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- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
given my background, I could come in and make a difference." Wood's prior career included working for Gil Kemp (MBA 1976) in direct marketing for Bertelsmann and for Pearson Education publishing companies. In 2005, she decided to hang a shingle for her own View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
quickly bring new ideas to market," Kanter says. Steven C. Wheelwright, MBA Class of 1949 Professor of Business Administration and chairman of the MBA Program, who works with a variety of firms in areas such as innovation, renewal,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details
- 27 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Fellows Respond to COVID-19
that facilitates video consultations with mental health professionals. With its general access and minimal click approach, Bloomup is the low-barrier solution for all concerns, especially those due to the COVID-19 crisis. Peter Le (MBA... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
focused on the phenomenon of bankruptcy. A consultant to or board member of numerous corporations, financial institutions, and government agencies over the years, Hayes expressed his aversion to Chapter 11 proceedings for companies trying... View Details
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
Community Partners programming. The shift to virtual engagement over the past year inspired the clubs, with the help of the SEI, to run the event at a much larger scale. This year’s national summit is an amplification and supplement to the ongoing View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
the heritage my father left us," says Bertarelli, who has led the Ares-Serono Group, already strong, to even greater heights. During the last five years he has formed a management executive committee and reorganized the firm "to prepare... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 09 Jan 2020
- News
Your Whole Self
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Amy Jen Su (MBA 1997) is managing director at executive coaching firm Paravis Partners, and she’s been hearing some consistent themes in the trenches these... 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 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
now a SVP of Greenlight.com, which recently merged with CarsDirect.com. “It moved quickly from class project to religious quest,” adds Nussey, the former CEO of e-business consulting firm iXL and current... View Details
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Smaller Firms (also listed under Finance) Richard Ruback Royce Yudkoff Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 The Founder Mindset Reza Satchu Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 IFC: India; Development While Decarbonizing - India’s Path to Net Zero (also listed under General... View Details
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
conflicts of interest. For example, the change in the commission structure in 1974 created a whole new dynamic that influenced the role of research by investment banks. And the growing importance of consulting at public accounting View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
appear on the goods it delivers. But nearly every major retailer, from Liz Claiborne to Walmart, depends on Li & Fung to stock its shelves. The firm is the quintessential middleman between manufacturers, now in more than 40 economies, and... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
on billable hours, for your whole career, means that it will never become family-friendly. It is noteworthy, however, that I met my wife at the consulting firm. Small firm consulting. Upon leaving the large... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
computing has exploded. Amit Kumar (MBA 2008), a managing director and senior partner at Boston Consulting Group, estimates that more than 300 companies are currently active in the quantum space and that more than $3 billion in investment... View Details
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
going into consulting or investment banking. What I was interested in was the grain merchandising business. His class was very popular and tough, and I loved it. Somehow it struck me—all these large companies that move giant quantities of... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
systematically examined. This contempt for business groups in mature market settings stands in sharp contrast to the intensive research that has been conducted on other major models of large modern enterprises in those economies, such as functionally organized View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair
struggled to get twenty-five people to the conference. At that conference the academics and consultants came together and created a professional society called the Family Firm Institute (FFI) to develop... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
“After 66 countries, I’m a firm believer in the Visited app, which allows you to easily plot and plan the expansion of your horizons.” Courtesy source Courtesy source —Kwame Jackson (MBA 2000), speaker, entrepreneur, and View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Doriot’s Impact on Europe The article about General Georges Doriot in the June issue is quite informative about his great accomplishments. Left without mention, however, was the first venture capital firm in Europe, called European... View Details