Publications

Career Coach

Ryan Smith

Ryan wants to help students plan, prepare, and pitch for the opportunities available to HBS students in the Consulting and FinTech industries. With work experience in these industries, Ryan can provide insights into what elements to... View Details

Career Coach

Juan Pablo Botero

If you are looking to launch or join a startup, Juan Pablo can help! With experience working in management consulting at BCG, at a fast-growing startup like Rappi, and walking the founder road at HBS and during the summer, Juan Pablo is... View Details

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Mike Beveridge

Mike enjoys helping students understand and navigate the consulting recruiting process as well as careers within the agribusiness and grocery retailing spaces. Having worked in these industries, Mike can provide insight into how firms... View Details

21 Jun 2012
News

Put the smartphone down: It'll be okay

Liz Calder

Liz Calder is a second-year PhD student in Strategy at Harvard Business School. Her research interests include innovation throughout the industry life cycle, strategic alliance formation, and entrepreneurial growth.

Prior to undertaking her doctoral... View Details

Research Summary

Research

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March 1995 (Revised September 1997)
Case

Datavision (A)

By: Michael Beer and Gregory C. Rogers

Depicts a "team-building" intervention by an organizational consultant at a small computer company. View Details

Keywords: Employees; Groups and Teams; Social and Collaborative Networks; Computer Industry

August 1983 (Revised March 2011)
Case

Honda (A)

Describes the history of Honda Motor Company from its beginning through its entry into and subsequent dominance of the U.S. market. The history is explained primarily in terms of strategic factors and quoted from two sources: an earlier case and Boston Consulting Group... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Global Strategy; Business Strategy; Auto Industry; Japan; United States

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

before. I wasn’t sure. I made a calculated decision to have a baby at business school. Sure, I could have deferred for a year and taken advantage of my consulting firm’s generous maternity leave policy. Yet, while that would have been... View Details

Career Coach

Jessica Mbaeliachi

Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Africa. Jessica started her career at GE Healthcare, as a product design engineer. She then went on to join the company's healthcare delivery consulting practice. Upon graduating from HBS, Jessica... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Health Care

April 2000 (Revised July 2000)
Case

Family Feud (B): Andersen versus Andersen

By: Ashish Nanda

Arbitration proceedings have been initiated between Andersen Consulting and Arthur Andersen. The case details developments during 1999 and 2000, as the arbitration nears a decision. View Details

Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; United States

April 2004 (Revised April 2011)
Case

Enron Corporation: May 6, 2001 Sell Recommendation

By: David F. Hawkins and Jacob Cohen

A consulting firm to institutional investors recommends selling Enron Corp.'s equity short on May 6, 2001, while many sellside analysts are recommending the stock as a "buy." View Details

Keywords: Judgments; Financial Reporting; Investment; Competency and Skills; Financial Statements; Consulting Industry

Career Coach

Seamus Bann

PE/public markets from a non-finance background, 2) prepare for consulting interviews, and 3) navigate the coffee chat and networking fall experience. He's also passionate about supporting veterans through what can often be an... View Details

Career Coach

Yanzhan Wen

Yanzhan has four years of management consulting experience within the industrials, chemicals, and healthcare industries. Recently, he made a career pivot into investment banking, interning at Lazard over the summer in their healthcare... View Details

Lev Klarnet

I am a second year PhD student in Business Economics at Harvard University. My research interests are in the fields of health, public, and IO.

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Research Summary

Executive Compensation

By: Tatiana Sandino

Professor Sandino’s other stream of research examines players that influence the design of an executive’s compensation. She has examined the role shareholder activists can play in influencing CEO pay and found that a compensation-related shareholder proposal could... View Details

October 1994 (Revised March 1995)
Case

Monitor Company: Personal Leadership on Diversity

Several members of a consulting firm work to develop ways to build and nurture a more diverse work environment while reflecting on personal experiences that help them to become leaders in issues of diversity. View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Organizational Culture; Diversity Characteristics; Consulting Industry