Strategic Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Apr 2017
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Why I Love My Job: Ching Ching Chen On Her Passion For the Music Industry

/ artists as possible and I spent much of my time last summer trying to bridge that gap. With Neil Jacobson, I had the opportunity to work with him on drafting a strategic plan for the revival and relaunch... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports

01 Jun 2005
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Better than Cash

Somerville, Massachusetts, needed advice on how to make the nonprofit more cost-effective, he might have considered attending business school. But he didn’t have to. Harvard Business School came to him in the form of alumni who have helped him develop a new View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; CAP; HBS; nonprofits; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

18 Jan 2018
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Making a Mark in Multicultural Marketing

the first in her extended family to attend college. Before starting Mirror Digital, she worked in the media and technology group at Morgan Stanley, executing corporate finance and merger and acquisition transactions, and in strategic... View Details

10 Dec 2015
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Leveraging Curiosity to Broaden the Impact

seeing the product that was eventually going to touch someone’s life,” he says. “While I am still passionate about engineering, I want to work with people and teams in the business world to broaden my impact, especially in strategic View Details

10 Jan 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management

more than the statement presented in company documents; it's the actual aggregation of commitments and their relationship to the realized strategy of the firm. Operating level decisions can change the de facto strategy of the firm. View Details

Portrait Project

Jessica Gelman

peers, pursue lifelong learning, climb five more 14,000 ft. mountains, teach others whenever possible and be open to new dreams and ideas. These are my goals. In realizing these goals, I plan to live my life the only way I know how: full... View Details

04 Jan 2016
Blog Post

5 Ways to Motivate Employees After the Holiday Season

down with their team members individually, to talk about their professional and personal development goals for the year ahead. Managers can strategize how to achieve these goals, and can suggest courses, conferences, or seminars to help... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Staff | Information Technology

Staff Harvard Business School (HBS) IT delivers and supports the strategic technology solutions you need to help HBS shape the future of business. Whether we're behind the scenes ensuring the security and availability of mission-critical... View Details

01 Mar 2012
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School’s Financial Picture Brighter than Expected

million to $132 million. Although Harvard Business Publishing experienced planned increases for expenses to boost its technology platform and expand its sales organization, revenue grew by $17 million to $152 million. Together, Executive... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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IT Strategy: The Future of the Web at HBS | Information Technology

director for Knowledge and Library Services at the Baker Library | Bloomberg Center at HBS. “A well-implemented CMS enables all of us to work more seamlessly and fosters a culture of innovation around our evolving content needs.” Learn More About the View Details

29 Jan 2025
Blog Post

Finding Professional Purpose: Building an Impactful Career that Reflects your Values with Lisa Tanzer (MBA 1993)

undergraduate background with limited exposure to business, I began my career as an Associate Consultant at one of the Big Four accounting firms (PwC), focusing on strategic planning in financial services,... View Details

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Corporate Finance: Corporate Financial Operations (CFO) - Course Catalog

them from effectively engaging the finance function. The finance divide between the finance team and other operators can generate a number of problems. For example, if finance teams are not sufficiently included in the strategic View Details

21 May 2025
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Mentorship in Action: When an HBS Student Proposes a Project

incorporated my recommendations into their strategic plan for the following year.” Getting the Full Picture Jessica’s internship provided more than just project work—it gave her a comprehensive view of how a... View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

Devtosh Khare

a business plan to solicit venture capital and helped with strategic planning for a new Web-based product launch. To further expand his knowledge of India's thriving... View Details

Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell

01 Jun 2012
News

Good as Our Word

uses ratings, and how they are used. The case concerns the strategic options facing a new entrant hoping to exploit the potential crack in the dominance of Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P. Becker was spurred to write it when he realized the bond... View Details

Keywords: Maggie Starvish; Bond rating; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 2008
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NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits

STRATEGIC ADVICE: HBS professor Michael Porter took a question before his presentation. What happens when you bring over 450 CEOs and presidents of New York City’s leading nonprofits together for a daylong educational summit? Answer: a... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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HBS to Host Venture Capital Forum for Women

representatives of businesses led or managed by women will make presentations to over three hundred corporate, angel, and venture investors and strategic partners. Companies seeking financing will be screened to ensure that they meet... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Dec 1997
News

A Conversation with John Doerr (MBA '76)

term—and please define what long term means in your industry—as the next major developments in business? Doerr: We do a long-term strategic plan that looks ahead three years. We used to prepare it once a... View Details

04 Feb 2020
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In Harmony

One spring day in 1983, Mark Weinstein (MBA 1981) sat down in his Watergate Tower office at Strategic Planning Associates in Washington, DC, looked out at the Kennedy Center, and worked out a View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

February 2013 (Revised December 2015)
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Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency

By: Michael W. Toffel, Kira R. Fabrizio and Stephanie van Sice

Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term financial and environmental benefits. With early success serving customers in the cold storage and industrial... View Details