Publications

July 1998 (Revised August 1998)
Case

Community Wealth Ventures, Inc.

By: James E. Austin and Meredith D. Pearson

Share Our Strength, a successful anti-hunger nonprofit organization, created a for-profit subsidiary--Community Wealth Ventures (CWV)--to provide advisory services to companies and nonprofits on collaboration. Management is reviewing CWV's start-up experience. View Details

Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; For-Profit Firms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Partners and Partnerships; Nonprofit Organizations; Consulting Industry

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25 Apr 2014
News

Entrepreneurship flourishes in the Bayou

sales. He leads a team dedicated to assisting inexperienced entrepreneurs as well as longtime industry players who “require a new way of thinking about common issues.” The team provides strategic planning, coaching, and mentoring, and... View Details

Web

Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship | Baker Library

Help Center Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship How can I find underserved markets as a black entrepreneur? Use these resources to validate the need underlying your business idea. Please contact infoservices@hbs.edu to schedule a View Details

Web

A Network for Change | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

social enterprise events and programs for alumni; volunteer consulting programs; events to benefit the local community; fundraising and capacity-building activities to support local nonprofit organizations. Impact Stories Content &... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

Cyberposium 16

TechMedia Club’s Cyberposium 16 (www.cyberposium.com), which drew hundreds of industry practitioners, entrepreneurs, investors, academics, and students to HBS last November. Titled “Battle of the Platforms,” the gathering featured... View Details

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

25 Aug 2022
News

Vision: To Go-Go

off the ground? That is exactly what Juan Azuero and Daniela Izquierdo (both MBA 2019) are doing with Foodology, a foodtech startup with operations in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, and Peru. Azuero and Izquierdo both grew up in Bogotá, both worked as View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; entrepreneurship; foodtech; startup; Latin America

01 Apr 2002
News

New Director of MBA Career Services Focuses on Power of Alumni Network

their choice of industry and function. It's a tough year - you can't dress it up." Industries that have been hit hardest by the economic downturn include consulting and... View Details

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

Profile

Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo

Margarita de la Piedra Carrillo was attracted to industrial engineering (her undergraduate major) for one of the same reasons she was ultimately attracted to business: "to optimize processes, not just in manufacturing, but in any... View Details

May 2024 (Revised May 2025)
Case

Hakluyt: From Corporate Intelligence to Trusted Advisors

By: Joseph B. Fuller and Lena Duchene

Established in 1995 by a group of ex-British intelligence officers, Hakluyt & Company (Hakluyt) was a corporate advisory firm that generated insights by leveraging a unique blend of internal expertise and a global network of well-connected individuals. Since 2019, the... View Details

March 2018
Supplement

McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices (B)

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Nathaniel Schwalb

The (B) case outlines the choices made by the associates in real life and the consequences of such choices. View Details

Keywords: Early Career Experiences; Career Progression; Experiences; Personal Development and Career; Decisions; Outcome or Result; Consulting Industry

March 2018
Case

McKinsey & Company: Early Career Choices (A)

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Nathaniel Schwalb

This case profiles the early career choices faced by three McKinsey associates. The (A) case profiles the dilemma faced by each individual and sets up the class discussion. View Details

Keywords: Early Career Experiences; Career Progression; Experiences; Personal Development and Career; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consulting Industry

September 2011
Teaching Note

Growing Pains at Stroz Friedberg (TN)

By: David A. Garvin

Teaching Note for 311008. View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Growth and Development; Revenue; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; System; Transformation; Consulting Industry

September 2006 (Revised April 2007)
Supplement

Tim Keller at Katzenbach Partners LLC (B)

By: Boris Groysberg, Christopher Marquis and Ayesha Kanji

Supplements the (A) case. The (B) case presents the final outcome of the events. Reveals how Keller is able to turn around perceptions about him and forge relationships with key decision makers. Includes reflections and lessons learned from all parties and Keller's... View Details

Keywords: Projects; Management; Leadership; Organizations; Situation or Environment; Competition; Rank and Position; Attitudes; Motivation and Incentives; Consulting Industry

September 2004
Teaching Note

Maria Hernandez & Associates (TN)

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Teaching Note to (9-902-401). View Details

Keywords: Consulting Industry

August 2001
Teaching Note

Bridgespan Group, The TN

By: Allen S. Grossman

Teaching Note for (9-301-011). View Details

Keywords: Consulting Industry

November 1999 (Revised March 2001)
Case

Russell Reynolds Associates, 1999

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Rakesh Khurana

The president and CEO of Russell Reynolds examined the company's expansion strategy, especially in emerging markets. He evalulates how quickly the company should open new offices abroad and in which countries. View Details

Keywords: Global Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Expansion; Consulting Industry

March 1998
Teaching Note

Cultivating Capabilities to Innovate: Booz.Allen & Hamilton TN

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Teaching Note for (9-698-027). View Details

Keywords: Consulting Industry