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      • April 2003 (Revised October 2003)
      • Background Note

      Leading Public Professional Service Organizations

      By: Ashish Nanda
      Public professional service organizations (PPSOs) are professional service organizations that serve the public. This case describes the unique challenges facing PPSO leaders. View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Service Industry
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      Nanda, Ashish. "Leading Public Professional Service Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-123, April 2003. (Revised October 2003.)
      • March 2003 (Revised April 2006)
      • Background Note

      Scale and Scope in Professional Service Firms

      By: Ashish Nanda
      This case discusses why economies (and diseconomies) of scale and scope exist in professional service firms (PSFs) and how they influence the amount and range of services that PSFs offer. It is distributed with a case that focuses on determining the optimal scale/scope... View Details
      Keywords: Cost Management; Operations; Microeconomics; Service Industry
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      Nanda, Ashish. "Scale and Scope in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-117, March 2003. (Revised April 2006.)
      • February 2003 (Revised April 2003)
      • Background Note

      Note on Staffing in Professional Service Firms

      By: Ashish Nanda
      This case discusses the problem of balancing demand and supply of professionals within a professional services firm (PSF). It emphasizes how human resources management policies impact supply conditions and how market opportunities determine demand conditions. The case... View Details
      Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Balance and Stability; Supply and Industry; Employees; Service Industry
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      Nanda, Ashish. "Note on Staffing in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-110, February 2003. (Revised April 2003.)
      • February 2003 (Revised August 2004)
      • Background Note

      Note on Valuation-Compensation Tradeoff in Professional Service Firm Acquisitions

      By: Ashish Nanda
      This case highlights the tradeoff between valuation ascribed to professionals at the time of a professional services firm (PSF) acquisition and the postacquisition compensation of these professionals. It emphasizes how a high valuation at acquisition carries with it... View Details
      Keywords: Valuation; Employees; Acquisition; Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry
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      Nanda, Ashish. "Note on Valuation-Compensation Tradeoff in Professional Service Firm Acquisitions." Harvard Business School Background Note 903-111, February 2003. (Revised August 2004.)
      • 2003
      • Casebook

      Professional Services: Text and Cases

      By: Thomas J. DeLong and Ashish Nanda
      DeLong and Nanda's Professional Services: Text and Cases is the first casebook to be published on the management of professional service firms (law firms, architecture, financial services, consulting). It includes a comprehensive selection of case studies that... View Details
      Keywords: Professional Service Firms; Management; Cases
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      DeLong, Thomas J., and Ashish Nanda. Professional Services: Text and Cases. New York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2003.
      • January 2003 (Revised March 2005)
      • Case

      Planning in Professional Service Firms

      By: Ashish Nanda
      In this case, four consultants discuss business planning issues that they are each having within their respective consulting firms. The case addresses how professional compensation, project staffing, hours worked, overhead costs, and billing rates impact profitability. View Details
      Keywords: Business or Company Management; Strategic Planning; Profit; Consulting Industry
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      Nanda, Ashish, and Kelley Elizabeth Morrell. "Planning in Professional Service Firms." Harvard Business School Case 903-085, January 2003. (Revised March 2005.)
      • December 2002 (Revised February 2005)
      • Case

      Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (A): A Global Merger

      By: Ashish Nanda
      French IT consulting giant Cap Gemini is poised to purchase the consulting arm of Ernst & Young, a U.S.-based Big 5 accounting firm. In doing so, many differences need to be resolved, including negotiating with Ernst & Young entities all over the world as well as... View Details
      Keywords: Negotiation; Multinational Firms and Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Information Technology Industry; Consulting Industry; France
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      Nanda, Ashish, Bertrand Moingeon, Lisa Haueisen Rohrer, and Guillaume Soenen. "Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (A): A Global Merger." Harvard Business School Case 903-056, December 2002. (Revised February 2005.)
      • May 2002
      • Case

      Mellon Investor Services

      By: Thomas J. DeLong
      James Aramanda, head of Mellon Investor Services, must decide how to change the focus of his business. He works with consultants to create a change strategy to enhance a business that is already doing well. Will he be able to interest his professionals in changing the... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Innovation Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Management Teams; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      DeLong, Thomas J. "Mellon Investor Services." Harvard Business School Case 402-036, May 2002.
      • January 2002 (Revised April 2004)
      • Case

      Chapter Enrichment Program Teams at the American Red Cross (A)

      By: Jeffrey T. Polzer and Anita Williams Woolley
      The American Red Cross has a system for structuring, staffing, and leading teams to review its local chapters. Mirroring professional services firms that use teams to serve clients, this system provides detailed guidelines to increase individual team member's... View Details
      Keywords: Planning; Groups and Teams; Management Teams; Leadership; Organizational Structure
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      Polzer, Jeffrey T., and Anita Williams Woolley. "Chapter Enrichment Program Teams at the American Red Cross (A)." Harvard Business School Case 402-042, January 2002. (Revised April 2004.)
      • September 2001 (Revised January 2002)
      • Case

      The American Medical Association-Sunbeam Deal (C): Denouement

      By: Ashish Nanda and Kimberly A. Haddad
      On September 5, 1997, the American Medical Association(AMA) withdrew from a contract with Sunbeam Corporation, the maker of small home appliances. Sunbeam sued the AMA to pay for the damages or to comply with the contract. The fracas led to the dismissal of three top... View Details
      Keywords: Medical Services; Appliances; Lawsuit; Litigation; Professionalism; Contracts; Corporate Accountability; Organizations; Lawsuits and Litigation; Consumer Products Industry; Health Industry; United States
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      Nanda, Ashish, and Kimberly A. Haddad. "The American Medical Association-Sunbeam Deal (C): Denouement." Harvard Business School Case 802-091, September 2001. (Revised January 2002.)
      • August 2001 (Revised October 2001)
      • Case

      What a Great Idea

      By: Myra M. Hart and Susan Harmeling
      Charles "Chic" Thompson has created a successful business as a professional speaker, consultant, and author of two books on creativity. He is challenged to institutionalize his knowledge and brand in an organization that will outlive his involvement. This case examines... View Details
      Keywords: Knowledge Management; Entrepreneurship; Management Teams; Organizational Design; Technological Innovation; Technology Adoption; Service Industry; Service Industry
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      Hart, Myra M., and Susan Harmeling. "What a Great Idea." Harvard Business School Case 802-030, August 2001. (Revised October 2001.)
      • June 2001 (Revised May 2002)
      • Case

      Tradeoffs: Juggling Careers in Professional Services Firms with Private Life

      By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda, Scot Landry and Scott M O'Neil
      Balancing professional and private lives continues to challenge single and committed partners alike. Professionals are expected to work long hours. It is simply part of the ethos of professional service firms. This case focuses on the lives of three couples connected... View Details
      Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Family and Family Relationships; Problems and Challenges; Service Industry
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      DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, Scot Landry, and Scott M O'Neil. "Tradeoffs: Juggling Careers in Professional Services Firms with Private Life." Harvard Business School Case 801-463, June 2001. (Revised May 2002.)
      • October 2000 (Revised March 2001)
      • Case

      eLance.com: Building a Professional Services Marketplace

      By: Lynda M. Applegate and Kristin Kohler
      Launched as an eBay for services, eLance promises to leverage the capabilities of the Internet to not only change the way services are bought and sold, but change the fundamental dynamics of the global economy. Building on theories posited in the HBR article by Tim... View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Job Search; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Web Sites; Service Industry; Service Industry
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      Applegate, Lynda M., and Kristin Kohler. "eLance.com: Building a Professional Services Marketplace." Harvard Business School Case 801-224, October 2000. (Revised March 2001.)
      • 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
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      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.
      • September 2000
      • Background Note

      Professional Services Module Four: Managing the Organization Through Processes

      By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
      Focuses on how the internal processes connect strategy with implementation. View Details
      Keywords: Economics; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Business Processes
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      DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scot H. Landry. "Professional Services Module Four: Managing the Organization Through Processes." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-010, September 2000.
      • September 2000
      • Background Note

      Professional Services Module One: Introduction to the Challenges Facing PSFs

      By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
      This initial module was meant to clarify how the course would be useful to students who would be starting PSFs, working for them as an employee or contractor, managing them, or hiring them from the client side. View Details
      Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Selection and Staffing; Management; Service Delivery; Service Industry
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      DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scot H. Landry. "Professional Services Module One: Introduction to the Challenges Facing PSFs." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-007, September 2000.
      • September 2000 (Revised October 2002)
      • Background Note

      Professional Services Module Seven: Becoming a Professional

      By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
      Discusses strategies for balancing private and professional life. View Details
      Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Success; Work-Life Balance
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      DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scot H. Landry. "Professional Services Module Seven: Becoming a Professional." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-013, September 2000. (Revised October 2002.)
      • September 2000
      • Background Note

      Professional Services Module Six: Succeeding in PSFs

      By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
      Emphasizes the skills and values that we believe successful professionals possess: change management and leadership skills, a proactive career management approach, effective processes of giving and receiving feedback, a clear ethical perspective, balance between... View Details
      Keywords: Management Skills; Service Industry
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      DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scot H. Landry. "Professional Services Module Six: Succeeding in PSFs." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-012, September 2000.
      • September 2000
      • Background Note

      Professional Services Module Three: Internal Strategy of Organizational Design

      By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
      The way in which PSFs organize themselves to leverage strategic capabilities is imperative in achieving high performance. View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Design; Strategy; Performance Capacity; Competency and Skills; Business Startups
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      DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scot H. Landry. "Professional Services Module Three: Internal Strategy of Organizational Design." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-009, September 2000.
      • September 2000
      • Background Note

      Professional Services Module Two: External Strategy for Sustained Competitive Advantage

      By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scot H. Landry
      Concerns itself with the strategic dynamics which influence organizations externally. View Details
      Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Business Plan; Service Operations; For-Profit Firms; Power and Influence; Measurement and Metrics; Business Processes; Management Practices and Processes; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
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      DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scot H. Landry. "Professional Services Module Two: External Strategy for Sustained Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-008, September 2000.
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