Global Management Consulting - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Sep 2019
News

Case Study: Up in the Air

on IT services in 2018, and the direction of global tech trends, the shortage isn’t going away quickly. Berendt cofounded Talent Alpha in 2018 to fill that gap. The Kraków-based startup is building a marketplace to link central and... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

22 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

New Challenges in Leading Professional Services

in upheaval. Associates are harder to recruit and keep; competition for clients is increasing from boutiques below and global firms above; the clients themselves are more demanding; and management time is... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Consulting; Consulting; Consulting

01 Mar 2008
News

Where Are They Now?

1990, Zaleznik has consulted to numerous companies on matters of succession and conflict resolution. He has also served on the boards of several major corporations, including The TJX Companies, American Greetings, King Ranch, Inc., and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; retirement; leisure; writing; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

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Sustainability in VCPE & Investing

investment with a focus on the benefits of sustainable investment, best practices, and lessons for the future. Private Equity for the Public Interest: The Evolution of ESG and Considerations for Asset Managers and Investors Article... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

Faculty Books

effective management of information services activities and highlights the areas of greatest potential application of the technology. Global Marketing Management by John A.... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training

01 Mar 2007
News

LBS Picks New Dean

London-based management consultant Robin Buchanan (MBA ’79), senior partner in the UK of Bain & Company. Buchanan replaces Laura Tyson (who once taught at HBS). Tyson resigned to return to teach at the Haas... View Details

Keywords: dean appointment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2012
News

High Honors

brought more women into the traditionally male world of mining. When she joined Anglo American, there were few women in leadership positions, while today 22 percent of the company’s managers are female. “It is a business imperative,” she... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices

01 Sep 2018
News

Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods

an exciting time for opportunity in the logistics industry. “It’s going to raise a lot of questions, none of which are without consequence for the Postal Service,” he says. Through his consulting practice and now as director and strategic... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Apr 2002
News

Q&A - Mark Fields

After HBS, he signed on with the Ford Motor Company, where he served in various capacities, including two years as managing director of Ford Argentina S.A. In 1998, he moved to Mazda (33.4 percent of which is owned by Ford) as senior... View Details

Keywords: auto; Mazda; Ford; Mark Fields; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2010
News

Rwanda Provides Students with Hands-On Learning

India, Peru, Rwanda, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and Vietnam to observe local economies, study management practices in the field, and interact directly with business and community leaders. In addition, domestic programs took... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

types of unique challenges do the managers and companies in your cases face? Do you have a sense of how these might be different from those highlighted by cases produced at the other Global Initiative... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

01 Oct 1999
News

Culture Clash: Exploring Cross Cultural Conflicts in Business

"As different cultural traditions meet in the marketplace and inside organizations, managers face tough choices about the values that they and their organizations will live by," HBS professor Lynn Sharp Paine told participants at an HBS... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

28 Mar 2022
News

The Supply Chain Crisis Is About to Get a Lot Worse

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Globalization: Little Impact on the Continent

Experts on the African economies say globalization has yet to benefit the continent in a significant way, and that what is really needed is political change and more investment from within its own borders. The comments came during a panel... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

09 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures

Walter Kuemmerle. These realities include the importance of local context and the need to adhere to a global perspective on opportunities and access to resources. These same issues provide fascinating research fodder for the course he... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2020
News

Ink: The Habit of Innovation

Leaders have gone to great lengths in the name of innovation—and yet far too often these efforts fall short, according to Scott Anthony (MBA 2001), a senior partner at the growth-strategy consulting firm Innosight and one of the authors... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management of Companies and Enterprises

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

global organizations, with PetroChina currently leading the list with a market value of more than $1 trillion. The impact of this phenomenon on competition is interesting. Just ask the manager of a... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2010
News

Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings

full courses Acting in Time: Leadership and Management in the Face of Large-Scale Risks is a leadership capstone course designed for students who, over the course of their careers, will lead an organization that faces large-scale risks.... View Details

Keywords: curriculum

Career Coach

Sarah Bua

positioning, design/execution of search strategies, resume/cover letter editing, interview prep, career/life planning and leadership development. Sarah has served as a coach/facilitator in HBS' Program for Leadership Development (PLD), General View Details

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