Consulting Firms - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement

Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details

Keywords: by by Janelle Conaway; Green Technology; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing

23 May 2019
News

Tracy P. Palandjian, MBA 1997

She launched the nonprofit consulting practice at the Parthenon Group. Then in 2010, her friend Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969), who had built Social Finance UK with David Blood (MBA 1985), was looking to expand the organization. “Tracy had... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

04 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating

firms do that already. "These results seem to make a lot of sense to organizations like The Boston Consulting Group or McKinsey & Company, which deliberately use very different structures for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Video Game; Web Services

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

Demand: Model and Estimation Methodology Authors:Nathan Craig, Nicole DeHoratius, and Ananth Raman Abstract To set service levels, firms must understand how changes in service affect customer demand. Supply learning is a process whereby... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

threat lack credibility, but you also have no way of changing course if the situation becomes dire. 3. Visibly incur sunk costs Suppose you are negotiating with a consulting firm to renew its contract to... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Statistique Agricole , various years Download Data Set in Excel Boston Consulting Group “A Truly Global Firm,” BCG website Map created by John Regan, MBA 2016 Download Data Set in Excel Broadband Subscriptions per 100 People The World... View Details

25 Feb 2015
HBS Seminar

Jeffrey Schnapp, Harvard Graduate School of Design

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

President & CEO, Ceres Curtis D. Ravenel , Senior Advisor, Co-Chair and Vice-Chair, Glasgow Alliance for Net Zero Eric Usher , Head, UNEP Finance Initiative Typically, we think of firms as being in perpetual competition with each other.... View Details

July 2023
Case

Schuberg Philis: From Success to Significance

By: Thomas J. DeLong and Daniela Beyersdorfer

The founders of Dutch professional services firm Schuberg Philis, and the new leadership team entrusted with the day-to-day management, must set the path forward in 2019. The company has grown into a €70 million revenue strong IT provider with top ranks in the... View Details

Keywords: Management Succession; Growth Management; Change Management; Transformation; Mission and Purpose; Leadership; Leading Change; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Europe; Netherlands

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01 Jan 2004
News

D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

to put his quantitative and analytical skills to good use. Headed by the legendary Marvin Bower (MBA '30), an early leader of both the firm and the management consulting profession itself, who had recently... View Details

28 Feb 2019
News

New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures

Roberts’ interest and expertise in technology was honed over nearly 30 years in the business. A magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University, Roberts worked in consulting at Booz Allen for several years before graduating from HBS as a... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The Power of Personal Connections: How Shared Experiences Boost Performance

consultancies and accounting firms already do this by putting “cohorts” of new employees on similar professional development tracks, with shared workshops, activities, and milestones designed to strengthen... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

01 May 2020
Blog Post

5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

lived in New York City prior to HBS, where he was a consultant at Deloitte Consulting. He is passionate about commercial aviation and looks to pursue a career in the space after HBS. Ryan’s undergraduate degree is in Chemical Engineering... View Details

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Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis

firms Key members of the management team Investment bank league tables Bloomberg
Current and historical financial information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, and... View Details

16 Oct 2015
Blog Post

HBS and the Arts

opportunity to combine my interests in art and finance by working for an asset management firm where I helped to establish a group focused on financial services for the art community. We worked with museums, artist foundations, artists,... View Details

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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: AFRICA - Alumni

required to complete tax documents for submission to HBS. Failure to supply these forms within 30 days from notification of award will lead to forfeiture of your GO Fellowship award. We suggest you consult your tax professional for... View Details

23 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

8 Strategies to Sustain Business Innovation

followed by flexible execution. McDonald says that might seem like the reverse of a good strategy—shouldn’t a new firm be flexible at the beginning to see what works? But he says focused selection earlier is what allows a company the best... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

April 2002
Case

Pallotta TeamWorks

By: Allen S. Grossman and Elizabeth Kind

Pallotta Team Works is a for-profit, privately owned company that produces multiday fundraising events for nonprofit organizations. Dan Pallotta, the 40-year-old CEO, founded the enterprise in 1992. The company has grown rapidly, having raised over $200 million for... View Details

Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Business Model; Nonprofit Organizations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Social Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; United States