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- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
the district’s solicitor and financial consultant waive fees for refinancing debt from 2014 was rebuffed as agenda-driven by a 20-year veteran of the board. Cognetti’s response: “My agenda is to get us through this crisis and stop any... View Details
- 07 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 7, 2009
direct fees for these consulting services, it proposed to the client that it contract with the firm for five times this amount in legal fees that might otherwise have gone to another law firm. It is in this way that AG hopes to increase... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
Abstract Financial statements are the basis for a wide range of business analysis. Managers, securities analysts, bankers, and consultants all use them to make business decisions. There is strong demand among business students for course... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
of consulting firm Ethical Ventures, recently spoke to CNBC’s “Squawk Box” about the Business of Racial Equity pledge developed to mobilize the business community to address inequality and injustice. Lewin was a coauthor of the pledge,... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
"Profitability Optimization Model" (PROM) in the first half of the 1960s that appeared to explain a significant fraction of the variation in the return on investment afforded by its various businesses.20 Over time, like many other companies, GE also sought... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
consulting firm after HBS. But my startup dream is still alive. In my spare time, I love sports, traveling, and experiencing things that I never tried before, like skydiving, bungee jumping, and campervanning. How has your Asian... View Details
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
drafted inside the executive branch, and they reflected the executive branch's wishes at the time. They weren't incredibly consultive with Democrats. Having said that, the overall approach was much more collaborative than what we see... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
changes in government technology policy that favor OSS can have a positive impact on both global social value and domestic national competitiveness. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55905 Harvard Business School Case 819-043... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
unwilling, to invest directly in Turkey because of political risk and government restrictions. The case ends in 1988 when the founder received a report from the management consultancy Bain calling for the firm to reduce the range of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
percent of kids’ brains don’t develop to the full potential because of this. Thirty percent remain stunted and don’t grow to their full physical form because of this. So this is a big health issue and it needs resolution. I consulted... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
Accepting this position would be a move back into mainstream media but also a career shift from line positions to a corporate staff role. The case profiles Fili-Krushel's media experiences, and her use of interpersonal influence and negotiation, leading up to the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
School Case 113-073 Ken Traub at American Bank Note Holographics Ken Traub is hired as CFO for American Bank Note Holographics, the market-leading security holograph company, in January 1999, but discovers on his first day that the company has misstated its financials... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS
clubs get exclusive access to our corporate sponsors - top investment banks, consulting firms, technology companies, and general management companies - more than one week early. This year, we hosted our first ever virtual Diversity Career... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
because the founders were born entrepreneurs. You might assume that these folks had technical or finance degrees, or worked at fancy consulting firms, or had some other specialized knowledge. Yet that isn’t the case. Entrepreneurship is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
in a tumultuous environment. One Sip at a Time: Learning to Live in Provence by Keith Van Sickle (MBA 1985) (Dresher Publishing) This memoir tells how the Van Sickles moved to Provence even though they didn’t speak French and had full-time jobs. After quitting their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
miles south of Kabul previously unknown to cartographers. In the Taliban-influenced south, entering a village to build a cell phone tower was a task to be handled with great tact and cultural sensitivity. Khoja consulted with early Afghan... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
ability to think about more than one thing at a time," says Hodgson, who held positions at Deloitte Consulting and Nextera Interactive before coming to HBS. "There's a balancing act involved between the bottom line and the social mission... View Details
- Career Coach
Phillip Andrews
Phillip (MPA, New Hampshire ’06; JD, Suffolk Law ’09) is a Corporate Relations Director in HBS Career & Professional Development responsible for employer relations in Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as the Energy, Cleantech,... View Details
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
forthcoming Journal of Investment Consulting Cloaked Trading By: Cohen, Lauren, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract—Using a novel, proprietary database of micro-level trading activities by asset managers, we show strong evidence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
In 2005, after several internal evaluations, RBM leadership has decided to engage the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to work on a Change Initiative that when completed will enable RBM to address the eradication of malaria both more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne