Cash Distribution Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2022
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Case Study: Welcome Aboard

environment for each person. With junior employees, it’s helpful to build camaraderie by having substantial in-person interaction, and location concentration allows for this. With several locations distributed geographically, OnRamp will... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2011
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The Rankings Game

Prospective students made the rankings cash machines for the publishers, and for better or worse, the rankings came to dominate would-be students’ perceptions of business schools. As the media rankings gained popularity, criticism of... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; rankings; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 May 2023
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Fail Better

television. We were a cable television company. So the first thing is we had to create a unique distribution model. Many of them still watched broadcast TV, so first we had to convince Viacom to allow us to acquire broadcast stations in... View Details

01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters

country has 20 million affluent households, growing at 15 percent per year, with an annual income of $10,000 to $60,000. While deregulation in recent years had created an explosion in financial products to choose from, distribution... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Jun 2014
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Screen Saver

Entertainment, HBS professor Anita Elberse documents the powerful, long-term success of high-investment, high-reward entertainment products, including movies. "She's absolutely right," says Lopez. "Those big successes spin off cash like... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door

technologies on the health-care industry. A highly rated teacher, she is also an acclaimed public speaker, board member, and policy adviser whose expertise on health-care management has influenced private- and public-sector... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

10 Mar 2021
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Next Normal

Google, Microsoft, Airbnb, American Express, and Uber extending work-from-home policies well into 2021 and beyond, the reality of remote work is here to stay. Touching on issues of trust, productivity, and digital tools for connection and... View Details

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

commitment to another level. Our goal is to do everything we can to achieve progress on each of the targeted pillars, and we will work tirelessly to make real change.” The 10-year initiative, comprised of $20 million in cash and $5... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

Threat in Africa by James M. Hawes (MBA 1971) and Mary Ann Koenig Skyhorse Publishing Sometime in 1965, James Hawes landed in the Congo with cash stuffed in his socks, morphine in his bag, and a basic understanding of his mission: recruit... View Details

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