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2016 ECS Value Creators Report: Building Endurance

BCG

Report Wednesday, October 26, 2016. Today’s most intriguing value creation opportunities relate to the new digital technologies that support the work of ECS companies. This points to the potential to create shareholder value by spinning off proprietary technologies into standalone companies.

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

Harvard Business

Seventy-five percent of survey respondents reported that they use a contingent workforce on either a regular or an as-needed basis, and the numbers of those workers are expected to grow substantially in the years ahead. That is part of another shift in the talent landscape: the move from a full-time employee base to contingent workers.

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Big Companies Don’t Pay as Well as They Used To

Harvard Business

It’s hard to say, since a lot of other things happened in those same decades: the decline of unions, an explosion of information technology, a new round of globalization, and the dramatic rise in CEO pay. Last year the Obama White House released a report with a very different theory of why big companies pay what they do.

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

Harvard Business

We’ve studied stereotypically “creative” firms, like design, R&D, and information technology companies, but we’ve also researched stereotypically “uncreative” environments, like Golan’s manufacturing plant at Elop (which is part of Elbit ISTAR).

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

Harvard Business

It makes possible the routine collection of patient-reported data using standardized screening instruments, incorporates redesigned patient and care team workflows to allow consistent monitoring, and embeds clinical-decision-support systems for providing individualized feedback and action at the point of care.

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

This allowed for more severe penalties for fraudulent financial activity and required top level management to individually certify the accuracy of all financial reporting. In May 2004, BearingPoint reported a valuation decline of 61%. Information Technology. public company boards, management and public accounting firms.

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Why Financial Statements Don’t Work for Digital Companies

Harvard Business

On February 13, 2018, the New York Times reported that Uber is planning an IPO. Uber’s value is estimated between $48 and $70 billion, despite reporting losses over the last two years. Twitter reported a loss of $79 million before its IPO, yet it commanded a valuation of $24 billion on its IPO date in 2013.