Denise van Wijk is an Associate at Oliver Wyman and the global lead of Women at Oliver Wyman (WOW). WOW is a network that promotes, supports and empowers gender diversity at Oliver Wyman and aims to foster an environment in which women can thrive. Recently, Denise and her team organized a global webinar series that
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Work hard, play hard – you hear it all the time. You know that if you want to achieve something great, you will need to spend numerous hours focusing on achieving that goal. But how hard is hard enough? When are you allowed to “play hard” without feeling guilty? Depends on where you ask. East
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Why the United States is far from being a meritocracy
The United States of America has always been regarded as a land of opportunity. Throughout its four-hundred-year history, it has provided refuge to those fleeing poverty and persecution. To this day, millions of people travel there every year in hopes of finding a better life. According to data by the U.S. Census Bureau, net international
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When I switched my thesis from the effect of IMF loans on sub-Saharan Africa to the effect of stock exchanges on sub-Saharan Africa, I thought I was the bee’s knees. After all, who would come up with such a novel topic, or anything remotely related to this? Turns out Joseph Schumpeter, an Austrian economist, discussed
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