Consulting - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Oct 2013
HBS Seminar

George Borjas, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

the business aspect of their problems. Gaurang Manjrekar Technology Consultant Gain confidence in your ability to understand financial statements and communicate financial results. My job is project-based, and I'm currently leading the... View Details

07 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: February 7

field study of 78 audit and consulting teams from two global professional firms, revealing an irony of team life: even though motivated to perform well on a high-stakes project, pressured teams are more likely to engage in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Student Journey - Entrepreneurship

tools and databases available for finding startups and doing background research. Attend one of Baker Library’s sessions, and schedule a Baker Research Consultation session. Set up a 1:1 session with a CPD startup-focused Career Coach and... View Details

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Brice Fodouop

their experiences: what challenges did they face? How can I overcome them?” Brice will intern with the Boston Consulting Group in Atlanta where he hopes to gain more exposure to the food and beverage industry. “I plan on doing full-time... View Details

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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

James L. Heskett, and Christopher A. Bartlett This document offers guidance and advice, including check lists, for the preparation and writing of both classroom cases and their accompanying teaching notes. These guidelines were developed based on View Details

12 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

The Three Components of Family Governance

development policies for family employees. Family compensation. Succession process, including retirement ages. Ownership, including buy-sell agreements. Dividends. Because each of these topics, except ownership, are clearly business policy areas, the family council... View Details

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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

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

by committed mission-driven investors, EH2 is building solutions to help cost-effectively decarbonize the massive industrial sectors that we all rely on. Karishma's role prior to HBS was a Consultant at BCG. Sadok Kechaou (MBA 2024,... View Details

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

editor-in-chief for the Harbus her second year, a member of the Women’s Student Association, and the Outdoors Club. She will be heading to McKinsey as a consultant in their San Francisco office. What advice would you give to incoming... View Details

30 Sep 2019
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6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

but also through informal get-togethers. For instance, employees at one consulting company started a book club that focused on black writers and coordinated visits to African American museums and historical sites. And when American... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Building the On-Demand Workforce - Managing the Future of Work

digital talent platforms to access highly skilled freelancers. Read Employer Survey In 2019, Harvard Business School’s Project on Managing the Future of Work and Boston Consulting Group’s Henderson Institute designed a survey to... View Details

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Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy - Recruiting

didn’t plan out a career in beauty. Instead, she tested out different hypotheses and followed her curiosity. Some early stops in her career included internships at Merrill Lynch and Putnam, consideration of joining Teach for America or law school, and then ultimately... View Details

18 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent

plan. Consulting firms and media outlets have conducted surveys and interviews about return-to-office policies and future work. Leaders should leverage easily accessible data to understand their employees better. Second, employees want... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson

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Organizational Behavior Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA Leslie Perlow Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Leadership Execution and Action Planning (LEAP) Ryan Raffaelli Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (also listed under Strategy)... View Details

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A Campus Built on Philanthropy | About

education. When Harvard Overseer Bishop William Lawrence approached him for a $1 million donation to help build the new campus, Baker refused. After consulting with his son, Harvard College graduate George F. Baker Jr., the elder Baker... View Details

08 Nov 2013
HBS Seminar

Laura Diaz Anadon, Harvard Kennedy School

25 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

When Negotiating a Price, Never Bid with a Round Number

public US-based companies between 1985 and 2012, looking at the price-per-share number of each offer. Based on what they already knew about the efficacy of precise numbers, they assumed that round-number bids would be in the minority. But it seemed that the investment... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Breaking the Code of Change

corporate leaders about the purpose of and means for change. In effect these two approaches to organizational change represent theories in use by senior executives and the consultants and academics who advise them. By "theory in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer & Nitin Nohria

16 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?

iStock Consumers make regretable decisions every day, even though easily available information should convince them to do otherwise: Twenty-six percent of consumers choose Advil or other branded headache remedies when they walk into a pharmacy, instead of less... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Consulting; Consulting

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