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April 1997 (Revised July 1997)
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KPMG Peat Marwick U.S.: One Giant Brain

Demonstrates how organizations can move toward creation of processes and information technology infrastructures for effective knowledge management in order to enhance performance and productivity. More specifically, describes the knowledge management strategy of KPMG... View Details

Keywords: Internet; Information Technology; Knowledge Management; Service Industry; Service Industry; United States

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01 Mar 2010
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HBS Grads Make Their Mark in India

Amelio Child Care Founder and CEO Sridevi Raghavan (MBA ’08) Amelio is India’s first on-site child-care services provider. The company helps firms to analyze their employees’ child-care needs and assists clients in opening and managing... View Details

Keywords: child care; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services

01 Sep 2009
News

Ready for Launch

A daily apartment cleaning service (Fresh Maid). An organizer of one-day extreme endurance events for men (Tough Mudder). A market-based solution to increase the milk production of cattle in rural India (Doodh Bhandar). These are just a... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services; Educational Services

24 May 2017
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Angie Hicks, MBA 2000

Steakhouse. He thought I could use a break,” says Hicks with a laugh that punctuates much of her conversation. During that summer, Oesterle “quickly saw that she was extraordinary,” he says. Hicks graduated intending to work as a View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

27 Jan 2014
Blog Post

Opportunity Abounds

the US, with our global partners on a pressing business issue. The project concludes with a 10-day trip to work in the FIELD with our partners, formally ending with a business recommendation from the HBS team. I traveled to New Delhi to work with a start-up in the... View Details

Keywords: Technology

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 additional View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Steve Barger (MBA 1974)

world was so different then — no cell phones, software, biotech, or espresso. It’s sure to change as much for today’s graduates, with opportunities to create products and services not yet imagined. When I graduated I took a job View Details

Keywords: Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

01 Dec 2000
News

Latin America's Decade

Quaxar.com, an e-commerce and Internet consulting firm based in Miami, took a different approach to the matter of start-up capital. Leonel Azuela (MBA 2000), managing partner of Quaxar, explains that "we opted for a strategic partnership... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

cannot be successful unless they show vulnerability, are consistent, take time to be balanced, have a vision, and embrace their role as decision-makers. In the 2010 case “Toby Johnson: Leading After School,” Johnson, with military service... View Details

Profile

Zach Clayton

involved in politics. "By college, I was eager to work with candidates in a more structured way," he says. That desire led to two business enterprises: The Resources Group, a public affairs organization, and New Media Campaigns, a company with web tools and... View Details

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Privacy - HBS Working Knowledge

information for commercial purposes. Such information will be utilized only for the purpose stated. To accomplish such purpose, Harvard Business School may disclose the information to its employees, consultants and agents (including, for... View Details

Career Coach

Michele Biamonte

J.P.Morgan (Investment Management/Private Banking, Internal Consulting Services, Recruiting/Training/Leadership Development/Program Management); Harvard Business School (MBA Admissions Board Member, Career & Professional Development... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All); Financial Services (All)

09 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Startup Balancing Act

a five year strategy for the company and determine where investments should be made. This job was a big departure from my prior role at a multinational strategy consulting firm. However, working at a startup will allow me to answer a few... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

01 Sep 2011
News

Extraordinary People

social service organizations through their family foundation. “There comes a responsibility with success, and that is leaving the world better than you found it,” says Klarman. Robert Kraft, MBA 1965 Founder, Chairman and CEO, The Kraft... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services; Personal Services

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 for Fortune 500 clients, and... View Details

Career Coach

Kristin Brennan

candidates, and moving across the boundaries of strategy consulting or professional services roles v. operating roles with direct line authority. Prior to her current role, Kristin worked in leadership... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

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5.1 Community Standards/Disciplinary Process | MBA

5.1 Community Standards/Disciplinary Process 5.0 Community Standards Process The MBA disciplinary process reflects and safeguards the HBS Community Values . It is designed to be fair and transparent to all students involved. MBA Program leadership, in View Details

01 Dec 2003
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DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers

primarily for public schools serving low-income families. It has created an online marketplace connecting teachers with “citizen philanthropists,” who buy supplies or services the schools can’t afford. At www.DonorsChoose.org, teachers... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services; Personal Services

01 Dec 2004
News

Japanese Connection

skills. After working as a consultant at PA Consulting Services, Ltd., and APM, he joined Genentech in 1992, where he worked for nine years before leaving to launch his own marketing View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Educational Services; Educational Services