Technology Consulting - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Jan 2018
Blog Post

"Luxury, Technology, Integration"

The above title was my answer when I was asked earlier this fall to sum up my experience in Milan in three words, working as an MBA intern within the office of the CEO of the YOOX Net-A-Porter (YNAP) Group. In a world where technology and... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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 professional firms around the... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Professional Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Vincent Dessain

Strategy consulting at Booz-Allen & Hamilton in New York and Paris; research; course development; recruitment and Executive Education at INSEAD and Harvard Business School; European Marketing Director at Timberland and New Balance. View Details

01 Jan 2003
News

Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964

the age of 57, Charles Rossotti made a self-described "huge detour" from a 28-year career at American Management Systems, Inc., the Virginia-based computer systems consulting firm he cofounded. He went from helping corporate clients... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

Gregory Slayton (MBA '90)

returns for shareholders and enabling Slayton to take a sabbatical), it had gained 75 percent of worldwide marketshare in VRML authoring products. Slayton's latest ventures include developing an oil mapping technology, running a management View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

Health Care’s New Frontier

consultants in the managed care practice of Booz Allen Hamilton, acquired an obstetrics practice in San Diego with $1.6 million in seed capital. The concept of a clinic where midwives and nurses provided quality care for healthy women... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Health, Social Assistance

20 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment

property technology for the Built World. The firm’s Climate Tech fund looks to invest in technologies built to help the real estate industry reduce its carbon footprint to zero and adapt in the face of a... View Details

05 Aug 2014
News

A Diversified Portfolio

and out of the tech sector. She was cofounder of MTV Europe; CEO in charge of launching AOL's Entertainment Asylum; and entrepreneur-in-residence for Softbank Technology Ventures. Being a female entrepreneur herself, she figured there... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

March 2020
Article

Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

In vertically integrated energy systems, integration frequently entails operational gains that must be traded off against the requisite cost of capacity investments. In the context of the model analyzed in this study, the operational gains are subject to inherent... View Details

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16 Nov 2021
Blog Post

How HBS Supported My Career Transitions During and After Graduation

interesting field for me as it combined many things I like: technology, e-commerce, global markets, and APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). I eventually narrowed in on Stripe and Plaid as my top two choices. I consulted with Martha... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Crash Pad

When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford; illustrations by Kathleen Fu; building coversion; housing crisis; innovation; real estate; Real Estate

01 Dec 2008
News

Alumni Books

investment bank in the world. Ellis, a strategy consultant to Goldman Sachs for over thirty years, explains how it rose to leadership in the United States and abroad, made many partners great fortunes, and became a leader in IPOs, M&A,... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

25 Aug 2014
News

Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992

consulting firm focused on the nascent field of Internet marketing. He spent several years building Conduit into one of Europe’s fastest-growing technology companies, eventually counting 130 employees around... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Apr 2001
News

Student Conferences Tackle Business Issues

academics for an exploration of new economy themes ranging from getting back to sustainable business models to the emerging wireless landscape. “Over the past year, we have seen a flight to quality in the technology market, where MBA... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

26 May 2016
News

W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975

Download Jim McNerney profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1949 Born, Providence, Rhode Island 1971 Earns BA, American Studies, Yale University 1975 Earns MBA 1975 Joins Procter & Gamble, Brand Manager 1978 Joins McKinsey & Company, View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Air Transportation; Transportation

24 Feb 2011
News

2011 Most Influential Women in Tech

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

01 Jun 2007
News

Mission Possible

venture-capital firms. “Having the Endeavor seal of approval carries a lot of weight with investor groups,” Ko explains. In addition, Endeavor has created partnerships with companies like The Boston Consulting Group, Citibank, Ernst &... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2012
News

Letters to the Editor

For Angie’s List, a New Niche? I enjoyed the profile of Angie Hicks (MBA 2000) in the March issue. While pursuing a post-HBS PhD, I supplemented poverty fellowship wages by pounding nails at a small, conscientious hardwood floor installation company of the sort... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

19 May 2015
News

Getting Ready for Success

Francisco for a European consulting group, then to work in Los Angeles at pre-IPO GeoCities. In 1999, Yahoo bought the company, and Huebner stayed there closing technology and revenue deals until she was... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Educational Services

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

"mountain of treasure." Dresser sought Komatsu's design technology and a cash infusion for plant modernization and capital expenditures. Komatsu hoped to become a successful global player, so it wanted better North American... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

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