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- 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 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
manufacturer, including the farming of long staple cotton in northwest China. "When I control my materials, I control my own destiny," she says matter-of-factly. Since the state wasn't rewarding farmers for growing this crop, which is a... 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
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
another arranges funding new schools. “Some volunteers get a taste for what is not necessarily monetarily rewarding, but quite rewarding nonetheless, and it changes their perception of life,” she says. After HBS, Huebner moved to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
companies to describe their strategy clearly and move on to what really matters — making it work. "In today's business environment, strategy is more important than ever," write the authors. "This book shows how leaders can shape their own companies and meet the... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
all the people in our [the team’s] lives as well as for the growing number of people supporting us. At the very least, we succeeded in that! Personally, that is an invaluable reward in itself. “Challenges have included fundraising for a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
exists a unique opportunity to bring lasting stability to southeastern Europe. Generous international aid and investment in the region, he contends, will benefit the West geopolitically and reward it financially. “We are living a historic... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
New Ways to Stay Connected
their homes or at local restaurants around the world, MBA students working in the region during the summer between their first and second years have the opportunity to meet with alumni, forging connections around their shared HBS experience. “We’ve hosted students... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
concentrate on his progress in his current position. “I think we are 75 percent of the way there in terms of laying the foundation for client services, but we’re probably 25 percent in terms of achieving all the things we want to. There is no shortage of challenges or... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
Rewarding the Top Dog The media, institutional investors, and even government officials all seem to have an opinion about CEO compensation, often criticizing how and how much top executives are paid. But do CEOs really dictate their own... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 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
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
From Das’s Desk
providing lifelong learning that meets your needs and interests. It is an exciting time at HBS, with a new Dean and new priorities, and along with that I am bringing my term as Senior Associate Dean for External Relations to a close. Looking back, it has been a... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
resides with his wife, Jane, and their two sons in Mazda’s home city of Hiroshima, four hours south of Tokyo by bullet train. Says Fields:“Mazda has deep roots in Hiroshima. Generations of local people have given our company a truly special spirit. It’s a very View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Taking Time to Make Time
has included often-overlapping leadership roles in business, teaching, public service, and the law, Pozen has also written six books and maintained rewarding relationships with his wife and their two children. In a widely read Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Time management
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
A Modest Tax Proposal
indefinite deferral under the current system. This proposal would raise revenues from corporate activities in jurisdictions with no or low taxes, while encouraging American corporations to repatriate their foreign profits at reasonable rates. The money can then be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Pursuing the Ultimate Deal
would not negotiate under violence and there would be no reward for violence. But he would at the same time let it be known that he was open to negotiation at the right time and under the right circumstances.” According to Ross, Sharon... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
in the standard of living. An individual company, though, can move assets anywhere. So companies can reward their shareholders regardless of what happens to the national economy. As a result, the interest of companies and the country have... View Details