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- 2004
- Class Lecture
The Case Method in Professional Education
By: David A. Garvin
Garvin, David A. "The Case Method in Professional Education." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2004. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 9-829-0C.)
- Dec 21 2015
- Testimonial
Gaining Personal Insight Through Professional Development
- 1 Apr 1993
- Conference Presentation
Assessing the Creativity of Professional Art
By: Teresa M. Amabile and E. Phillips
- December 2004
- Class Lecture
The Case Method in Professional Education
By: David A. Garvin
Garvin, David A. "The Case Method in Professional Education." Harvard Business School Class Lecture 305-072, December 2004.
- Article
Guarantees Come to Professional Service Firms
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Christopher L. Hart and Dan Maher
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Christopher L. Hart, and Dan Maher. "Guarantees Come to Professional Service Firms." MIT Sloan Management Review 33, no. 3 (Spring 1992): 19–29.
- November 1986
- Supplement
Anaquest: The Professional Services Group, Video
Vitale, Michael R. "Anaquest: The Professional Services Group, Video." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 887-514, November 1986.
- 2007
- Other Unpublished Work
Professional Service Firms: A Breed Apart
By: John J. Gabarro, Thomas J. DeLong and Robert Lees
- 09 Jun 2022
- Video
Welcome to Career & Professional Development
What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive
During times of economic turbulence, consulting, law, and accounting firms often start offering services and taking on clients they really shouldn’t, just to keep the lights on. This path is perilous. If a firm’s practices have a diffuse mix of clients and unclear... View Details
- October 2004 (Revised July 2006)
- Background Note
Ownership Structure in Professional Service Firms: Partnership versus Public Corporation
By: Ashish Nanda
This case reviews the relative merits of partnership and public ownership structures in professional services firms. It also evaluates the various rationales for converting partnership professional services firms to publicly owned firms. Finally, the case highlights... View Details
Keywords: Private Ownership; Transition; Partners and Partnerships; Public Ownership; Service Industry
Nanda, Ashish, and Lauren Prusiner. "Ownership Structure in Professional Service Firms: Partnership versus Public Corporation." Harvard Business School Background Note 905-038, October 2004. (Revised July 2006.)
- May 2008 (Revised May 2010)
- Background Note
Organizational Alignment, Performance, and Change in Professional Service Firms
By: John J. Gabarro
This note describes the relationship between organizational alignment and performance in professional service firms and how to use McKinsey 7S Alignment to diagnose a firm's or practice's alignment, identify misalignments and determine how to bring about the changes... View Details
Gabarro, John J. "Organizational Alignment, Performance, and Change in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 908-416, May 2008. (Revised May 2010.)
- March 2011
- Article
Accounting Scholarship That Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Recent accounting scholarship has used statistical analysis on asset prices, financial reports and disclosures, laboratory experiments, and surveys of practice. The research has studied the interface among accounting information, capital markets, standard setters, and... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Asset Pricing; Risk Management; Surveys; Capital Markets; Measurement and Metrics; Valuation; Fair Value Accounting; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Financial Reporting
Kaplan, Robert S. "Accounting Scholarship That Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice." Accounting Review 86, no. 2 (March 2011): 367–383.
- 2007
- Book
When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance
By: Thomas J. DeLong, John J. Gabarro and Robert Lees
For too long, professional services firms (PSFs) have relied on the "producer-manager" model, which works well in uncomplicated business environments. However, today's managing directors must balance conflicting roles, more demanding clients, tougher competitors, and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Service Operations; Performance Effectiveness; Strategy
DeLong, Thomas J., John J. Gabarro, and Robert Lees. When Professionals Have to Lead: A New Model for High Performance. Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
- 2010
- Working Paper
Accounting Scholarship that Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Recent accounting scholarship has used statistical analysis on asset prices, financial reports and disclosures, laboratory experiments, and surveys of practice. The research has studied the interface among accounting information, capital markets, standard setters, and... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Business Education; Information; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Risk Management; Measurement and Metrics; Business Processes; Performance Improvement; Practice
Kaplan, Robert S. "Accounting Scholarship that Advances Professional Knowledge and Practice." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-043, October 2010.
- November 2016 (Revised April 2018)
- Case
Darby's Investment in Sirma: Professionalizing an Entrepreneurial Firm
By: Suraj Srinivasan and Eren Kuzucu
In March 2010, Burak Dalgın (HBS MBA 2004) led private equity firm Darby's investment in Sırma, a local Turkish water and beverage company. Sırma was owned and managed by members of two Turkish business families. The existing management, while being highly... View Details
Keywords: Control Systems; Variance Analysis; Emerging Markets; Debt; Family Ownership; Turkey; Valuation; Business or Company Management; Private Equity; Financial Reporting; Investment; Budgets and Budgeting; Food and Beverage Industry; Turkey
Srinivasan, Suraj, and Eren Kuzucu. "Darby's Investment in Sirma: Professionalizing an Entrepreneurial Firm." Harvard Business School Case 117-033, November 2016. (Revised April 2018.)
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Business Suits You: Experimenting with Professional Identity
Role-playing is not just for the psychiatrist's couch or the acting student, according to new research by HBS professor Herminia M. Ibarra. In studying how junior professionals learn the skills required to move into senior roles, Ibarra... View Details
- August 2024
- Technical Note
Managing Professional Relationships in the Modern Workplace
By: Christina R. Wing, Andrew Peddar and Dylan Torchinsky
- March–April 1979
- Article
Overcoming Fear and Change: A Professional Approach
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and John P. Kotter
- September 2000
- Background Note
Professional Services Module Five: Serving Clients Effectively
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
It is imperative for the internal systems and processes to be connected to the external processes of client management, competitive adaptation, and service delivery. View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Customer Relationship Management; Knowledge Acquisition; Service Delivery; Performance Effectiveness; Adaptation; Competitive Strategy
DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scot H. Landry. "Professional Services Module Five: Serving Clients Effectively." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-011, September 2000.