Publications

February 2004 (Revised March 2004)
Background Note

Profitability Drivers in Professional Service Firms

By: Ashish Nanda

This case presents a simple model of the drivers of profitability in a professional service partnership and conducts an empirical exploration of the determinants of profitability among AmLaw 100 firms over the period 1994 to 1999. View Details

Keywords: Profitability; Model; Profit; Partners and Partnerships; Law; Service Industry

Educators

September 1983
Case

Bennett, Strang & Farris

A law firm must decide how to split partnership profits among the partners. Issues of seniority versus performance, performance evaluation, and lack of consensus of values dominate the discussions. View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Profit Sharing; Legal Services Industry

Educators

17 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Setting a Higher Bar on Fatherhood

I am often asked the question, “How do you get through business school with a family?” I might give a light-hearted reply, but what I really want to say is, “How do you get through without one?” Here at HBS with me is my incredible wife, Abby, and our two wonderful... View Details

16 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Seeing Everyday as a New Adventure: Reflections for Father's Day

Chad Losee, HBS MBA 2013 graduate and current HBS Managing Director of MBA Admissions and Financial Aid, shares his experience being a dad to his four boys. Tell us about your family. My wife and I have four growing boys. Lots of energy and noise around our house most... View Details

August 2001 (Revised August 2005)
Case

Guinness PLC: Managing Negotiations

By: Michael A. Wheeler

Describes an initiative by Guinness, LLP to revise the process by which it centrally authorizes, supports, and reviews negotiations that are undertaken worldwide on its behalf. Senior managers wished to give regional officers enough discretion to respond to local... View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Negotiation; Acquisition

March 2009 (Revised June 2011)
Teaching Note

TA Energy (Turkey): A Bundle of International Partnerships (TN)

By: William R. Kerr

Teaching Note for 807175. View Details

Keywords: Energy; Partners and Partnerships

11 Feb 2016
Blog Post

First Came Love, then Came Business School

Native Canadians Jocelyne and Corey first met and fell in love when they were studying Mechanical Engineering at McMaster University in Ontario. While Jocelyne went on to work for PepsiCo in operations and supply chain roles after college, Cory worked in mechanical... View Details

Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)

The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details

February 2024
Supplement

Ada: On Fundraising and Cofounding

By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti

Mike Murchison, cofounder and CEO of Ada, shares his fundraising philosophy and reflects on what he believes underpins a successful cofounder relationship. View Details

Keywords: Founder; Entrepreneur; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Partners and Partnerships; Entrepreneurial Finance

17 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Being a Mom at Business School

Alice Liu (MBA 2021) is originally from Beijing, China and moved to Canada when she was 11. She went to WashU in St.Louis, and worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan where she covered technology companies from SF and NYC offices. Alice is starting her own female... View Details

2001
Working Paper

The Law of One Price Over 700 Years

By: K. A. Froot, M. Kim and K. Rogoff

Keywords: Purchasing Power Parity; Commodities; International Finance; Partners and Partnerships; Goods and Commodities

2008
Chapter

Sustainability through Partnering: Conceptualizing Partnerships between Businesses and NGOs

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Business Ventures; Non-Governmental Organizations

2019
Chapter

Integrated Partnerships in Cultural Sponsorship: The Cases of Guggenheim UBS and MFA Boston-Fleet

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Ragnar Lund

This chapter presents and interprets two field-based studies of sponsorship collaborations between major museums and significant financial institutions—a global multi-year partnership between the Guggenheim Foundation and UBS, and the pioneering regional integrated... View Details

Keywords: Museums; Financial Institutions; Partners and Partnerships; Culture; Cooperation

November 2010
Background Note

Agricultural Cooperatives: Origins, Structure, Financing and Partnerships

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Matthew Preble

This technical note explains how agricultural cooperatives are structured and financed, as well as how they form partnerships with one another and other elements of the food system. View Details

Keywords: Agribusiness; Capital; Food; Organizational Structure; Partners and Partnerships; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry

September 2010
Teaching Note

Compass Maritime Services, LLC: Valuing Ships (TN)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Albert W. Sheen

Teaching Note for 211014. View Details

Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Research; Service Operations; Customers; Price; Shipping Industry; Consulting Industry; New Jersey

Web

Building a Village: Learning and Living at HBS - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

08 May 2022
Blog Post

The Territory of Motherhood: A Reflection in Honor of Mother’s Day

It’s hard to believe our time at Harvard Business School is coming to an end and that an impending move and graduation is creeping into view. When I think about our little family that moved to campus in August 2019, a week before our daughter Adeline’s first birthday... View Details

December 2016 (Revised March 2017)
Case

Beingmate

By: David E. Bell, Juan Ma and Natalie Kindred

Founded in 2002, Hangzhou, China–based Beingmate was a major producer of infant formula and related products in the high-demand Chinese market. After an infamous 2008 food safety episode in China, in which toxic infant formula sickened thousands of babies and led to... View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Partners and Partnerships; Food and Beverage Industry; China

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