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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
adds HBS executive director of Entrepreneurial Studies Michael J. Roberts, who, as the contest’s faculty organizer, works closely with the student representatives. “The overall interest in entrepreneurship is solid. People have seen how much fun it is and how View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Supplying Demand
calling all the signals and plugging the holes," he says he has now learned to "let go of the nitty-gritty and let people do their jobs. " He adds, "The most rewarding thing in business is stepping back and watching other people do what... View Details
Keywords: Paul Michelman
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Action Plan: Brewing Awareness
speaking, people were more defensive and pessimistic, with a strong focus on income stability,” he says.“Now there’s a greater sense of the rewards that come from doing something interesting that you enjoy.” How to: Introduce consumers to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
Private-equity boards are typically composed of members with substantial wealth at risk. Private-equity boards know how to structure financial incentives that deter reckless gambling and reward profitable growth. Private-equity boards... View Details
- 16 Jan 2020
- News
Hitting the High Notes
chat bots in social media, data analytics to enhance candidate experience, and rewards to employees who refer successful hires. For nearly 30 years, Sheridan has been a high-level Human Capital Management consultant and expert on the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness
Another basic insight from the research—that giving even small amounts of money to other people can make you happy—can also be applied by organizations. On the employee side, you could give someone a $25 bonus for a job well done, or you could give them $25 to View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
alumni donors, the program aims to expose students to the rewards and challenges of the public and nonprofit world, while providing the communities and organizations they serve with the benefits of their HBS training. It attracted more... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Slum for Sale
area. Written with the assistance of Namrata Arora, a research associate at the HBS India Research Center, the case considers the potential risks and rewards of approaching an area like Dharavi with a new model in mind: slums as lucrative... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
The World's Banker
powerful in the world's great capitals, Wolfensohn might nonetheless rank his interactions with village chiefs and local leaders as among the most rewarding of his career. For even as he enjoyed a remarkable career in the private sector,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Whit Sears (MBA 1959)
as hard or get as much out of HBS as I might have. Nonetheless, HBS was a good experience for me: The community was solid, the teaching superb, and the cases challenging. I still use class discussion whenever I can in teaching. Despite many View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Fish Story
percent, thanks to Bertarelli’s gift). An America’s Cup–winning sailor and scuba diver, Bertarelli estimates that the Chagos sanctuary’s protected fish population will grow by 150 percent in just two or three years. “Human beings like being View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Happy New Year: The HBS Alumni Board's Newest Members Look to the Future
overarching goal is to make sure each remains well informed of the work of the School, its goals, and its challenges. I also want to make sure they have a rewarding experience as Alumni Board members given the amount of time and effort... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Raymond Hwang (MBA 2010)
created a more effective group dynamic that enabled us to get more out of ourselves and each session. Also, TOM was interesting.” What advice would you give doctors considering attending HBS? “The learning environment at HBS rewards... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
board members who are retiring this year. It has been an honor for me to work with each of them. Finally, a new board president will take my place in the fall, and I will move into the role vacated by Ed. My term as president of the HBSAA has been both stimulating and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Curb Your Smartphone Habit
raised to succeed on our own and rewarded for that. Taking time off—and worse yet, asking for help to make that possible—often is seen as a sign of weakness. So people get stressed out when the goal requires acknowledging that you can’t... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
marketing group, hammering out goals and determining resources, work assignments, measures of success, and even rewards and recognition for a job well done. "It is the only method that works if you want to move in parallel paths and not... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Ink
strategy and assessing your place in the competitive landscape. Tool 15, “Taming Co-opetition,” helps one determine the risks and rewards of sleeping with the enemy. Essentially, the advice is, don’t. “With few exceptions, being in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
entrepreneur than as a doctor. Luckily there is a solution, but there is only one: consumer-driven health care. Let’s take back our $2.2 trillion from the entrepreneur-suppressing status quo and allow consumers to reward those... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Campaign Ends, Exceeds Expectations
enter less financially rewarding fields can apply for a variety of loan-assistance and fellowship programs. Global Research The Global Initiative, headquartered in Greenhill House, helps faculty develop in-depth international re-search... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
The Business of Biotech
nature, has the potential for enormous rewards in the future. "It may be that the time to profitability isn't that much longer for a biotech company than an Internet start-up," remarks Pisano. "In biotech, one big drug will make you very... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna