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Winning Isn’t Everything: The Art of Playing Well

Tom Spencer

Porter argues that companies that focus on creating value will be more successful in the long run, as they will be able to attract more customers, retain talented employees, and build strong relationships with suppliers. Investment banks made huge profits along the way, and often knew that these securities were overvalued and going to fail.

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What You Can Do to Improve Ethics at Your Company

Harvard Business

It’s hard for good, ethical people to imagine how these meltdowns could possibly happen. But what about the ordinary engineers, managers, and employees who designed cars to cheat automotive pollution controls or set up bank accounts without customers’ permission? Volkswagen. and the U.K., Cross-cultural differences.

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CSR: Collaborating with NPOs for Positive Social Impact

Tom Spencer

By demonstrating a commitment to social and environmental causes, companies can increase customer trust and loyalty, attract top talent, and ultimately boost their financial performance. With a network of food banks and partnerships with local organisations, Feeding America has been able to distribute billions of meals to families in need.

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There Are Two Types of Performance — but Most Organizations Only Focus on One

Harvard Business

Every step of the process was measured, and real-time metrics were easily accessible. In an experiment, we approached the call center of a bank’s consumer loans business. (We’ve Metrics emphasized speed. We rebuilt performance metrics to track impact, not to apply pressure. Building Balanced Cultures.

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2016 Top 10 U.S. MBA programs for Management Consulting

Management Consulted

But what makes Columbia an attractive school specifically for consulting firms, and not just investment banks? In 2015, 168 students of the 748-person class went in to consulting, despite the strong interest in investment banking at Columbia as well its culture of encouraging entrepreneurship. Median signing bonus: $25,000.