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Brice Fodouop

Brice acquired operational experience in the company’s facilities in Albany (Oregon), Baltimore, and Chicago. “I wanted to know: what are the best practices in manufacturing?” From manufacturing to management After obtaining an... View Details

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Business History - Faculty & Research

; Business History ; Compensation and Benefits ; Recruitment ; Leadership Style ; Growth Management ; Management Succession ; Organizational Culture ; Performance Evaluation ; Networks ; Partners and... View Details

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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

This book gives an overview to the philosophy and applied strategies of teaching in a participant-centered learning environment. Articles September 2007 Academy of Management Learning & Education Vol. 6, No. 3 (Sep., 2007), pp. 364-374.... View Details

30 Nov 2021
In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

students. A few weeks into the course, accounting terminology came alive as I realized why accounting is the language of business. I can now talk confidently with clients and understand the business aspect of their problems. Gaurang Manjrekar Technology View Details

09 Nov 2023
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From the Brink

including spending on consultants and other items they deemed nonessential; such funds were then diverted to salaries for teachers and public safety workers and to investments in health care. They also worked to integrate various... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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A Campus Built on Philanthropy | About

industries. Although he famously kept a low profile, leaders of business and government consistently sought and received his advice. Baker appreciated the impact of unsteady economic times, and his 1924 gift to the School was understood to be an endorsement of the need... View Details

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy

all have to be in alignment." Along with Russell A. Eisenstat, an independent consultant and former HBS faculty member, Beer has developed a process called Organizational Fitness Profiling, which helps a CEO or business unit general... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

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Community | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

School that provides a forum for exploring the synergies between all sectors to address critical social issues worldwide. Consulting for Impact Club The Consulting for Impact Club (CFI) matches Harvard MBA... View Details

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Thomaz Galvao

Putting his ideals into action, Thomaz became the co-founder, in 2016, of the McKinsey Black Network in Brazil, an organization that grew from two consultants to sixteen in the two years he worked with the firm. After working at McKinsey,... View Details

29 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 29, 2008

Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsAvaya (A) Harvard Business School Case 508-048 Avaya's top management wants to improve demand generation. This requires an improvement in the relationship between Sales and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

31 Mar 2022
Op-Ed

Navigating the ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in Professional Services

particularly valued Linklaters’ ability to work on cross-jurisdictional matters. Learning economies. Major strategy consulting firms, such as McKinsey and Boston Consulting Group, tout the benefits of having... View Details

Keywords: by Ashish Nanda

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Alumni Engagement | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Education programs each year Alumni Clubs provide over $10 million annually in pro-bono consulting to non-profits Club Activities include: Social enterprise events and programs for alumni Volunteer View Details

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Does Hybrid Work Actually Work? Insights from 30,000 Emails

opposite. The results showed that hybrid workers produced more novel work than the other two groups, with managers subjectively rating their work as higher quality than the others. Choudhury notes that the new working paper may be the... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

CO2 while reducing ocean acidity. Vanessa's role prior to HBS was a Consultant at BCG and Project Manager at NextEra Energy. Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024, Section H), Summer Internship: Sales & Marketing,... View Details

07 Nov 2023
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Love and Money

more efficient. And so concierge services like matchmakers or dating coaching or consulting services, they're very expensive. It's a luxury good that you can buy to make it more efficient, so that when you show up for an actual date, you... View Details

01 Feb 2022
Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

Andrew Binns, a consultant affiliated with HBS’s Digital Initiative. Tushman, the Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus, chairs the Advanced Management Program at... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

01 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US

skills – and all the hard work has paid off. Former management consultant Straughn-Turner is excited to be starting the next chapter of his career contributing to the development of the American South. At... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

May 2013 (Revised March 2014)
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Gap, Inc., 2012

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin

Between 2000 and 2012, Gap, Inc. (Gap) ceded its world leadership position in specialty fashion retailing to Inditex of Spain and H&M of Sweden. These two companies, each less than a quarter of Gap's size in 2000, were now setting the pace in the global mass fashion... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Change; Fashion; Multinational; Brands; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Performance Improvement; Strategy; Brands and Branding; Change Management; Retail Industry; Fashion Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Sweden; Spain; United States

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Becoming a Board Member - Alumni

HBS Alumni Resume Book who have relevant board experience Identify and contact executive search firms (see list below) Increase Your Visibility Sell yourself as an expert - get published, get quoted, give speeches, serve on panels, etc. Invest in the organization View Details

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