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Judging | New Venture Competition
capital firms in the US. Also included are some of the most successful Harvard Business School (HBS) entrepreneurs from top companies. Criteria Judging criteria is focused on Customer Value Proposition which includes size of market,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability
ultimately, it fell short on criteria #3 and #4. After many conversations with fellow classmates and HBS CPD, I decided to recruit for consulting – a career option that I had completely brushed off prior. I realized that working at a... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 21 Sep 2018
- News
Joyner to Receive Harvard’s DuBois Medal
partner of Avid Partners, a San Francisco firm that provides strategic consulting services for private equity and venture funds. Also a former member of the Obama administration’s Committee on the Arts and... View Details
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Building an IT Governance Committee
important. We recommend that the IT governance group be made up of independent directors, as is the case with audit and compensation committees. Chairmanship is also critical. For firms in support, factory, or turnaround modes, the... View Details
Keywords: by Richard Nolan & Warren McFarlan
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
products were that easy. It's not, as is made abundantly clear by authors Scott Anthony (MBA 2001) and David Duncan, a Harvard PhD, both of management consultancy Innosight. Their point: Success over time requires continual innovation,... View Details
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
the object of the game is for the players to debate the identities of the Vandals and vote to eliminate suspects. Purchase this exercise:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911013-PDF-ENG Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA
for several years before joining Novantas, a start-up consulting firm located in New York. The first eighteen months, she recalled, were "absolutely wonderful. I felt like my mentors at the View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
recently as "technology has made it easier to build marketplaces for services and fine-tune the degree of control exerted over service provider-customer interactions." HourlyNerd allows consultants (typically MBA students) to hire... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
the nonprofit sector. In addition to its lending platform, SITAWI offers philanthropic fund management and has partnered with a for-profit consulting firm that focuses on responsible investing to provide... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Alumni News | Book Briefs
out of the way. What It Takes: Seven Secrets of Success from the World's Greatest Professional Firms by Charles D. Ellis (MBA 1963) (Wiley) Having devoted a 50-year career to consulting with and studying... View Details
- 13 Jun 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants
intelligence firm for nearly $2 billion, he remained active in venture capital, start-ups and charity work. In 2009 he founded the risk management consulting firm K2 Global... View Details
- 29 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)
undergraduate background with limited exposure to business, I began my career as an Associate Consultant at one of the Big Four accounting firms (PwC), focusing on strategic planning in financial services,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
School of Hard Knocks
engagement were more than three times as profitable as firms with average engagement. Fostering a diverse culture is the right thing for a firm to do; it can also lead to a stronger bottom line, especially... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Steve Barger (MBA 1974)
Growing up, Steve Barger spent his summers picking crops in Oregon until he was old enough to work in the cannery his father ran. A graduate of Williams College, he has two children and is married to his hometown sweetheart. Barger is president of Northwest Cascade, a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
tasks typically associated with common consulting projects, Karim Lakhani, the Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration and cofounder and chair of the Institute; Assistant Professor Edward McFowland III; and their... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 29 Jan 2025
- Blog Post
Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)
When I started my journey at Harvard Business School, I was eager to broaden my business knowledge and strengthen my skills, particularly in marketing and branding. Coming from a liberal arts undergraduate background with limited exposure to business, I began my career... View Details
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Marie Kyle
Bain & Co. led to an "externship" with The Bridgespan Group, a consultancy founded by a former HBS professor focused on the unique challenges of the nonprofit world. Within months, an interest that had been a sideline at... View Details
- 25 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Attending HBS to Grow the Family Business
three consulting firms (a role I never wanted to return to), and the excitement of entrepreneurship. All of a sudden, the family business didn’t seem all that glamourous. It was easy to get lost in the herd... View Details
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Carol Fishman Cohen
I want women (and men) who leave the work force to know they can resume their professional lives. Taking a career break used to be considered “career suicide.” But, I survived it. In 2001, I relaunched my career at a prominent investment View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- News
Hal (MBA 1968) and Diane Brierley
embarked on a path that would lead him to become a pioneer in database marketing and customer engagement. While working as a research assistant at HBS after graduation, Brierley agreed to help the headquarters of his undergraduate fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, find... View Details