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- 01 Oct 2000
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The Entrepreneurial Venture
earning their MBAs, almost half had broken away from a rapidly changing corporate world beset by reorganization, downsizing, and recession. Of that group, the Bulletin asked four members of the class to share some of their views on sizing...
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- 01 Dec 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
finance. Wilson then addresses issues central to the present-day political discussion, such as the fairness of US tax policy, the social safety net, health care, and income inequality. Faculty Books...
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- 01 Sep 2020
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Saving Grace
cheese, he says. To increase transparency, the PensionBee website offers planning tools and primers to explain, in jargon-free detail, taxes and withdrawals and anything else you might be too embarrassed to ask about. The site has 300,000...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2008
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Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
reasonable view of home ownership will return, Retsinas predicts, but if the pendulum swings too far, he is concerned that worthy borrowers with modest incomes could be shut out of the market. Could you place the U.S. mortgage crisis in...
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- 01 Apr 2002
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Emerging Research on Emerging Markets
income norms as predicted by economic theory," noted HBS professor Bruce Scott in his talk on "Creating Capitalism." Other speakers and their topics were Erik Bergloumlf of the Stockholm School of Economics on financial architecture in...
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- 01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life
up there. Any one of them alone is taxing enough, but Monica Dodi has experienced all three in the past two years. Yet the unstoppable entertainment executive, now a single mom, is still smiling and upbeat. "I'm happy and where I want to...
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- 01 Apr 2002
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Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
Milwaukee area cope with the lack of large grocery stores in their neighborhoods. "Retailers tend to think that everyone who lives in the inner city is poor," he says, "but that simply isn't true. The average income may be low, but the...
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- 01 Dec 2000
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Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
visibility and visitorship. This light, open, and completely handicapped-accessible facility attracts tourists from around the world, and its signature fish-eye spiral staircase is a work of art itself. The Outcome of Income As leisure...
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- 01 Jun 2009
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Dispatches from the Global Classroom
for our ten-day Immersion Experience Program (IXP) to Mexico, Santa Ana del Valle, located in one of Mexico’s poorest states, is the unassuming launchpad for a trip that will end with tours of several multibillion-dollar corporations and...
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- 07 Sep 2021
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Embracing Activism for Social Change
private corporations rely on public programs and policy for financial assistance during times of crisis. In contrast, ‘good’ corporate strategy often emphasizes minimizing tax...
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Deborah Blagg
- 19 Jun 2017
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How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
following, lucrative corporate sponsorships, and paid the players relatively high wages. Around this time, Bruce Levy (MBA 1977) became the first ever agent for women's professional basketball, negotiating player contracts around the...
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- 06 Dec 2021
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Truth Be Told
encourage an employee to report it. At the same time, we know that thousands of workers still die or get injured due to workplace safety violations. But in securities fraud or tax fraud, where the penalties can be in the millions, it...
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- 19 May 2015
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Getting Ready for Success
social impact, measured by such factors as higher tax contributions and lower health care costs. “Moreover, what people might not quantify,” she says, “is that our alumni’s success stories create positive ripples in their communities and...
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- 01 Mar 2023
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Clearing the Air
MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast When the United States Congress passed the Inflation...
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- 02 Mar 2016
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The New Space Race
total. The final frontier, it turns out, might just be the last great market. The Orbital Effect David Thompson President and CEO, Orbital ATK When Thompson launched Orbital in 1982, it became the first corporate space contractor in...
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Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2008
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Back to the Future
to the teaching of corporate governance at Rice University. He recalls the day in 1972 when HBS Dean Lawrence Fouraker asked him to organize an initiative unprecedented at HBS, a venture that became known as the Energy Project at the...
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- 01 Sep 2006
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Light Years Ahead
investment. In addition, he worked half-time with a Boston-based management consulting firm on the strategy problems of several important corporate clients. He soon decided to focus his full attention on HBS. As the first graduate of the...
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- 01 Sep 2012
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On a Sound Track
across the globe, where government rules, regulations, labor laws, cultures, and tax structures vary significantly. The consumer sees a cool product and an awesome brand, but there’s a huge amount of unglamorous business activities behind...
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- 01 Dec 2007
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Lighten Up
teaching tools. She also served as the COO of Up with People, a nonprofit international youth leadership program. Kim and Coup also have worked on national political campaigns. After reading Jardine’s book, Coup was inspired, even obsessed. He wrote a business plan,...
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- 01 Mar 2006
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The Producers
tax incentives), they will work on the set for months at a time and follow through on marketing once the film is complete. However, there are often no guarantees that a project will make it to the big screen, and for that reason it’s...
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