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- 01 Jun 1998
- News
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companies with such plans do not perform better financially. Further analysis prompted Beer and Katz to conclude that the real role of bonuses is simply to attract highly qualified executives to a corporation. "Companies are forced into... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman and Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Book Review: My Lunch with Warren
Guy Spier (MBA 1993) didn’t wait long after graduation to make the biggest mistake of his career. Accepting a vice president’s role at D.H. Blair Investment Banking, the admitted Gordon Gekko wannabe had a front-row seat as several top... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Porter Appointed to University Professorship
scholars," commented Porter. Porter will hold the Bishop William Lawrence University Professorship, named after a member of the Harvard Corporation who played a key role in raising the funds from banker George F. Baker that led to the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: John Doerr
which we make meaning in life. Role models My dad. He's my hero. I admire his enthusiasm, his ability to work with people and to pull teams together, and his love for and commitment to family. Where the new economy is going The new... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Trouble in Mouse Land
to consider the relationship between the CEO and the board. “The board is supposed to simultaneously advise and evaluate the CEO,” observes Beaulieu. “The Disney case brings out the challenges board members face in fulfilling this dual View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
political dynasties, stretching into the uppermost boughs of his family tree. His father, Constantine Mitsotakis, held a number of government roles before serving as prime minister from 1990 to 1993. (Kyriakos spent those years earning a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
day were joined by another emotion - the determination of New Yorkers to see their city back on its feet again. In this metropolitan area that is home to more HBS graduates than any other, the School’s alumni have played a leading role in... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
and how it might've played a role in this story? YH: Kokorozashi is personal resolve. There are three parts: One is your vision, what you want to do. Second, is the commitment that you will do it. Third thing is that it has a strong,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
is becoming an ever-more urgent issue and one that inevitably will mean increased involvement for the private sector. Says American Water’s Jeremy Pelczer, “On their own, or working with NGOs, or in public-private partnerships, investor-owned companies have a View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
Sciences Project, then, is playing a role in the education, understanding, and preparation of people at HBS and beyond for the sweeping, life sciences–based changes that are coming to the economy. It is providing a forum where ideas about... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
tradition of questioning Alaska’s relevance, dating back to criticism of the Alaska Purchase in 1867, dubbed “Seward’s Folly.” However, to know the Arctic is to understand the strategic role this region plays in America’s security and... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Building New Connections
alumni and HBS. It’s an exciting opportunity to assume a new role and serve the School in this capacity,” Foley says. DAS’S DEEP IMPACT Outgoing Senior Associate Dean for External Relations Das Narayandas leaves a legacy of notable... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Designing Change
Courtesy Pentagram Graphic designers have created some of the world’s best-known logos, from Coke to Mercedes to McDonald’s. Yet their role in establishing a company’s identity is not always understood or valued by senior management. In... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 28 May 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Family Dynamic
to make a purchase.” Indonesia fast facts: 268 million people; 17,000 islands; 500 languages; 700 ethnicities. “It’s an amazingly vast, diverse culture.” Role model: Mother Teresa. “Reaching that level of selflessness would be my biggest... View Details
- 20 Feb 2019
- News
Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs
economy. “For a long time, we’ve looked to the government to address almost all of the issues,” Elumelu says of the economic and social concerns in Nigeria and Africa. “The government cannot do everything alone. The private sector is in a position to play a View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Scott D. Cook
about," he notes. A proud father of three, Cook now serves as Intuit's chairman of the executive committee of the board, having handed over the role of CEO in 1994 "to someone who is actually good at it," he says with a laugh. First job... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
business lending market. This ambitious book grapples with the broad significance of small business to the economy, the historical role of credit markets, the dynamics of innovation cycles, and the policy implications for regulation.... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
energy. Bulletin editor Dan Morrell spoke with Kortenhorst about his career path and how the world can make renewables a reality. READ MORE Dan Morrell: Jules, tell me a little bit about what Rocky Mountain Institute does, and what your View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
McCord’s worldview, are so self-motivated, self-aware, and self-disciplined that they’re also worthy of that freedom. These “innovator-mavericks” (her preferred term) hate almost everything about being trapped in a typical role or... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
practices, such as the use of outsider-only boards. Acknowledging the difficulty of teaching ethics in a culture that increasingly views morality as private and relativistic, Mills still advocates a role for business schools in raising... View Details