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Top 25 Companies for Pay and Perks (USA Today)

Chart Your Course

employees who use the career community website. The top items on their wish list are better pay policies, clearer top-down communication, and greater transparency about pay. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology make up the second-largest group with three representatives: Genentech, Amgen and Pfizer. Costco, at No.

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The Reason Silicon Valley Beat Out Boston for VC Dominance

Harvard Business Review

In her pioneering research on Silicon Valley’s advantage over Route 128 circa 1990, AnnaLee Saxenian identified some of the major differentiators, from cultural factors to state-level policies. These policy differences fostered the emergence of a less loyal, more footloose talent pool in Silicon Valley.