Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2016

The CFO-GC alliance has always been important because the finance function and the legal function are truly the nervous system of the corporation—sending critical signals to all parts of the company about the accuracy of the financials and compliance with law. And then, of course, there are costs.

Ethics 28

Ethics Financial Intellectual Property Analysis 28

Management Consulted

APRIL 20, 2016

Harvard Business School could probably more aptly be named Harvard Leadership School, as the goal of molding future leaders permeates every course offering at HBS. Since 1881, Wharton has built itself a reputation as an innovative graduate management program with a specialty in finance. Median consulting base salary: $140,000.

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Consulting Management Deloitte Bain 100

Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

Stellar recruitment is vital, of course, but it can be easy for an HR organization to myopically focus on delivering those services in their efforts to serve leaders and be a strategic partner. That is like setting up a finance organization to do exotic risk hedging before putting in place basic reporting and compliance.

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Recruiting Recruitment Finance Agile 32

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 23, 2018

First, data science and AI are affecting many industries globally, from healthcare and government to agriculture and finance. Although it has not yet been formally incorporated into data science workflows, I have added data ethics as the fifth key concept because ethics needs to be part of any conversation about data.

Data 30

Data Ethics Analysis Examples 30

Confessions of a Consultant

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Solid finances? ? of the time when we were together, the course leader said absolutely nothing. The driver listened in awe at every speech while his boss would answer questions about morality and ethics. Happy Family? ? Kids thriving? ? Career success? ? Not bad, eh? (as as they say in Canada). About 99.8%

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Conference Groups Course Ethics 40

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2017

If you plan for the team to be self-financing after an initial period, how long do you have to make it work — a couple of months, or a couple of years? Of course, if you are serious about building an internal capability, don’t leave everything to external partners.

Company 28

Company Ethics Resources Data 28

Management Consulted

JULY 19, 2015

Okay, so could you just say I’m an economics major, could you just restate that, yeah, I’m an economics major, I love it, I love econ and finance. Yeah, and I do love the finance classes that I’ve had, so I’ve gotten a lot of information about the basics. Yeah, of course. Something like that?

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Interviews Case Interview Bain Finance 100

Harvard Business

JULY 26, 2018

” Lastly, by looking at historical data on publicly traded companies, a team of finance professors set out to build an algorithm to choose the best board members for a given company. Of course, we should be doing all we can to eradicate institutional bias and its pernicious influence on decision-making algorithms.

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Research Policies Study Data 28

Confessions of a Consultant

MARCH 25, 2018

Derogatory: “Finance: where ideas go to die”. Of course, the guy with the BO problem was completely mystified by all of this and rationalized that it was some sort of ‘women’s thing’ (he was only recovering from the anti-perspiration fetish when this power shower stuff kicked off). Hey, that’s not my job!”

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Course Case Study Case Studies Government 40

Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

Do you have a strong work ethic?’” Of course, we all want to make good decisions, and it makes for an appealing can-do story to identify the job you want and land it. He tried tech, finance, and real estate — all to no avail. “It’s very much, ‘Can you learn?

Real Estate 32

Real Estate Case Interview Deloitte Leadership 32

Tom Spencer

AUGUST 17, 2019

And so I had a moment while listening to the recording of that interview that I realized the many industries it could participate in outside of finance, it also showed up in energy and even healthcare. Many companies are willing to spend a lot of money these days on labels such as Organic, Free Range, or Ethically sourced.

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Case Interview Retail Examples Sales 60

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2018

Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. These robo-advisors may be used to automate certain aspects of risk management and provide decisions that are ethical and compliant with regulation.

Strategy 28

Strategy Strategy Strategy& Consulting 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Whether in politics, finance, or business, there is growing concern that many leaders have lost their moral compass. ” Challenges of this frame : At a time when some MBA courses still treat business ethics as a sort of sheep-dip treatment for students, an elective, be careful not to sound moralistic or missionary.

Resources 28

Resources Financial Energy Benchmarking 28

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Three finance professors once asked more than 400 executives what they would do if their quarterly earnings targets were at risk. ” Of course, being too adaptive can also hurt tactical performance. We made a number of operational changes to the call center. First we reduced tactical performance pressure.

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Metrics Engineering Operations Sales 33

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Of course, even with the best-laid plans and regular communication with your team, projects crop up that can instantly shift priorities. The goal is that “over the course of the year, it all balances out.” “I knew her work ethic,” he says. ” Be flexible. The next quarter may be a different story.

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Talent Case Study Case Studies Management 28