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Research: Hiring Managers Are Biased Against People with Longer Commutes

Harvard Business

Recently on a radio show discussing my research, a former suburban hiring manager called in to echo this sentiment: “We had a difficult time finding applicants for our low-level clerical positions because those applicants lived in the city. However, some high-wage employers actively work to manage their employees’ transportation.

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New Managers Should Focus on Helping Their Teams, Not Pleasing Their Bosses

Harvard Business

When I first became a manager — an unexpected promotion soon after taking a new job — I found myself feeling awkward about the fact that I had been elevated above my peers. In hindsight, I know that I assumed the new-manager mantle badly. “So the managers haven’t been set up for success.’’

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For Some Platforms, Network Effects Are No Match for Local Know-How

Harvard Business

Uber, like all transportation services, has never and will never offer a product that’s composed purely of digital “bits,” as companies do in media (Netflix and YouTube), music (Spotify), or advertisements (Facebook and Google). Any platform still needs to achieve a product-market fit to succeed in the long run.

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

Management Consulted

Booz, who could very well possibly be considered the father of management consulting as a career. It is one of the original “white-shoe” firms, accredited with being the origination of the management consulting profession. Most recently, Booz & Company acquired Management Engineers , based in Dusseldorf, Germany. Automotive.

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Oliver Wyman interview preparation: the inside story

Management Consulted

Since that time, it has become the fastest growing management consulting firm today. In 2007, Mercer Oliver Wyman joined with Mercer Management Consulting and Mercer Delta to become Oliver Wyman groups (also includes Lippincott and NERA Economic Consulting). Surface Transportation. Wealth and Asset Management.

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

BearingPoint Managing Partner: Peter Mockler. This consulting business unit focused on both technology and management. Shortly after going public, the new KPMG Consulting, LLC management announced their intentions of some aggressive international acquisitions funded by their new IPO. Air Transport. Rail Transport.

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This Pharma Company Stays Innovative by Doing Two Things

Harvard Business

This may sound obvious, but it was in sharp contrast to typical patterns in the pharma industry of recruiting from within, resistance to new thinking, and sclerotic bureaucratic structures. From its inception, the company consciously recruiting scientists who rebelled against big pharma bureaucracy and were open to new ways of working.

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