Firm Networks - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2024
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Firm Foundation

Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Courtesy Tracy Britt Cool Tracy Britt Cool (MBA 2009) has been playing the long game as long as she can remember. The former Berkshire Hathaway executive grew up in a family business: Her father was a third-generation farmer in Manhattan,... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; private equity; Warren Buffett; career path; investment strategy; family business; Finance

13 Jul 2023
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The Network Effect

contacted Mathur: “Hey, do you want to chat? There might actually be something here.” For its part, Agios solicited offers from a dozen firms in the health care credit and royalty financing space with which it had preexisting... View Details

24 Jan 2025
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The Network Effect

Karan Mathur (left) and Dina Model (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Dina Model and Karan Mathur (both MBA 2015) met through mutual friends during their first year at HBS, neither was envisioning a future business deal. “We didn’t realize that we had shared... View Details

08 Jan 2010
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Multinational firms, agglomeration, and global networks

27 Nov 2012
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The Beauty of the Network

Pao: A beauty business veteran leverages the HBS network to launch her own skincare line. Photo courtesy Patti Pao Patti Pao (MBA 1987) describes her two years at HBS as “spectacularly unsuccessful,” thanks in part to a culture clash with... View Details

Keywords: cosmetics; salmon; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

21 Oct 2021
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DraftKings Backs New VC Firm

Photo courtesy Drive By DraftKings A recent article in the Boston Globe reported that the venture capital firm Drive by DraftKings, led by Meredith McPherron (MBA 1993), had raised its first venture fund. Called Drive by DraftKings,... View Details

07 Mar 2013
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Private firms playing major role against cyberattacks

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; National Security and International Affairs; Government

10 Feb 2016
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Why Hiring the Right Compensation Consulting Firm Can Make a Difference

01 Feb 2002
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The Harvard Clubs of Australia: Networking with a Cause

American-born Philip W. Stern (MBA '82) moved to Australia in 1985, spending several years as a McKinsey consultant. He has been Down Under ever since. Now a self-proclaimed Sydney local, Stern is a partner at the management consulting View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 Feb 2009
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HBS Hosts Colloquium on Alternative Business Models for Professional Service Firms

27 Mar 2020
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CPD Taps Alumni Network to Help Students Navigate Crisis

pandemic. During the current crisis, CPD Managing Director Kristen Fitzpatrick (MBA 2003) notes, most larger companies are honoring their internship commitments to first-year students, but many smaller firms and startups either need to... View Details

01 Oct 2001
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Looking for a Leader: The Role of Executive Search Firms

At a recent gathering of chief executives in New York City, the heads of two companies shared pleasant dinner conversation. The first led a large, successful corporation; the second also happened to serve as a director of a telecommunications View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs; Telecommunications; Information

01 Apr 2002
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New Director of MBA Career Services Focuses on Power of Alumni Network

interview Merrick immediately; both offered him jobs. After graduation, he accepted a position at Parson Group, a Chicago-based consulting firm he learned of through a previous contact. That was then, this is now, but Merrick's approach -... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2024
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Turning Point: Eternal Returns

Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in the middle of Typhoon Gloria in 1957 and spent my early childhood in Kowloon’s Walled City, which at the time was an extremely poor and densely... View Details

Keywords: life experience; search firm; entrepreneurship

11 Aug 2020
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Find Your Allies

market phenomenon—which makes it difficult to build a consistent pipeline of senior leaders. “ we are way behind where we could be if we had had a regular rhythm with respect to people of color and women from, I’d say, 1990, ’92, which is when most View Details

Keywords: workplace diversity; gender diversity; career paths; career advice; leadership; networking; workplace relationships; Finance