professional services - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2006
News

Robots to the Rescue

STANDING TALL: Mountz flanked by colleagues Raffaello D'Andrea (left) and Pete Wurman. PHOTO BY ERIK JACOBS/BOSTON GLOBE Order fulfillment will never be the same if Mick Mountz (MBA ’96) has his way. Distribution centers typically rely on people to pluck merchandise... View Details

Keywords: robotics; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services

21 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Research Focuses on Gender Issues and Fixes

adaptation of one professional service firm to an increase in women in the professional workforce and the shifting discourse around gender and work. Research by Lakshmi... View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

The Businesslike Gourmet: Karen Page on America's Foodservice Industry

Karen Page (MBA '89) is a consultant to Fortune 500 food companies in marketing strategy, culinary trends, and new product development. With her husband, Andrew Dornenburg, a professional chef, she has written the award-winning Becoming a... View Details

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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online

satisfaction implications Overcome barriers to change and adapt to new technologies, changing service competencies, and shifting customer needs Who Will Benefit Service Organization Leaders View Details

Career Coach

Jonathan Shepherd

Jonathan is CPD's Corporate Relations Director overseeing principal investing: VC/PE, investment management and real estate. Since 2007, he has coached thousands of students & alumni and forged recruiting relationships with hundreds of firms across these... View Details

07 Mar 2005
What Do You Think?

Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?

somehow behave differently from business people because they have passed some kind of certification process." As Deepak Alse put it, "Licensing or professional tags will not have any impact on the personal ethics...What we... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Dec 2017
News

Helping HBS Make Big Bets

organization’s business model and launching Lincoln Center International, an offshoot that provides consulting services and convening opportunities to worldwide clients seeking to plan, build, and operate vibrant arts facilities and... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Read All About It!

goods and services — from a second or third vehicle to health clubs to text messaging — that their great-grandparents could hardly have dreamed of. At the same time, the underlying sources for all this consumption — our wealth and income... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

20 Feb 2019
Blog Post

Part 1: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - Setting Career Goals

veterans find personal and professional purpose after military service. In this three-part series, Phil Caruso discusses how to set career goals after the military, how to pursue a JD/MBA, and how to get the most out of your graduate... View Details

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First-Generation Students | MBA

socioeconomic inclusion. The club connects and collaborates with other FGLI clubs in the greater Harvard University community and with other MBA programs, to build, advise, and host events, initiatives, and programs in partnership with the HBS community. Support View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board

Fortune 500 company or becomes a partner at a well-respected professional services or private equity firm, she has excelled beyond the need for a training program. That is not to say that these programs... View Details

Profile

Farah Ahmed

first-year and 130 second-year students. "Almost half of the women at HBS are involved," Farah says. "We’re always thinking about how we can contribute things not covered by academic courses or Career & Professional... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Financial Services

01 Mar 2006
News

Student Real Estate Champs

A team of six MBA students from HBS won the fourth annual National Real Estate Challenge, held at the University of Texas in November. Teams from sixteen MBA programs spent two days evaluating a case involving an investment in a high-end condominium project. The HBS... View Details

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

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Online Digital Marketing Strategy Course | HBS Online

objectives, metrics, target audiences, and value proposition to position your product or service for success Discover how to acquire and retain customers through paid, owned, and earned media Gain frameworks and tools you can apply to... View Details

28 Feb 2011
News

Rebooting the Human Condition

Enriquez: Exploring in Tuamotu Islands, French Polynesia. The future is so yesterday. It's already here, and everywhere around us. The problem is, most of us just can't see it. Fortunately, the future is on exhibit this week, and Juan Enriquez (MBA '86) will be our... View Details

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

07 Jun 2011
News

Alumni News: Back to the Future

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Keywords: Garry Emmons; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services; Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services

01 Jun 1999
News

A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News

they prayed." HBS's answer to Leno and Letterman, Larry Klein (MBA '80), who fully intends to keep his day job as an investment advisor, has recently packaged that and some two hundred other jokes to help financial professionals add a... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

Profile

Hayling Price

Kennedy School, the real New Rochelle he lived in differed greatly from the broadcast fantasy. "I grew up in the middle of two 'New Rochelles' and lived between two worlds," says Hayling. One of those was close to the television ideal, a community of... View Details