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Mallika Ahluwalia
Mallika. "I used formal business models to create a business plan and a feasibility analysis, balancing costs and revenues, to help members access credit and reach bulk markets." Her next internship, with McKinsey in Washington, D.C., places Mallika in a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
decision in your life. That’s the point at which I started to think about how there needs to be more education about how to date well so that you make an informed, intelligent decision. Some of us have tried our hand at amateur matchmaking, often with View Details
- 02 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Leading Professional Service Firms
profession and the firm for a long period of time. They develop organizational practices that motivate these outstanding people to serve clients well. Getting this right is what we mean by alignment. Leading Professional Service Firms... View Details
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
business from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Grenoble in 1992. Following military service, he took a consulting position with Bossard Consultants, a Zurich, Switzerland-based firm that had him working with technology clients... View Details
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
research. Design/methodology: We explore this proposition through a review of 55 empirical studies of social enterprises published in the last 15 years, in which we examine the mix and trajectory of research methods used and the research... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
African American Student Union Spotlight on Tech
be in a more strategic role with the ability to influence all four levers of the marketing mix (product, price, place, and promotion). Ultimately, I felt HBS's general management education, coupled with my prior background in marketing,... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
loves: “Putting the pieces together with a client is the fun part, whether or not the development of a physical space is involved. I do have an appreciation for beautiful buildings, but I also love problem-solving and creating new... View Details
- 20 Nov 2012
- First Look
First Look: November 20
performance. In summary, the polarized claims that corporate voluntary regulation represents a win-win opportunity-or constitutes a smokescreen that allows firms to operate with less regulatory oversight-are misguided. Instead, the key to efficient and effective... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
psychological experience of power enhances moral awareness among those with a strong moral identity, yet decreases the moral awareness among those with a weak moral identity. In turn, individuals' moral awareness affects how they behave in relation to their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
sector tends to be mired in a process that often results in various degrees of chaos. Supported by a broad mix of foundations, corporations, and individuals, the philanthropic capital markets depend mostly on a hodgepodge of personal... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
No fees are paid, giving all parties the same goal—a successful outcome. "There weren't many strategy consulting firms in Canada at that time," he says. "The clients were in a mix of industries, and the work... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
on the team. Although she had been the key decision-maker in the early weeks of the project, Julia Narino now finds that her team increasingly discounts her deep client expertise while deferring to the senior partner's more generalized... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2001
- What Do You Think?
Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?
Productivity will improve as the alternation of job assignments eliminates the 'indispensable' worker." Connie Luthy says, "I have practiced 'Just-In-Time' hiring ... in the pharmaceutical industry.... I have advised my client... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?
experience and the time they commit to the company. Some advisers work ad hoc as needed while others are more prescriptive with a set number of hours per week or month that they are available for consultation. In some cases, advisers are involved so much that it... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
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Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills - Course Catalog
and Advisory Skills (MCAS) seeks to develop critical consulting skills among a core group within the EC: aspiring, committed consultants who need to build competency to immediately add meaningful value to their teams, client... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
money in the bank, Bridgespan has shared its reports, case studies, and other content freely in the interest of promoting knowledge in the social sector. When your clients are nonprofits and foundations, Bradach and Tierney reasoned, the... View Details
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
of a choice helps trigger consumer purchases, and any company whose unique mix of product or service features is competitive can win sales often enough to succeed in the market. Simply put, competitors can do a lot for you. But you'll... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 09 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
that Lobovsky was able to deal with through the company’s direct relationship with clients. Anxious that such issues might crop again, he decided to invest in direct sales, creating a team to market to engineering clients who were already... View Details
- 03 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates
client computer projects, and Brandi, a software engineer turned online fraud fighter, set up web crawlers that ran more than 2 million page-loads on a variety of computers and virtual computers. In 2012, they tested the vulnerability of... View Details
- 27 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 27
Sourav Bhattacharya Publication:Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract While many theories of the firm seek to explain when firms make rather than buy, in practice, firms often make and buy the same input-they engage in plural sourcing. We argue that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne