April 2007, 4 pages
Interview by: Alistair Craven
Jim Andrew is a Senior Vice President at Boston Consulting Group’s Chicago Office.
Jim leads BCG's global activities in the area of innovation and has written and spoken extensively on the topic. He is lead author of the recent book Payback, published by Harvard Business School Press, and he co-authored an article on innovation in the Harvard Business Review. Jim has also written for BusinessWeek, The Economist, Business 2.0, and Fast Company. He holds an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and a BS with highest honours from the University of Illinois.
Hal Sirkin is also a Senior Vice President at the Boston Consulting Group and worldwide leader of their Global Operations Practice.
Sirkin has extensive experience working on innovation, strategy, operations, and IT issues and is co-author (with James P. Andrew) of Payback. He has written numerous articles for publications such as the Harvard Business Review and Knowledge@Wharton. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago (first in class) and a BS in accounting and finance, summa cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a certified public accountant.
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