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07 Oct 2024
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On the Move: Nikos Bartzoulianos (MBA 2008)

After nearly nine years in a series of marketing and strategy roles at Samsung—where he logged approximately 2.5 million air miles and earned status as a “permanent resident” of Korea—Nikos Bartzoulianos (MBA 2008) made the leap to... View Details

November 1995 (Revised August 1996)
Case

Colliers International Property Consultants, Inc.: Organizational Integration

By: Michael Y. Yoshino and Carin-Isabel Knoop

Keywords: Organizational Design; Integration; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry

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Rocio Parra

says. In fact, she completed a couple of high-tech consulting internships while attending Stanford. But her senior project led to a major change in plans. "I was part of a team that conducted marketing View Details

27 Oct 2016
News

Pathfinder

Founded in 1963 by Bruce Henderson (MBA 1941), the Boston Consulting Group is one of a trio of well-known consulting firms that includes McKinsey and Bain. Many MBAs do an early-career stint in consulting—so... View Details

24 Mar 2021
News

Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education

Clubs News Clubs News Community Partners Lean In to Racial Equity Each year, hundreds of HBS alumni volunteer with their local alumni clubs and associations to offer pro-bono consulting to nonprofits in their communities. This year, the... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

09 Jan 2014
News

Tapping into Opportunity

SHENKAR by Constantine von Hoffman For many of us, water isn't something we give much thought to. Why should we? Turn on the tap and it's there. If you have to pay your town or city for water, chances are you don't pay very much. Unfortunately, someday in the... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Business and Environment Initiative; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

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Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs

What resources should I consult for my course work for Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs? Begin your research with the resources suggested... View Details

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

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Alan Neider

Alan wants to help students explore career opportunities in social impact, whether that be in the private, public, or nonprofit sector. He can shed light on what it’s like to work within local government, startups, and consulting as well... View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Award-Winning Article Urges Companies to Loosen Ties that Bind

focused mainly on avoiding risk -- and more on resource attraction, which nurtures innovation. For the past 41 years, the McKinsey Foundation for Management Research has offered awards recognizing the two best HBR articles published each year. Judged by an independent... View Details

08 May 2019
Blog Post

Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent

a variety of dynamic, in-demand work engagements). But many times, the greatest ideas arise out of opportunity. And often, the best businesses are created to address a market gap. In this case, it was both. Cheney had spent six years post HBS working in View Details

30 Mar 2018
News

Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time

come from low-income neighborhoods.” While his background is in commercial real estate and corporate finance, since 2012 Majors has served as a vice president at Purpose Built Communities, an Atlanta-based, nonprofit consulting group.... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Transforming nonprofits with business-oriented insights that scale impact

their capacity and dramatically improve results. “Never, at least in recent history, have there been so many people who have been so engaged in trying to make their communities and the world a better place,” says Tierney, chairman of the Boston-based firm. Bridgespan... View Details

Career Coach

Megan Gardner

Circles.Work Experience: Tech Start-ups (Board member, Advisor, CEO/Founder), Investment Banking (including M&A) - Deutsche Bank, SoundView Technology (bought by Schwab), Strategy Consulting / Business... View Details

Keywords: Emerging Markets; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Hospitality

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”

in the book, were overwhelmed by Xerox's mismanagement of the computer applications for its technology. In response to the criticism set forth by the two authors, who were consultants for McKinsey, Xerox decided to improve its ability to... View Details

Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough

30 Jan 2018
News

Four Alumni Named as Presidential Leadership Scholars

Bush, and Lyndon B. Johnson. The HBS cohort includes: Tynesia Boyea-Robinson (MBA 2005), president and CEO of Reliance Methods, a consulting firm that provides human capital strategy and placement solutions... View Details

Career Coach

Kate Swain-Smith

Kate comes to HBS from a career is strategy and operations in government, both at the local and federal level. She enjoys assisting students who come from non-traditional MBA backgrounds, or those who are making a pivot and need to craft... View Details

Career Coach

Elizabeth Gelb

Liz is happy to talk through career opportunities and strategies to pivot into roles in investing, consulting, sustainability, and energy, both internationally and domestically. Having worked in these industries prior to HBS and exploring... View Details

11 Dec 2023
Blog Post

Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy

exposed me to so many fascinating, smart, kind, humble, incredible people with so many different diverse backgrounds.” It was also at HBS that Leahy learned she could utilize her skillset in strategy View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

17 Apr 2014
News

Striking a Balance

Alvin J. Silk The struggle to balance career and family was all too familiar to the late Diane Doerge Wilson, whose memory is being honored with an HBS professorship funded by a gift from her husband, Alvin J. Silk. A senior consultant at... View Details

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