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26 Apr 2024
Blog Post

How I Spent my 2+2 Deferral: Matthew Young

at McKinsey as a consultant working primarily in their Mergers & Acquisitions and Financial Services group before making a career pivot. In 2021, I joined the NFL’s Washington Commanders for the last two years of my deferral. I... View Details

04 Jun 2020
Book

It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

for teams to thrive, even in the leader’s absence. Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management at Harvard Business School, served as senior vice president for leadership and strategy at Uber and has consulted with WeWork and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Sergio Velasquez-Terjesen

real advantage in the marketplace and where sustainability can be most impactful." Changing directions again, Sergio has secured a consulting internship with McKinsey in Houston. "Consulting touches all aspects of business. It... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consulting

October 2007
Case

The AtekPC Project Management Office

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Mark Keil and John Hupp

Presents one company's efforts to implement a project management organization, or PMO, and the challenges they faced in doing so. Issues brought out in the case include defining the PMO's purpose and mission, the structure and governance of the PMO, and how to... View Details

Keywords: Projects; Goals and Objectives; Technological Innovation; Information Technology; Business Strategy; Mathematical Methods; Consulting Industry

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

online building materials auction exchange. Business Track, 1998 Zefer Anthony Tjan Matthew Burkley Alexandre Scherer Business Track Winner Interactive consultancy focused on web-enabled strategy Crimson Solutions Business Track Runner-Up... View Details

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Events - Business History

seminar, Professor Richard Whittington from University of Oxford’s Said Business School reported on findings from interviews with corporate strategists and consultants at leading firms such as General Electric and McKinsey & Co, and drew... View Details

20 Nov 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Pay Harmony: Peer Comparison and Executive Compensation

Keywords: by Claudine Gartenberg & Julie Wulf

March 2015 (Revised December 2016)
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American Well: The DTC Decision

By: Elie Ofek and Natalie Kindred

In late 2013, telehealth company American Well, which developed a digital platform that allowed patients to conduct online medical consultations with physicians, is considering pursuing a direct-to-consumer (DTC) strategy. Founded in 2006, American Well had, to date,... View Details

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05 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Six Ways to Build Trust in Negotiations

of their trustworthiness at the bargaining table. 1. Speak their language Some years ago, an airline that was seeking to go high-tech with its ticketing process invited a number of consulting firms to bid on the project. At the kickoff... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

25 Nov 2019
Research & Ideas

When Your Passion Works Against You

valued?” Jachimowicz says. Doesn't work for some jobs Passion can also backfire in certain positions more than others. A third study compared people with two different jobs who expressed passion for their work—accountants and consultants. The 64 participants said it... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Search Funds

through to "all loan data", see data dictionary for available data types and descriptors. Industry Research: Consult the list of library databases that cover industries and market research reports learn more about a... View Details

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Women at HBS - Alumni

quality research, analysis, and summaries in easy-to-read reports. Alumnae-Led Resources The Acceleration Project (TAP) , cofounded by HBS alumna Jane Veron (MBA 1991) , offers consulting opportunities to high-caliber women who wish to... View Details

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Greenhill House | About

(1890-1970), US treasury secretary under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1957. An attorney from Michigan, Humphrey became a leader in the American steel industry as the president of the M.A. Hanna Company and consulted with... View Details

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Industrial Decarbonization: Confronting the Hard Challenges of Cement

Cities like Cairo; Chongqing, China; Delhi; and Kinshasa, Congo are experiencing population explosions accompanied by unprecedented demand for homes, offices, factories, and infrastructure. In the United States, the Biden Administration’s policy-driven infrastructure... View Details

Keywords: by by Janelle Conaway; Green Technology; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

startup experience. Colson spent the majority of her career managing natural gas combined-cycle plants at NextEra Energy. She also worked in management consulting at Boston Consulting Group, where she... View Details

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Online Business Strategy Course | HBS Online

General Managers Consultants and Investors Develop a powerful, value-based strategy to achieve greater success for your team and organization. Participating in the student discussions was empowering. It ignited a drive within me to learn... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

A certificate of appreciation was presented to Ellie Care representatives Francisco Garcia Zavaleta (COO) and Gervasio Videla Dorna (cofounder and CEO), at left, and to Patricio Alba (cofounder and CIO), far right, by HBS students Maxwell Nii Laryea, third from left,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Career Resources | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

interests. Search for and connect with individuals through LinkedIn Research the experience of fellow MBAs to identify potential organizations and opportunities of interest. Past summer fellowship descriptions can be found on the Social Enterprise Summer Fellowships... View Details

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Founder - Entrepreneurship

the Startup Toolkit Short Intensive Program (SIP). Learn how to research business models, market sizes, and competitors by meeting with a Research Consultant at Baker Library—anytime. SPRING Pitch your startup for feedback and the... View Details

16 Oct 2017
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The Most Successful Startups Have Hands-On Founders

everything or giving (workers) only the bad parts of the task,” he says. Companies should invest in peer learning Companies often opt for formal training programs or consulting arrangements with instructors who teach entrepreneurs how to... View Details