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06 Feb 2007
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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

15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016

examples—GE, Mahindra & Mahindra, Hasbro, IBM, United Rentals, and Tata Consultancy Services—and testimonies of leaders who have successfully used this framework, this book solves once and for all the practical dilemma of how to align... View Details

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

Armed with your research, how should brand owners respond? A: Brand managers today have little appreciation for the extraordinary brand-building opportunities that come from using the brand to tell stories that resonate in American culture. Academics and branding View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

budgets. These include affirmative budgeting (full influence), consultative budgeting (moderate influence), and authoritative budgeting (low influence). When organizations communicate that employees will be involved in budgeting,... View Details

24 Sep 2013
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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

19 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

14 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 14

industry and the firm. A collaborative research paper called "Computer in Your Pocket" was recently published by four of her colleagues, but she was not consulted or asked to contribute. As clients call Bienenstock asking for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Oct 2009
Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

situation; rearranging moves, which reconfigure the assets or the parties or both; and shut-down moves, which prematurely cut off same-side-of-the-table competition. When I was a consultant at McKinsey in the early 1990s, we used the term... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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

13 Dec 2016
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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
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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

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

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Evan M.S. Hecht, and Abhijit Naik; Sports

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

conversations, they reflected on key issues. Edited excerpts follow. Brian Hall focuses his teaching and research on performance management and incentive systems. He has provided expert testimony on performance pay before the U.S. Senate and served as a View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

19 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 19, 2008

"November Agreement." Since then, Michael has found an angel investor and has worked non-stop on the business, while one co-founder was off enjoying the winter break with his family and the other worked on lucrative consulting... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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By: Geoffrey G. Jones

I currently teach the history of global entrepreneurship over the last 200 years. The 28-session course called Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism has become one of the most popular second year electives in the MBA program at the Harvard Business School. The cases,... View Details

19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19

Communication: Cases for Analysis, Appreciation and Application, edited by Laura W. Black, 143-148. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Publishing, 2010 Abstract Pressure intensifies on a strategy consulting team as they deliver a critical project,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

Garvin and Carin-Isabel KnoopHarvard Business School Case 311-008 In late spring 2009, Stroz Friedberg co-presidents Edward Stroz and Eric Friedberg had to set growth targets for 2010. The leading global consulting firm they had built... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

March 2019
Article

Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

The recent sharp decline in the cost of renewable energy suggests that the production of hydrogen from renewable power through a power-to-gas process might become more economical. Here we examine this alternative from the perspective of an investor who considers a... View Details

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07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

direct fees for these consulting services, it proposed to the client that it contract with the firm for five times this amount in legal fees that might otherwise have gone to another law firm. It is in this way that AG hopes to increase... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

Abstract Financial statements are the basis for a wide range of business analysis. Managers, securities analysts, bankers, and consultants all use them to make business decisions. There is strong demand among business students for course... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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March 15, 2016

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

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Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

First Look: Dec. 14

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

December 13, 2016

First Look: April 1

What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

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Economics of Converting Renewable Power to Hydrogen

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