Strategy Consulting - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2009
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E Ink’s Wild Ride

Chappell Russ Wilcox (MBA ’95) was two years out of HBS, married to classmate Gina Wilcox and working as a strategy consultant following a stint as a product manager at a Boston-area technology firm. But he... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; e-books; e-reading; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

06 Dec 2021
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What's the Word?

people are rejecting the demands of investment banking and consulting jobs. “This is not going to stop China’s trajectory,” Kirby allows. “The real question is whether it could be seen as a wake-up call for Chinese business and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustrations by Martha Rich; Manufacturing; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Mar 2004
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New Horizons for Iraq

miserable conditions, are inspiring. I was contracted through the Coalition Provisional Authority to help the oil ministry think about strategies for financing reconstruction. In the short term, the options are fairly limited; over time,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; James E. Aisner; Julia Hanna; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Apr 2000
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Getting the Message

astronomical -- as much as $33 billion worldwide by 2004, according to Forrester Research, a consulting firm specializing in e-commerce. Industry observers are shy to predict just what the future of advertising will look like, but they... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

03 Sep 2018
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Moving Pictures

was terrible.” But he did seem to have something to say. During his summer breaks, Singer interned at Nickelodeon, working in the strategy and legal groups and later following up that experience with a stint at the Disney Channel. “The... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Christina Gandolfo; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

Education Leadership Project (PELP), a collaborative effort with the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) that employs management concepts and entrepreneurial strategies to improve student performance in large school districts. But... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

2011
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Strategic Change and the Jazz Mindset: Exploring Practices That Enhance Dynamic Capabilities for Organizational Improvisation

By: Ethan S. Bernstein and Frank J. Barrett

How can leaders adopt a mindset that maximizes learning, remains responsive to short-term emergent opportunities, and simultaneously strengthens longer-term dynamic capabilities of the organization? This chapter explores the organizational decisions and practices... View Details

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01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

working for a U.S. government- funded venture-capital firm in Slovakia, Kubicova gained the necessary baseline work experience at home before joining McKinsey & Company in Prague and Cleveland. Kubicova now works in London as an associate with McKinsey in a general... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

26 Jan 2016
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January 26, 2016

have the in-house talent needed for developing prediction algorithms. Cities could hire consultants, but a cheaper alternative is to crowdsource competence by making data public and offering a reward for the best algorithm. A simple model suggests that open tournaments... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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