CONSULTING Firms - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2024
News

Conducting Business

In 2015 I moved from New York City to Madison, Connecticut, where I met, quite by chance, Ginny Vancil and her brother, Richard. I thought, How many Vancils can there be in the world? I asked if they knew Richard “Dick” Vancil, who was my first professor for my first... View Details

Keywords: Michael Farmer (MBA 1971); illustration by Lucinda Rogers; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

15 Mar 2016
First Look

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

01 Apr 2000
News

Getting the Message

astronomical -- as much as $33 billion worldwide by 2004, according to Forrester Research, a consulting firm specializing in e-commerce. Industry observers are shy to predict just what the future of... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2010
News

How to Survive Past Start-up

consulting firm used to be as good as it gets: a six-figure starting salary, a $30,000 signing bonus, a pledge to pay some or all of their B-school tuition — which amounts to more than $50,000.” But, times... View Details

Keywords: Bill Murphy Jr.; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2009
News

Dispatches from the Global Classroom

firm that partnered with San Luis Rassini when it was a state-owned steel company. Its evolution into a privately owned, global supplier of auto parts is symbolic of how deep Mexico’s transformation has been over the past twenty years.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

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Online Creating Brand Value Course | HBS Online

how brands create shareholder value and why it’s vital to invest in your brand Who Will Benefit Marketing Professionals Managers and Consultants in Retail and Consumer Goods Entrepreneurs Transform your brand into your company’s... View Details

09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

all, he’s someone we can all trust to always do the right thing.” However, romantic entanglements were part of Easterbrook’s story from the start. When the board appointed him CEO, they knew he had a relationship with a third-party View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

09 Mar 2023
News

Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year

consulting firm to survey alumni members to better understand how the club can serve them at various stages of their careers and family lives. In addition, the club recently established the Younger Alumni... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2007
News

Mead Treadwell

available search-and-rescue, as well as no oil or chemical spills and no rust buckets allowed. By secure we mean no single nation has control or the ability to unfairly tax ships passing through. Reliable means having enough ocean-transport and sea-lane rules in place... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

01 Jun 2010
News

$how Me the Money

(ECAs). ECAs offer financial guarantees to multinationals that in effect may reimburse firms for bribes paid or for contracts canceled by host countries because the multinationals paid bribes. As for companies’ internal guidelines,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

04 Sep 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019

co-founder of the investment firm Blackstone, has written an empowering, entertaining, and informative guide for anyone striving for greater personal impact. From deal making to investing, leadership to entrepreneurship, philanthropy to... View Details

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

Ashish Dhawan (MBA ’97), founder and senior managing director of ChrysCapital, a private-equity firm based in Mumbai. Even so, Dhawan believes that a growing awareness of the outside world and a sense of competitiveness in the Indian... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

12 Feb 2008
First Look

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

01 Dec 1998
News

Africa's Way

noted that electricity in South Africa is the cheapest in the world and that ESKOM is able to provide support to neighboring countries. Where infrastructure is lacking, entrepreneurial opportunities abound. In recent years, for example, the Cambridge,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

26 Feb 2021
News

Latinx on Boards; High-Tech Reforestation

interested Latino professionals prepare themselves to be considered for board positions. The virtual event was the second in a series of webinars offered as part of a coordinated campaign by the two alumni clubs, with consulting help from... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 2001
News

Q&A: Orin Smith

benefits to part-time workers. We have a consulting firm poll our workers every year to find out how they feel about the company, and they've told us that they've never seen such a positive response in an... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Hospitality; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2004
News

A Life by Design

revitalize product lines produced by some of America’s most recognizable retailers. More recently, Ross, a self-styled corporate maverick, has branched out from products to explore process in pursuit of corporate America’s elusive holy grail: successful product... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

included presentations by Shelley Correll (Stanford University), Pamela Stone (CUNY), and Irene Padavic (Florida State University) and conference cochair Robin Ely. Padavic and Ely discussed why work/family initiatives have failed to advance women executives, using the... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

13 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 13, 2009

standard measures of patent quality, we find that patents granted to firms involved in private equity transactions are more cited (a proxy for economic importance), show no significant shifts in the fundamental nature of the research, and... View Details