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- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
to an account in her name, her savings are less susceptible to theft and she can maintain control of the funds to ensure they are spent on school fees. When she then pays the school via digital transfer, the mother begins to build a... View Details
- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
Ronnie and Larry Ackman (MBA 1963) and produced by New York public broadcaster WNET. The three episodes in the series premiered on WNET and are now being offered to some 400 business schools in the United States and Great Britain “in hope... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
HBS Business Plan Contest Keeps Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive
track, defined as any organization whose core activities address social issues. Each winning team received $10,000 in cash as well as $10,000 in in-kind accounting and legal services to get its venture up and running. For the fourth year,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Job Hunting in a Tight Market: Strength in Numbers
job-hunting targets. If you are searching only in Los Angeles, for example, think of other geographic areas. If you are looking only in large public corporations, consider small or private companies or nonprofits. It takes an average of... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
Ward - once synonymous with out-of-control crime rates, gang warfare, antiquated public housing, crumbling schools, and degrading poverty - have begun to show indications that there may be a way out of the hopeless downward spiral. In... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2019
surgeons, and Vanya hoping to solve the final puzzles of Einstein's elusive theory of relativity, can they bear to leave the homeland that has given them so much? Grounded in real history—and inspired by the solar eclipse of 1914—A Bend in the Stars offers a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Executive Pay: Onward & Upward
awards drives a sharp increase in CEO compensation. 1992 The SEC requires more disclosure of executive compensation, particularly stock options and perks. With more information in public view, the rules trigger an unintended upward pay... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
of 1998 we won the “Truth” anti-tobacco account in the state of Florida. That put us on the radar. It also just happened to be targeted at kids between the ages of 10 and 14, which really anchored this agency in youth marketing.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
tech bubble burst in 2001. Accounting scandals destroyed Enron in 2001 and WorldCom in 2002. And the current global financial crisis, the worst since the Great Depression, has yet to run its course. It’s no accident that all these... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Rebel with a Cause
environmental activist and ran for lieutenant governor of Massachusetts (he lost). HBS attracted Massie after he realized that business could be a powerful agent for shaping public policy and creating social good, “the most potent force... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
a short, traditional text with a living website and cover such fundamental topics as accounting and tax, mortgages, capital markets, REITs and more. It also addresses the 2008 financial crisis and its impact on the real-estate profession.... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
intense pricing wars by electronics chains and discount department stores destabilized account bases." Some record executives have admitted to losing touch with their audiences and to alienating consumers by relentlessly pursuing and... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
biotech firms public between 1979 and 1996. Her new book, Career Imprints: Creating Leaders Across an Industry (Jossey-Bass), analyzes and draws lessons from the factors that made one company — Baxter International — a standout in... View Details
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
really hard to earn and to keep the public’s trust.” Beyond regulating the region’s financial industry, Jones and her team are engaged with educating the public to increase financial literacy. They do this with online resources,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
there isn't the kind of feedback the stock market provides to owners of public organizations," she explains. To address this gap, Herzlinger has developed a four-part process called DADS - which stands for disclosure, analysis,... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Profits and Purpose
tackle. But the students said, “Whoa, how can we talk about the big problems of our time without thinking about inequality?” The students also pushed me to move beyond shared value. Of course, building the business models that create both View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
Securities and Exchange Commission. Underlying this array of prominent positions are qualities that have long been constants in Donaldson’s life: an affinity for entrepreneurial leadership, a penchant for problem solving, and a dedication to View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Faculty Books for December 2016
Introduction to Financial Accounting: Review Quizzes and Practice Exams by V.G. Narayanan (Self-published) This book provides practice multiple choice questions on introductory accounting topics. It can be used to prepare for quizzes and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
years of training and placing job seekers. Why should she risk financial ruin on a big-ticket real estate purchase? The idea first surfaced when Russo’s accountant matter-of-factly suggested that she stop paying office rent — upwards of... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response By Andy Slavitt (MBA 1993) St. Martin’s Press From former Biden senior advisor Andy Slavitt, Preventable is the definitive inside account of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley