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Harvard Business Online: Business Strategy

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee
Business Strategy equips current and aspiring managers and consultants with a simplified framework they can immediately apply to create value for customers, employees, and suppliers while maximizing returns and an organization’s competitive edge. The course features... View Details
  • November 1991 (Revised September 1993)
  • Case

Oak Industries Inc.

By: William A. Sahlman and Burton C. Hurlock
Describes Bill Antle's proposed restructuring plans for Oak Industries, a company composed of nine divisions which seem to be experiencing operating difficulties. During the last ten years the company has been involved in a number of acquisitions and divestitures, as... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business or Company Management; Operations; SWOT Analysis; Organizational Structure; Restructuring; Financial Management; Acquisition; Financial Markets
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  • 2012
  • Book

Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24-7 Habit and Change the Way you Work

By: Leslie A. Perlow
Does it have to be this way? Can't resist checking your smartphone or mobile device? Sure, all this connectivity keeps you in touch with your team and the office—but at what cost? In "Sleeping with Your Smartphone," Leslie Perlow reveals how you can disconnect and... View Details
Keywords: Time Management; Internet and the Web; Groups and Teams; Performance Productivity; Globalized Firms and Management; Service Industry
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  • 30 May 2018
  • News

First “HBS Hacks” Event in San Francisco

    James I. Cash

    Professor Cash received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Texas Christian University; a Master of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University's Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Management Information... View Details

    Keywords: accounting industry; computer; e-commerce industry; financial services; health care; information technology industry; software

      Thomas R. Piper

      THOMAS R. PIPER, Baker Foundation Professor and Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, is a faculty member in the Finance and Accounting Units at the Graduate School of Business Administration.  He has taught in the MBA Program, as well... View Details

        Joseph B. Fuller

        Joseph Fuller is a Professor of Management Practice in General Management and Entrepreneurship. He founded and co-leads the school’s project, Managing the Future of Work, as well as the Harvard Project on the Workforce. He currently leads the FIELD Global Capstone... View Details

        • October 1988 (Revised July 2000)
        • Case

        Matt Compton's Job Search

        By: Shoshana Zuboff and Dave DeLong
        Matt Compton wrestles with the problems of a post-MBA job search and finds himself captivated by the aggressive recruiting tactics of the large management consulting firms. The case raises issues of how a passive job search that relies on options presented by... View Details
        Keywords: Recruitment; Job Search; Problems and Challenges
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          James L. Heskett

          James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive... View Details

            Michael W. Toffel

            Professor Toffel is the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management. His research examines how companies are addressing climate change (especially decarbonization) and other environmental and working condition issues in their operations and supply... View Details

              Edward B. Berk

              Ted Berk is the Barry and Teri Volpert Fellow and a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Private Equity Finance in the elective curriculum and Finance I & II in the required curriculum.

              Ted... View Details

              • 10 May 2020
              • Blog Post

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

              and around the world, can accomplish. Sally Sorte Bernstein | Class of 2021 Little(s): Olivia (4 months) Pre-HBS Industry: Education, Tech, Management Consulting Proudest Accomplishment: Giving birth to... View Details
              • 2020
              • Working Paper

              Building the Professional Firm: McKinsey & Co.: 1939-1968

              By: Amar Bhidé
              This case history analyzes how the founders of McKinsey & Co. built one of the world's leading management consulting firms by developing a “system” of professional norms, approach to serving clients, personnel policies, organization, governance, and ownership. The... View Details
              Keywords: McKinsey ＆ Co.; Company History; Professional Norms; Vision; Organizations; Business History; Business Model; Strategy; Consulting Industry
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              • May 1998 (Revised February 1999)
              • Case

              Diamond in the Rough (A)

              By: Thomas J. DeLong and Catherine M. Conneely
              Diamond Technology Partners, a consulting firm based in Chicago, was founded in 1994 by Mel Bergstein and Chris Moffitt, with investment from founding partners and Safeguard Scientifics. In April 1996, just after fiscal year-end, the two largest clients withdrew from... View Details
              Keywords: Information Technology; Entrepreneurship; Going Public; Crisis Management; Finance; Consulting Industry; Chicago
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              • October 2000 (Revised March 2004)
              • Case

              Software Associates

              By: Robert S. Kaplan
              The president of a small consulting firm has just seen his second-quarter profit and loss statement, showing an increase in revenues but a substantial decline in profits. He asks his chief financial officer to explain the results. The CFO works hard to accumulate... View Details
              Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Cost; Financial Statements; Production; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry
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              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
              • September 2002 (Revised April 2006)
              • Case

              Istituto Clinico Humanitas (A)

              By: Richard M.J. Bohmer, Gary P. Pisano and Ning Tang
              Istituto Clinico Humanitas is a newly built private hospital, south of Milan, Italy, that has attained unusual profitability while treating public system patients. The hospital was built and is managed by Techosp, a subsidiary of Techint, a global engineering and... View Details
              Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Management Systems; Infrastructure; Managerial Roles; Integration; Performance; Health Industry; Milan
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                Janice H. Hammond

                Janice H. Hammond is the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing. She currently serves as coursehead for the new MBA required course, Data Science for Managers. She serves as program chair for the HBS Executive Education International Women’s Foundation and Women’s... View Details

                Keywords: apparel; distribution; e-commerce industry; manufacturing; retailing; textiles; transportation
                • Career Coach

                Lobna Dawoud

                During her RC summer, Lobna interned at an investment bank and specialized in Financial Institutions Group. She is passionate about helping students with career visioning, setting a recruitment strategy, interview prep, networking tips, resume/cover letter reviews and... View Details

                  Krishna G. Palepu

                  KRISHNA G. PALEPU is the Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, and has served previously as Senior Advisor to the President of Harvard University, and Senior Associate Dean at the... View Details

                  Keywords: accounting industry; banking; financial services; information technology industry; pharmaceuticals; retailing