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What Inclusive Urban Development Can Look Like

Harvard Business

One of us is an urban theorist, the other a community-focused real estate developer. Here, real estate developers and managers can orient their tenant selection around companies that provide higher-paying, family-supporting jobs with pathways for upward mobility and careers. We think cities can do better.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East

Management Consulted

Bain’s major industries of importance in the Middle East include Airlines & Transportation, Media, Mining, Oil & Gas, Retail, Private Equity, Social & Public Sector, Technology, Telecommunications, Utilities and Alternative energy (the oil will run out one day!). in revenue (wow!). Bain & Company.

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Why Business Leaders Need to Read More Science Fiction

Harvard Business

They failed to come up with any, unable to imagine horseless transportation. Rising sea levels flood Manhattan in Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 , prompting hedge fund managers and real estate investors to create a new intertidal market index.

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What the Data Says About Women in Management Between 1980 and 2010

Harvard Business

Other managerial occupations that became majority-female were education administration, human resources, property and real estate, and finance. They are also vastly underrepresented as managers of general operations, computer information, industrial production, and transportation.

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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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Writing Your Résumé When Your Job Title Doesn’t Reflect Your Responsibilities

Harvard Business

And she wrote her summary headline — a prime piece of résumé real estate — to immediately show that she had the experience these new positions require. Throughout four-day visit, arrived early and left late to ensure that everything ran smoothly, including meetings, housing, transportation, and meals.

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BearingPoint Interview Preparation – Mystery or History?

Management Consulted

Real Estate & Facilities. Air Transport. Rail Transport. International Development. Strategy & Business Executive. Supply Chain & Operations. Sustainable Development. Industries. Automotive. Capital Markets. Chemicals & Life Sciences. Government. Healthcare. Manufacturing. Natural Resource.