services - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Oct 2014
News

Financial Services Support Mexico’s Most Underserved Communities

Alvaro Rodriguez-Arregui (MBA 1995), cofounder and managing partner of Ignia, explains how his organization’s impact investing has brought personal finance services to residents of the largest slum in Mexico City while also strengthening... View Details

September 1997 (Revised January 1998)
Teaching Note

Indianapolis: Implementing Competition in City Services TN

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-196-099). View Details

Keywords: Competition; City; Indiana

Citation

Purchase

01 Jan 2009
Conference Presentation

The Current State of Professional Service Firms

By: Thomas J. DeLong

Keywords: Business Ventures

Citation

November 1999 (Revised May 2001)
Case

AGENCY.COM (A): Launching an Interactive Service Agency

By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry

Having recently launched one of Silicon Valley's first start-ups, cofounders Chan Suh and Kyle Shannon ponder whether their interactive consulting firm is prepared to bid for work from a very large client. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Internet and the Web; Problems and Challenges; Business Strategy; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Consulting Industry; Information Technology Industry

Citation

Educators

Purchase

1 Nov 1993
Conference Presentation

Information Technology's Role in Transforming Customer Service

By: Jim I. Cash Jr.

Keywords: Information Technology; Customer Focus and Relationships

Citation

January 1978
Case

Zero-Base Budgeting in the Public Health Service

By: Regina E. Herzlinger

Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Budgets and Budgeting

Citation

Find at Harvard

31 Oct 2013
News

The Secret Magic Behind Netflix Customer Service

26 Jan 2023
News

The Death of the Customer Service Hotline

15 Apr 2019
News

Why Anxious Customers Prefer Human Customer Service

Web

R and Python - Research Computing Services

Software Tools R & Python 8ms The HBSGrid uses a combination of Anaconda, miniConda (a slimmed down Anaconda), and software modules to provide feature-rich environments for R and Python . This page briefly discusses need-to-knows for each environment. R The HBSGrid... View Details

Web

RCS Offboarding Checklist - Research Computing Services

Usage and Policies RCS Offboarding Checklist RCS would like to wish well to those who are departing for new opportunities and congratulate graduates! In anticipation of your departure from HBS, we'd like to bring to your attention the following RCS-related departure... View Details

July 2025
Case

Greenwood Online: A Fin-Tech Service for Culture and Community (A)

By: James Riley and Bernal Cortés

In 2020, Ryan Glover and Paul Judge launched Greenwood, a fintech startup designed to counter systemic racial discrimination in the American banking ecosystem by offering accessible financial services tailored to Black and Brown communities, but available to all.... View Details

Keywords: Purpose; Identity; Cultural Branding; Impression Management; Organization Behavior; Strategic Alignment; Start-up; Mission and Purpose; Decisions; Marketing Strategy; Organizational Structure; Banking Industry; United States

Citation

Educators

July 2008 (Revised December 2011)
Supplement

ghSMART(-er) & Co., 2008: Pioneering in Professional Services

By: Noam T. Wasserman and Ashraf Haque

Geoff Smart, founder and CEO of ghSMART & Co., wanted to build ghSMART into the #1 management-assessment firm for CEOs and investors. However, he had just received two pieces of very bad news: the demise of an existing project and the loss of a $1 million engagement he... View Details

Keywords: Business Ventures; Managerial Roles; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Loss; Motivation and Incentives; Service Industry

Citation

Purchase

January/February 2004
Article

Cheaper, Faster, Easier: Disruption in the Service Sector

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Scott D. Anthony

Keywords: Disruption; Service Industry

Citation

August 1995
Teaching Note

Crown Equipment Corporation: Design Services Strategy TN

By: Gary P. Pisano

Teaching Note for (9-991-031) and (9-991-032). View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Design; Product Design; Service Industry; Service Industry

Citation

Purchase

Web

Responsibilities and Acceptable Use - Research Computing Services

legitimate purposes which benefit the research at Harvard University. Storage Do not store backups of your desktop or laptop data on the research storage , as this high-capacity, high-availability storage is expensive. Please use the HBS-supplied CrashPlan for backup... View Details