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- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
management team, supported by an external consulting firm, introduced a series of aggressive cost-cutting measures that resulted in a downsizing of the workforce, and impacted some distinctive features of the services provided by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
Ross to write the paper "Performance Pricing in Tough Times." Shapiro, an authority on marketing strategy and sales management, is the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. Ross is a former McKinsey View Details
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
larger class of financial and managerial consultants who sought to refine business decision-making through the introduction of statistical data and scientific analysis. The failure of most forecasting agencies to predict the stock market... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is Concierge Management an Answer to the “Big Quit”?
(iStockphoto/Mladen Zivkovic) Several years ago, my spouse and I turned to concierge medicine. We no longer wanted to deal with a US health care system that often provides basically anonymous, production line diagnosis and treatment during hurried, 15-minute View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 10 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later
field observations—and the interaction among them all. Ely: Were you a consultant to the organization initially? Was that how you got your foot in the door? Kanter: I was a consultant. What I could bring to bear as a young academic was... View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=208102 Monitor's Opportunities in India (A) Harvard Business School Case 708-482 The CEO of a strategy consulting firm must decide which of the firm's functions, if any, to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn
formation, and innovation. He is also a partner of the international management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he is a leader of its Innovation practice. Chakravorti has advised over 30 Fortune 500 companies on innovation,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
estimates of corruption and study its relationship with organizational ownership. Book: http://www.cmi.no/research/project/?1473=the-international-handbook-on-the-economics-of Knowledge-based Innovation: Emergence and Embedding of New Practice Areas in Management View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
"Profitability Optimization Model" (PROM) in the first half of the 1960s that appeared to explain a significant fraction of the variation in the return on investment afforded by its various businesses.20 Over time, like many other companies, GE also sought... View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- September 2021 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Community Solutions
By: Brian Trelstad and Tom Quinn
Community Solutions was an anti-homelessness nonprofit founded in 2011 after protagonist Rosanne Haggerty grew frustrated with the limited impact of traditional housing and outreach strategies. It set an ambitious goal, reached in some partner communities, of ending... View Details
Keywords: Change; Change Management; Disruption; Transformation; Communication; Communication Strategy; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Social Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Capital Budgeting; Capital Markets; Country; Government Administration; Government Legislation; Housing; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Invention; Innovation Strategy; Knowledge Sharing; Leading Change; Resource Allocation; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Performance Improvement; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Opportunities; Social Enterprise; Nonprofit Organizations; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Societal Protocols; Poverty; Welfare; Well-being; System; Equality and Inequality; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; United States; New York (city, NY); Florida; Texas
Trelstad, Brian, and Tom Quinn. "Community Solutions." Harvard Business School Case 322-021, September 2021. (Revised November 2022.)
- November 2002 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Keane's Acquisition of Metro Information Services (A)
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez
On August 21, 2001, Keane, Inc. announced the acquisition of Metro Information Services, Inc. This case analyzes the challenges facing firms and examines transactions whose major source of value creation hinges on intangible assets (e.g., people or knowledge). View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Value Creation; Goodwill Accounting; Problems and Challenges; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis. "Keane's Acquisition of Metro Information Services (A)." Harvard Business School Case 103-042, November 2002. (Revised March 2007.)
- August 2001 (Revised March 2016)
- Case
Doral Costa
By: William J. Poorvu, John H. Vogel Jr., Arthur I. Segel and Amy Silverstein
Doral Costa is a proposed 277,803 square foot Class A office park development in Miami, FL. Trammell Crow Co. would like to develop this office park in joint venture with a partner. Samantha Spar, the acquisitions partner at Titan Associates, a large real estate... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Joint Ventures; Acquisition; Investment; Partners and Partnerships; Decision Choices and Conditions; Fair Value Accounting; Construction; Property; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Miami
Poorvu, William J., John H. Vogel Jr., Arthur I. Segel, and Amy Silverstein. "Doral Costa." Harvard Business School Case 802-023, August 2001. (Revised March 2016.)
- December 1997 (Revised August 1998)
- Case
Shanghai Real Estate (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Paine, Lynn S., and Harold F. Hogan Jr. "Shanghai Real Estate (B)." Harvard Business School Case 398-089, December 1997. (Revised August 1998.)
- 21 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets
its government relations and operations. Similarly, the employment Tata Consultancy Services brought to Uruguay enabled the company to receive fast-tracked visas for employees traveling from India. At home, Tata Group filled voids in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Business Should Invest in Community Health
skilled employees for three weeks to non-profit health organizations to provide pro bono consulting and technology services. It focuses on a handful of projects each year selected from an applicant pool of more 100 in 2016. In Durham,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions
these tensions themselves.” In contrast, the successful organization required the job counselors to consult with the production supervisors before making any key decisions, and vice versa. And it provided ample time and opportunity for... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Women Negotiating in the New Millenium
"Jane's Dilemma" was inspired by a real situation that had happened to an executive at a major consulting firm. The woman had been offered responsibility on the company's Women's Initiative, but managed to turn around what may... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved earnings quality when auditors provide NAS, especially those related to information services. This is consistent with better audit quality from knowledge spillovers due to the joint offering of audit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
being willing to learn from different people, sometimes outside of the manager’s field. Again, we turn to Belichick, who has been known to consult with other football coaches, including the legendary Jimmy Johnson and decorated college... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
changes in government technology policy that favor OSS can have a positive impact on both global social value and domestic national competitiveness. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55905 Harvard Business School Case 819-043... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman