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- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
technicians, was legendary. Xerox hard-wired its success to results achieved for customers. Then the lure of improved cash flow combined with competitors' practices led to the decision to encourage machine purchases by users. Within a...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
Illustration by Jon Krause Eric Gastfriend (MBA 2015) had watched friends and family members struggle with addiction. He’d seen some of them go to treatment, and he’d seen many of them relapse. He didn’t understand why the field of addiction psychiatry had been unable...
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- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
more than I thought possible about cutting-edge technology. I couldn’t have asked for a better summer.” —Elizabeth Powers (MBA 2021) The School also reached out to all alumni, encouraging them to post open full-time jobs and internships...
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- 18 Nov 2013
- News
Diving into the 'Shark Tank'
My dad was an artist, so there was art everywhere when we were growing up. We were always encouraged to try things, to fail, and just be creative. How did the company start? I dragged my sister with me. My sister was still a senior in...
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- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
Endline’s candy dreams. Previous Next Safe water for millions Sarah Kauss (MBA 2003) Founder, S’well Bottle “My dream with S’well is to allow those without options to be provided clean drinking water, while at the same time encourage...
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- Portrait Project
Tiberius Vadan
mentor to others who need that extra bit of encouragement to tackle the difficult challenge of shifting to the US as business professionals. As a turnaround executive, I will relentlessly pursue the mission of working with crippled...
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Brooke Borgen
I was often encouraged to do great things with my career: be a CEO, a leader in my field. And that was my goal. But rarely did people discuss that along the road, I might want to have children and spend quality time with them as a...
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- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one...
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- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Business Strategy Tamed the “Invisible Hand”
clearer in the second half of the nineteenth century. In the United States, the building of the railroads after 1850 led to the development of mass markets for the first time. Along with improved access to capital and credit, mass markets View Details
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by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
employee focus encouraged workers to recast themselves as leaders responsible for change, and they began offering innovative ideas for how to turn the company around. Within six months, HCL had secured a new $330 million contract, and by...
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- 01 Jun 1999
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
I will report on their activities and recommendations in the August issue of the Bulletin. In the meantime, I encourage you to stay in touch with one another and with the School by accessing the information currently available online and...
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- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
opportunity to improve. Tie rewards clearly to performance. Ideally, this should be done at both the individual and group (organization and/or team) level. This requires deciding what performance metrics are truly important and being consistent in their application....
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- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
opportunity to improve. Tie rewards clearly to performance. Ideally, this should be done at both the individual and group (organization and/or team) level. This requires deciding what performance metrics are truly important and being consistent in their application....
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- 17 Oct 2014
- Blog Post
Tap into HBS Alumni Talent
extraordinary group of individuals with diverse backgrounds and interests that would add value to your organization. If you are recruiting for a mid-level manager, senior leader, or even C-suite executive, we encourage you to visit our...
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Erica Hunt
o.k. with just being me, and encourage others to do the same. I will say, "So what I ordered dessert." "So what I'm taking time off to raise my children." "So what I'm leaving corporate to go into...
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Policymakers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
hospitals and providers Encourage rural providers to affiliate with qualifying centers of excellence for more complex care and fully integrate telemedicine in care networks by eliminating state-based licencing requirements for providers...
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Hank Willis Thomas Ernest and Ruth 2015 | About
both a sculpture and a bench. Like much of Thomas’s work, Ernest and Ruth explores the theme of shifting perspectives and invites audience participation and interaction. As Thomas has stated, “When viewers occupy the piece, they are View Details
- 24 Aug 2021
- News
Having a Moment
paid attention to.” After two years of planning, and a slight delay due to COVID, Moment launched in June 2020 and won Best Startup Beverage at the BevNET New Beverage Showdown 2020. While the company’s tagline encourages potential...
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- 18 Jan 2018
- News
Making a Mark in Multicultural Marketing
Denmark West (MBA 1998), serve on its board of directors. Says Marmon, “I encourage black women, as they contemplate their futures, to pursue their dreams and surround themselves with people who will guide, nurture, and help them realize...
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- 12 May 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
one is encouraging their work.” Based on his background, he knew that business could provide the solution. “I thought I should create an art market rather than complaining about the lack of one.” (Published May 2016)
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