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  • Jul 23 2018
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Driving Change in Professional Services

  • April 1999 (Revised August 2004)
  • Case

Women's Professional Basketball and the American Basketball League

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Natalie Zakarian
Chronicles the growth and development of women's professional basketball. Particular emphasis is on the impact of Title IX, the 1996 women's gold medal Olympic team, and the advent of the American Basketball League (ABL). The structure and "basic business model" of the... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Problems and Challenges; Sports; Gender; Planning; Growth and Development; Sports Industry
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Greyser, Stephen A., and Natalie Zakarian. "Women's Professional Basketball and the American Basketball League." Harvard Business School Case 599-031, April 1999. (Revised August 2004.)
  • March 2003 (Revised April 2006)
  • Background Note

Scale and Scope in Professional Service Firms

By: Ashish Nanda
This case discusses why economies (and diseconomies) of scale and scope exist in professional service firms (PSFs) and how they influence the amount and range of services that PSFs offer. It is distributed with a case that focuses on determining the optimal scale/scope... View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Operations; Microeconomics; Service Industry
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Nanda, Ashish. "Scale and Scope in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-117, March 2003. (Revised April 2006.)
  • 19 Nov 2019

Career and Professional Development Webinar

This webinar provides insight into the career and professional development opportunities for HBS students. This webinar will feature a discussion with the Managing Director of Careers and Professional... View Details
  • Apr 12 2017
  • Interview

The Future of Professional Service Firms

  • 17 Dec 2012
  • Working Paper Summaries

An Outside-Inside Evolution in Gender and Professional Work

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan, Kathleen McGinn & Deborah Kolb
  • February 2003 (Revised August 2004)
  • Background Note

Note on Valuation-Compensation Tradeoff in Professional Service Firm Acquisitions

By: Ashish Nanda
This case highlights the tradeoff between valuation ascribed to professionals at the time of a professional services firm (PSF) acquisition and the postacquisition compensation of these professionals. It emphasizes how a high valuation at acquisition carries with it... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Employees; Acquisition; Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry
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Nanda, Ashish. "Note on Valuation-Compensation Tradeoff in Professional Service Firm Acquisitions." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-111, February 2003. (Revised August 2004.)
  • 23 Oct 2014

HBS Career & Professional Development Webinar

Join Kristen Fitzpatrick, Senior Director of Career & Professional Development at HBS, for an overview of the career resources available to HBS students and career statistics on the Class of 2014. View Details
  • 09 Mar 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Accounting Scholarship That Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan; Education
  • April 2000 (Revised October 2002)
  • Background Note

Career Strategies and Tactics in Professional Service Firms

By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong and Scot H. Landry
Presents suggestions for ensuring a good start in a professional services career. View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Performance Expectations; Performance Effectiveness; Customization and Personalization; Practice; Valuation; Performance Evaluation; Business Startups; Competency and Skills; Learning; Talent and Talent Management; Management Skills; Consulting Industry
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Nanda, Ashish, Thomas J. DeLong, and Scot H. Landry. "Career Strategies and Tactics in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 800-375, April 2000. (Revised October 2002.)
  • October 2006
  • Article

Finance for the Non-Finance Professional

By: Blythe J. McGarvie
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McGarvie, Blythe J. "Finance for the Non-Finance Professional." Shattered: Breaking the Glass Ceiling (October 2006).
  • December 2010
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The Case for Professional Boards

By: Robert C. Pozen
When the world's largest financial institutions had to be rescued from insolvency in 2008, many experts laid the blame at the feet of corporate boards. But insufficient board oversight is a problem that had supposedly been solved in 2002. As the United States... View Details
Keywords: Financial Institutions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Failure; Accounting Audits; Quality; Behavior; Legal Liability; Experience and Expertise; Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Performance Effectiveness; United States
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Pozen, Robert C. "The Case for Professional Boards." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 12 (December 2010).
  • 1 Oct 2004
  • Lecture

Professional Roles, Responsibilities and Values

By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Values and Beliefs
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Kester, W. Carl. "Professional Roles, Responsibilities and Values." Lecture at the Harvard Business School Colloquium on Professional Education, October 1, 2004. (Panelist.)
  • November 1999
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SUPERVALU, Inc.: Professional Development Program

By: Francis Aguilar
SUPERVALU examines the creation and implementation of a training program for attracting and retaining college graduates for the nation's largest wholesale food distribution company. It addresses: 1) program design and 2) the management of the design effort and program... View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Retention; Training; Organizational Culture; Design; Business or Company Management; Higher Education; Programs; Food and Beverage Industry; Distribution Industry
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Aguilar, Francis. "SUPERVALU, Inc.: Professional Development Program." Harvard Business School Case 900-019, November 1999.
  • 19 Nov 2014
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Advancing opportunities for diverse professionals

Wall Street banker Sherrese Clarke Soares (MBA 2004) works with the Council for Urban Professionals to help minority professionals advance in their careers to the C-suite and corporate boards. (Published... View Details
  • 10 May 2013
  • HBS Seminar

Roundtable Discussion on the Disruption of Professional Services

  • February 1986 (Revised September 1987)
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Anaquest: The Professional Services Project (A)

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Vitale, Michael R. "Anaquest: The Professional Services Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 186-275, February 1986. (Revised September 1987.)
  • December 2002 (Revised February 2003)
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Broken Trust: Role of Professionals in the Enron Debacle

By: Ashish Nanda
Discusses the role of professionals in the Enron debacle. Argues that professionals failed to prevent or predict Enron's collapse because of the conflicts of interest they faced. Concludes with observations on management and regulation of conflicts of interest facing... View Details
Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Trust; Management Teams; Energy Industry
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Nanda, Ashish. "Broken Trust: Role of Professionals in the Enron Debacle." Harvard Business School Case 903-084, December 2002. (Revised February 2003.)
  • November 2013
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Ministry of Supply: Will Professionals Demand Its Performance?

By: Mukti Khaire and Hannah Catzen
Ministry of Supply is an entrepreneurial venture in the apparel sector. The firm focuses on a specific segment—'performance professional wear'—within the sector, specializing in clothes that use fabrics with high-tech performance features (such as moisture-wicking,... View Details
Keywords: Fashion And Creative Industries; Entrepreneurship; Fashion Industry
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Khaire, Mukti, and Hannah Catzen. "Ministry of Supply: Will Professionals Demand Its Performance?" Harvard Business School Case 814-042, November 2013.
  • 04 Aug 2020
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HBS Career & Professional Development Responds to COVID-19

Kristen Fitzpatrick (HBS '03) is the Managing Director of HBS Career and Professional Development (CPD). In this role, she also coaches alumni and MBA students. Through her interactions with recruiters over the past decade, Kristen is... View Details
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