crafts - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2006
News

Street Singer

financial sponsors to help them think about the right time to take a company public or to raise equity capital, the right valuation for a stock, and which investors to target. I also help the company craft its story for the marketplace,”... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Finance

Career Coach

Cheryl Rousseau

While a Senior Vice President for global consulting firm Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH), Cheryl was invited to join their International Center for Executive Options (ICEO) practice where she is a Confidential Advisor and Coach to C-Suite and E-Suite executives. In her 15... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Retail

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business of Babies

will have to be crafted around them." Another determinant of success in this market is the ability to sell—and deliver on—hope. "Providers are selling the promise of a child, the dream of a family, but at some point they have to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

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Video Clips & Discussion Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

Ltd., explains how her bridal business revived the traditional craft of embroidery in India in the 1960s and '70s. Questions for Discussion The clips stress the continuing difficulty of dealing with government bureaucracy in the region in... View Details

Career Coach

Lauren Murphy

Lauren is the Founder and Principal Coach of Pivotal Executive Coaching, partnering with senior business leaders to accomplish their professional and organization goals. She works with executives in technology, healthcare, real estate, consumer products, and financial... View Details

Career Coach

Kristin Brennan

Kristin (Duke ’03) applies her background as a management consultant, nonprofit Chief Talent Officer and negotiation strategist to her work helping students and alumni chart a course for their career and take the practical steps to achieve it. She looks forward to... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

Career Coach

Rebecca Emerick

Rebecca is a Corporate Relations Director in the HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) office. She has worked in CPD since 2008 and serves as the consulting industry lead for the office. In addition, she manages the recruiting operations team responsible for... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

19 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers

good thing not to have any privacy policy,” John says. It’s almost as if you had the choice of two banks in a sketchy neighborhood, one with bulletproof glass and one without. For their last experiment, the researchers consciously tried to View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

16 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

Earnings Calls That Get Lost in Translation

prepare long and hard for the Q&A period, anticipating questions investors will ask and crafting clear responses. They should also try to keep the conversation on target, rather than letting discussions drift into areas they aren't... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Contemporary Black Artists and Public Art | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Mosley is a Pittsburgh-based, self-taught artist whose monumental sculptures are crafted with the felled trees of Pittsburgh’s urban canopy, via the city’s Forestry Division. Using only a mallet and chisel, Mosley reworks salvaged timber... View Details

09 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen

It does so by fitting the organization to the strategy and increasing fitness, the capacity of the organization to learn and change. Since then, this process has been used in more than 150 businesses in the retail, hospitality, high technology, banking, and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat

09 Mar 2023
News

Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year

Clubs News Clubs News HBS Association of Boston Commemorates Centennial In 2023, the HBS Association of Boston (HBSAB) is commemorating its Centennial Year with activities and events aimed at celebrating a century of alumni accomplishments, exploring the trends shaping... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Policy - Business & Environment

Energy Regulatory Commission “I believe stakeholder engagement is necessary to address climate change. At work, I evaluate diverse perspectives to craft legally sound, fact-based policy that supports the public interest.” Angela Amos HBS... View Details

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Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills - Course Catalog

frameworks, and mindsets required to be successful across all facets of their advisory/consultative roles. While many consulting firms’ initial training programs highlight the skills required to complete key tasks—performing analyses, building models, View Details

23 Aug 2019
Blog Post

A Summer of Peaks and Swells: Interning at Patagonia

with my career coach who recognized my potential. She listened to my yearnings and reflections throughout the semester and reminded me of how deliberate I had been in crafting my summer plans. She knew former colleagues at Patagonia and... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

Career Coach

Fran Davis

Fran has a Ph.D. in Psychology and has worked at Harvard for over 25 years. Over these three decades she has provided career coaching for MBA students, HBS Alumni, and in Executive Education programs and has taught psychology courses (including Positive Psychology aka... View Details

23 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money

As the US Congress prepares to replenish its Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, questions still linger: Do guaranteed loans for small businesses work in the long term? Who wins? Employees? Businesses? Taxpayers? The answer appears to be yes for all... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

16 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters

time when it's difficult to craft political compromise and even in a climate where businesses are feeling public hostility. As a society, we need to begin taking real action now. The prosperity not just of America but of the world depends... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria

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Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier - Race, Gender & Equity

tool for attending to our robust, deeply-entrenched social issues is what we need to fulfill missions we so mindfully craft for our About pages. “I just cannot believe that there are companies out here who are developing facial... View Details

01 Dec 2009
News

Alumni Books

times. Rigby ex-plains how to craft an action plan tailored to the specific situation, providing tools for cutting costs intelligently, sustaining margins and the brand, boosting revenue by refocusing the sales force on the right... View Details

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