by Bruce | July 7, 2005 | Articles, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy, Technology strategy
Outsourcing may currently be at the stage of "mostly talk, little action"—or, what is my theory, those who are doing it aren’t talking—and in the absence of more real-world empirical experience, sometimes the best alternative while...
by Bruce | July 7, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Knowledge Management, Practice Group Management, Strategy, Technology strategy
A fellow who does internal blogging for a Magic Circle firm (I’m not at liberty to say which one), and who is working on a Ph.D. in knowledge management, just asked me these questions via email, and I thought the subject matter would actually be of interest to...
by Bruce | July 6, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Globalization, Leadership, Strategy
I want to show you another view of the AmLaw 100, this ranked by "Revenue/Lawyer," a trivially simple calculation to perform, but which reveals a wealth of insight. Some of the results are obvious—our friends at 52nd and Sixth have almost lapped...
by Bruce | July 6, 2005 | Articles, Cultural Considerations, Globalization, Just Plain Interesting
According to The Wall Street Journal, the popularity of economics as an undergrad major is rising: Up 40% in the US in the past 5 years, and the #1 major at Harvard, Columbia, and NYU. Even in Russia and Poland—or, when you think about it, especially...
by Bruce | July 6, 2005 | About the Site, Articles
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by Bruce | July 5, 2005 | About the Site, Articles
Belated Happy 4th of July to one and all. Around here we tried to keep the celebration very traditional and low-key: Took in a Mets game at Shea (the Yankees were in Detroit losing to the Tigers), had Central Park virtually to ourselves, and made...