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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Commemorating a Milestone
printed pages (page 24) —and more than double that amount here on the alumni website. Be sure to see both the printed and online formats; they're a rich and rewarding read. One... View Details
Keywords: Meta
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Road to Recovery
addiction treatment alone, but administering a program that tracks an individual’s healthy behaviors, and provides incremental rewards along the way, was difficult in traditional treatment settings. From... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
college. At the time, I was studying economics and found the topic fascinating, from an economic theory perspective; it was—and still is—an unprecedented market failure and tragedy of the commons on a global... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
be chopped down in a moment by policymakers with less knowledge of the issue. In March, Langford was invited to the White House Opioid Summit, where President Trump advocated for the “ultimate” penalty for drug dealers, a stance that runs... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Thirteen years ago, Marcelo Claure, founder of wireless services company Brightstar, discussed with a reluctant Steve Jobs the idea of launching a trade-in and recycling program for iPhones. It was a business move that expanded the market and created a new profit... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Finding New Ways to Solve Civic Problems
things early in my career, so I found it very rewarding and look to continue that work. “One of the things I really enjoy about being a state representative is that you have the opportunity to deal with a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Improving the service experience requires excellence—but not in everything
involves making strategic tradeoffs: choosing to overperform in highly valued services means underperforming in others. But the rewards are great, “So we work on helping organizations identify the net positives of tradeoffs View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
The four professional leagues have varying systems involving collective bargaining agreements, free agency rules, and financial penalties that, to different degrees, set, or act as a "drag" on, upper-level... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
subscriptions for the service. “I especially find it rewarding as these emerging companies develop projects that, in the long run, will contribute to a better world for the coming generation; they all want to do more 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... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Giving Tree
same wonderful opportunities that I had,” Draper says, summing up the simple yet heartfelt objective that drives so many alumni supporters. The result? A chain of giving that pays forward the life-changing experience of an HBS education. Donors View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
high-quality transactions to the United States to demonstrate the promise of this instrument,” Palandjian adds. “Social impact bonds have the potential to improve social outcomes at reduced taxpayer expense; shift performance risk away from government to private... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Africa Business Club Discusses Continent's Opportunities
"a growth-enhancing and stable macroeconomic framework that rewards productivity and creativity." Susan E. Rice, U.S. assistant secretary for African Affairs, was the... View Details
- 26 Jun 2017
- News
Behind the Scenes at an HBS Short Program
about what everyone on the course was doing in business and what new ideas they had,” he writes. “It was equally rewarding and indeed satisfying on the rare occasion to offer... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Alumni Books
by Gabriel Wisdom (OPM 26, 1998) (Wiley) Wisdom shows how to capitalize on value plays where the fundamentals are strong but the “general wisdom” about the security has turned negative. Most promising are the stocks Wall Street has marked down without regard to their... 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... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
In the course of their outstanding professional careers, this year’s five recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award — the School’s highest honor — have had an enormous impact on the world of business. A surprising key to their success? Understanding the importance of... View Details
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
a lot of movies. And I need to stay on top of who are the hot new actors and directors. And to do that, I can't go to the theater all the time. View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Invest in the New Abnormal
need to adjust to the new reality that customers prefer not to come into their stores. B2C firms must enhance their delivery and pickup options and provide incentives [such as View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Modest Tax Proposal
"How about 'No new taxes after these new taxes'?" © James Stevenson/The New Yorker Collection/www.cartoonbank.com As Congress starts the next round of debt ceiling negotiations, the US Chamber of Commerce and other business groups are... View Details