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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
Management Déjà Vu,” by asking his audience about their concerns, as owners and operators of small businesses. A number of issues were voiced: sales and marketing; cash flow; hiring and motivating employees; smooth succession within... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Short Takes
other organization." Austin's hope for these new alliances is that "greater interaction will result in productive two-way learning: corporations can be enriched by finding out how nonprofits mobilize and motivate personnel, while... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
It made a difference in the world in such a short time frame, which speaks to how dynamic this space is and how motivated the students are to bring about change. What will the picture look like in another decade? VG: Historically, much... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
profit motive is needed. One argument for ending monopolies and opening the market for private services is that this might lead to more rapid technology introduction and innovation. You don’t have to look very far to find examples of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 15 Sep 2015
- News
Easing the Costs of Saving a Child
thought highly efficient and capable of helping many children,” says Taylor. “Then, a middleman ran away with the money, and I thought, ‘Oh goodness, this reminds me that due diligence is equally critical for nonprofits as for for-profits.” The shyster episode View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
by moving from employer to employer every couple years. They’re not going to take the information and go off and start their own business. They’re committed to the organization where they’re working and they are really motivated to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
game. It just means that the world economy gets to fire on more cylinders, not just U.S. and European cylinders. What I worry about, and what was a motivation to write this book, is that without a clear picture of what’s happening, then... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Andresen Becomes First European and First Exec. Ed. Graduate to Endow HBS Professorship
program tested Andresen's English skills. "I was often up until 3:00 in the morning, struggling with the dictionary to prepare cases," he recalls. "My canmates' support motivated me to stay, and that was the beginning of many lifelong... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
says, “I was living a dream every time I put on that helmet. And none of my teammates, from high school All-Americans to the last guys on the bench, needed any extra motivation to leave their guts, heart, and blood on the practice field... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
muckraker Lincoln Steffens as a personal hero and who confesses that his heart still quickens when he hears the songs of the International Brigade. At OPM, Navasky wrote later, “My Nation self still tended to regard the profit motive as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
authority, win trust and respect, motivate others, and become leaders. Hill’s book, which has received wide acclaim, contains numerous insights for prospective and new managers, those responsible for developing new managers, and academics... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Exchange: Lessons from the Edge
PhD, and I remember thinking how few mentions there were of emerging markets. I also remember thinking that the logic behind what the faculty was teaching us was eminently sensible. “Thou shalt create value. Thou shalt respect society. Thou shalt View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
older alumni. “We don’t have to wait 40 years to realize these were missed opportunities; simply asking people to anticipate their long-term rather than short-term regrets motivated them to feel less guilty about taking a vacation.”... View Details
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
“The best part is definitely the autonomy. We are the masters of our own shoe-odor destiny, and it’s incredibly motivating to build something when you feel such ownership. The most challenging part is being OK with ‘good enough.’ There... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- News
Home Grown
actually think about years and half a decade or more. What excites me is the fact that we are building an institution and a culture of innovation in an environment of a technology company and doing that from a country where it’s not been done before. If you are truly... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2016
productivity concepts—from motivation and goal-setting to focus and decision-making—that explain why some people and companies get so much done. Duhigg explains that the most productive people, companies, and organizations view the world,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
says the experience allowed him to help people who were motivated to help themselves. “It was exactly the mission I wanted,” he reflects. In the aftermath of 9/11, Kennealey decided in the spring of 2002 to put his career as an educator... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
our capital so that we can get a return on it. Potentially, we can even garner some strategic advantage from the relationships.” When evaluating offshore deals, cost saving isn’t the primary motivating factor, explains Breyer of Accel... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
users’ credit card purchases and then connects users with offsets they can buy to mitigate their footprint. Part of Pal’s motivation for building Joro was that she wanted a tool that would not only allow her to better measure the impact... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
think he tracks it more than he alludes to. That’s a good question. I mean, at the end of the day it’s his life, right? I’m scared for him, and fear is a really good motivator and a better motivator’s love. At the end of the day, he wants... View Details