’s Joint Staff network, which the Washington Post reports was compromised in August 2015 via a measly phishing e-mail. In 2015 , the U.S.

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