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01 Oct 2002
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Sam Hayes

Another crucial step would be to ensure that public accounting firms once again become bona fide watchdogs. Too often, lucrative consulting contracts have caused accounting View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

23 May 2018
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Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1955 Born, Queens, New York 1973 Launches clothing manufacturing business in Ecuador 1978 Earns BS, Finance, New York University 1980 Earns MBA, Baker Scholar 1980 Joins Boston View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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Mary Falvey

consultant to the firm characterized it this way: "Electing a woman partner requires changing the concept of not only what a partner is but also what a woman is." Hello, "glass ceiling"... View Details

30 Sep 2015
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Looking to Rwanda’s Future

advisor at the private equity firm TA Associates. “They asked, ‘What do we need to do today to help us attract international investors in the future?’ They were considering investments in infrastructure, resources, and education that... View Details

15 Nov 2013
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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

Gil Addo

firms and in 2021 was acquired by Oak Street Health for $190 million. Prior to founding RubiconMD, Gil was a Consultant at Putnam Associates, a pharma strategy consultancy, where he designed payer and market... View Details

Keywords: Healthcare

17 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709473 Exeter Group, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 409-001 Jonathan Kutchins and Mark Cullen, managing partners of IT consulting View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Nov 2016
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The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

consulting firm could do.” Urgency and Long-Term Impact After being based in Barcelona for many years, Duch was happy to bring his family to Washington, DC, a city that he says offers “more racial,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Apr 2002
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New Director of MBA Career Services Focuses on Power of Alumni Network

interview Merrick immediately; both offered him jobs. After graduation, he accepted a position at Parson Group, a Chicago-based consulting firm he learned of through a previous contact. That was then, this... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2024
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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

13 Sep 2019
Blog Post

An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit

time and energy to something greater than myself. So when I left the Army to attend HBS, I knew I wanted to try and capture that same sense of purpose. Enter fall internship recruiting. While my classmates were all knee-deep in case interview prep for top tier 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 Sep 2003
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Richard Edelman

Whether it is dolphin-rights advocates and tuna producers, or insurance companies and victims of the 9/11 tragedy, Richard W. Edelman is interested in bringing different worlds together. He is comfortable with conflict, and his 25 years in the family View Details

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

21 Sep 2016
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Ideas with Economic and Social Impact

emerging countries is very encouraging.” The former executive director of the HBS Global Initiative, Wilson is the founder of the consulting firm GV Partners, based in Geneva, Switzerland. Her impressive... View Details

25 May 2016
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FIELD 3: Taking Down Barriers

Biederman, who now runs HourlyNerd with two cofounders. Today, the Boston-based firm has raised three rounds of venture funding, has 45 full-time employees, and works with some 14,000 “nerds”—MBA graduates from a variety of top... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Home Sweet (Modular) Home

entrepreneurial odyssey that, at long last, has positioned Greentech on the brink of profitability. The company set out to be different. Greentech aimed to produce custom-designed modular homes that are highly energy efficient. Reflecting the partners’ personal values,... View Details

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

29 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 29, 2006

for three years at a major consulting firm where she learned to adopt the demeanor of her male colleagues in order to fit in. Some of her male classmates are critical of her masculine, aggressive style in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jan 2004
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Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

United States, and as an alternative representative to the United Nations General Assembly. During that time, Franklin also started a management consulting firm and began serving as a director of... View Details

17 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Applying the MBA Skillset to Global Health Challenges: Summer Fellow Vasilis Theodorou (MBA 2022)

working for a consulting firm that does social impact work or a nonprofit organization that is closer to impact? My current role at CHAI will help me answer these questions. I also knew my role would entail... View Details

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Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993) - Recruiting

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 as an Associate Consultant at one... View Details

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