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- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
consultant who comes in, assesses the situation, and offers expert advice. They're people who appeal to the mind more than the heart—that's where their talents lie, and that's what you need as Secretary of the Treasury. I don't think... View Details
- 20 Jun 2012
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Leadership: What We Know
consolidate and share such potential. Exciting advances in related fields such as brain research, identity, ethics, adult development, communications, positive psychology, human intelligence and educational theory require a single source for educators to View Details
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
the object of the game is for the players to debate the identities of the Vandals and vote to eliminate suspects. Purchase this exercise:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/911013-PDF-ENG Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting Firm... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jun 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: A Startup Takes On the Credit Ratings Giants
intelligence firm for nearly $2 billion, he remained active in venture capital, start-ups and charity work. In 2009 he founded the risk management consulting firm K2 Global Consulting with his eldest son.... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 02 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Digital Initiative Summit: Big Messages, Small Screens, Many Choices
In the land of the digitally connected, the mobile device is king. The majority of digital media consumption happens on mobile devices, with smartphone and tablet activity making up 60 percent of digital screen time in the United States, according to a recent report... 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
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
unwilling, to invest directly in Turkey because of political risk and government restrictions. The case ends in 1988 when the founder received a report from the management consultancy Bain calling for the firm to reduce the range of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Andy Grove on the Confident Leader
isn't grounded in the data in the case, the instructor is trained to crucify her right on the spot. And so we exalt the virtues of data-driven decision making. And then many of the students go to work for consulting firms where they carry... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
Rohit Daniel Wadhwani's research and teaching interests lie in business and financial history and public policy. He received his B.A. with honors from Yale College in 1991. From 1991 to 1995 he worked as a management consultant with APM... View Details
- 18 Nov 2009
- HBS Case
Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu
"fixing" elBulli turns it into just another restaurant, says Norton: "The things that make it inefficient are part of what makes it so valuable to people." Adrià's other business ventures include publishing elBulli-related catalogs, View Details
- 17 Nov 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design
enables lower-level managers to make more decisions without consulting their superiors. By the same token, Computer-Assisted Design and Computer-Assisted Manufacturing software creates a situation in which the plant worker needs less... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
School Case 113-073 Ken Traub at American Bank Note Holographics Ken Traub is hired as CFO for American Bank Note Holographics, the market-leading security holograph company, in January 1999, but discovers on his first day that the company has misstated its financials... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
negative outcomes, or as a rejuvenating experience, with positive post-break consequences. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52074 Harvard Business School Case 316-134 HourlyNerd HourlyNerd, a two-sided marketplace platform for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
forthcoming Journal of Investment Consulting Cloaked Trading By: Cohen, Lauren, Dong Lou, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract—Using a novel, proprietary database of micro-level trading activities by asset managers, we show strong evidence... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 1
In 2005, after several internal evaluations, RBM leadership has decided to engage the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to work on a Change Initiative that when completed will enable RBM to address the eradication of malaria both more... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
profitable and artistically impactful. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/milk-baths-and-charm-necklaces-had-randy-weiner-finally-gone-too-far/an/814079-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 496-023 Cambridge Consulting Group: Bob... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
world's leading data storage hardware and information management software company. EMC's customers had historically relied on EMC salespeople to guide them through the complex, consultative buying process. However, with the rise of social... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jul 2022
- Op-Ed
Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams
efforts, so adding Teams management to that regime is also one-stop shopping. In my information governance consulting practice, I adopted Zoom as the pandemic hit (moving away from older products like WebEx and GoToMeeting), but quickly... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost