professional service firms - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Why IT Does Matter

management should understand about IT is its associated economics. Driven by Moore's Law, those evolving economics have enabled every industry's transaction costs to decrease continually, resulting in new economics for the firm and... View Details

Keywords: by F. Warren McFarlan & Richard L. Nolan

14 Jan 2022
News

Nohria’s Next Move

In a message to the HBS community this week, former Dean Nitin Nohria shared his next chapter. “I am pursuing a new adventure as the Executive Chairman of Thrive Capital, a firm that invests in and builds technology-enabled companies.”... View Details

26 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

evidence to challenge a common misperception about internalization theory. The theory has often been criticized for maintaining that it assumes a hierarchically organized MNE based on knowledge flowing from the home country. This is not an accurate description of how... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Sustainable Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

in your career to become a purpose-driven leader Who Will Benefit Purpose-Driven Professionals CSR and Consulting Professionals Leaders and Entrepreneurs Learn how businesses can effect change, and how you... View Details

07 Jun 2021
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9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

and Beyond F. Warren McFarlan Making the Ask One of the hardest questions to address is do you ask a prospective donor for a specific dollar number and if so, how high should that number be? (For the record, professional fundraisers say... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

01 Dec 2017
News

A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective

Richard Ruback was his advisor. “Even before anyone was talking about ‘One Harvard,’ some of us were trying to make it happen,” notes Tunnell, whose 20th Reunion gift supports the HBS-Harvard Integration Fund. Now a managing director at the San Francisco–based private... View Details

16 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

governance (ESG) information in China, Denmark, Malaysia, and South Africa using differences-in-differences estimation with propensity score matched samples. We find that relative to propensity score matched control firms, treated firms... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

01 Jun 2013
News

Building a Better Brazil

work as professionals in education, government, or public health the opportunity for advanced study at the University to help build a strong network of leaders committed to social change in Brazil. LORENTZEN Photo courtesy of Erling... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing

20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster

In 2009, technology researchers at Forrester published a report entitled We Are All Media Companies Now, that looked at how publishing firms were dealing with the shift from a distribution paradigm to one based on consumption. By 2014,... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton

30 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

What Should Mark Zuckerberg Do?

most memorably: “I find myself in a Claude Rains Casablanca moment here: ‘I’m shocked, shocked to find that FB and others are making money off my data when they give me their services for free.’” But “shocked” or not, reality probably... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Web Services; Web Services

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Wilder House | About

when it became home to what is today called MBA Career & Professional Development, which supports students to identify and pursue their career goals, as well as partners with global organizations throughout the year that are interested in... View Details

30 May 2024
Blog Post

PRIDE at HBS

more. We maintain strong partnerships with top firms across industries and work with HBS Career & Professional Development to provide PRIDE members with resources. ROMBA Conference: PRIDE is proud to... View Details

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Cash House | About

information technology in the service sector. During his time at the School he served as Chair of the MBA Program, head of the Leadership and Learning initiative, Chair of Baker Library, and Senior Associate Dean and Chair of HBS... View Details

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Peter Gumulia

leadership muscle. He turned to HBS, “not necessarily to shift careers, but to make room for personal and professional exploration. I had a busy five to six years in which I didn’t have the head space to step back and ask myself: What... View Details

31 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

American Idle: Workers Spend Too Much Time Waiting for Something to Do

says Amabile. “We wanted to investigate idle time, in part, to raise everyone’s awareness of how widespread and pernicious it can be.” “With idle time, the organization is often hurt by it, and it’s not enjoyable for employees either” With the help of survey View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

May 2017
Case

CNS Worldwide

By: Robert J. Dolan and Karthik Easwar

CNS Worldwide has long been the market share leader in the IaaS cloud server market, yet it has remained unprofitable for years. Industry capacity utilization is low, and prices have declined over 70% over the last decade. CNS is considering withdrawing from the market... View Details

Keywords: Price; Marketing; Performance Capacity; Bids and Bidding; Analysis; Web Services Industry

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Phillip Jones

with Bain & Co. over the summer. “I have step one – service in the military, and I know that step three means fulfilling my business goals,” Phillip explains. “Consulting is step two, a way for me to extend my education and improve my... View Details

19 May 2023
Blog Post

Creating and Nurturing a Sense of Belonging at HBS

and scholastic clubs. In college, it came from my passion for service and the uplifting of my community, and now at HBS it comes from a combination of all these things and then some. Whenever I talk to prospective Black students... View Details

08 Nov 2021
Blog Post

4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences

understood that it was critical to gain practical experience outside of academia. I decided to join McKinsey & Company, motivated to attain the best possible position to provide me with the essential business experience I lacked. That was the start of a multiyear... View Details

18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

lot of tech firms make big investments in growth upfront, and then the payoff is long-term in the future. In our current macroeconomic climate, it’s harder for them to find money for those sorts of investments, and so that type of... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Financial Services

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