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- 01 Jun 2006
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CEO Compensation Troubles
long-term trend has been for CEO pay to rise along with the pay for other senior executives, and it is now twice as much as that of CEOs in major European countries, according to Towers Perrin, a global consultancy. A recent study... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Board Leader, and Transitions and Transformations. Long-term goals for this committee include determining which programs resonate with alumni and then defining a well-targeted marketing effort to increase cross-class and total alumni... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
he or she earned $7 million being a secretary. The answer is that secretary would have to pay close to $2.5 million in taxes, $1.5 million more than I would. The difference, of course, is that my good fortune was a long-term capital gain,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
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Preparing Global Leaders
and long-term value creation. In addition to this, he is cofounder and chairman of Voxtra, a social impact investment firm that focuses on improving the livelihoods of those in the agriculture sector in East Africa. He and his wife,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Education Innovation
its economy. Her conclusion, which helped inform HBS's US Competitiveness Project: "The United States must recognize that its long-term growth depends on dramatically increasing the quality of its K–12 public education system." A reform... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Whale Wars
their citizens’ long-term interests. So I decided to go over to the dark side and act. I joined up as a ship’s engineer on the 200-foot vessel Steve Irwin, which set sail out of Hobart, Tasmania, toward Antarctica. On a stunning, sunny... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Leadership in the Digital Age
the Africa Research Center and Middle East and North Africa Research Center highlighted the importance of building the infrastructure necessary to undertake digital transformation. These are all long-term tasks and big-picture questions... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Speak English, Please!
achieve.” Mikitani expected that the initial global English-only conversion would be difficult. “This is going to be a long-term effort for us,” he states in the case. “Starting this month, my own speech will simply be in English.” All... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
investing immediately, with the first check we received,” he says. The initial fundraising goal was $4 million; the fund has now raised $25 million. Aravaipa also had long-term vision. “This isn’t software,” Fenwick-Smith explains.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Turning Point: Power Outlet
proactively, not reactively. I can’t stop. Then a mom from the group suggested setting up a conference call to figure out our next steps. From there, we formed a steering committee, and I drafted a mission statement and a long-term... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
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New Releases
changing the way they think about customers, competition, cooperation, and the market. Examples from companies such as Nintendo, American Express, Club Med, and General Motors provide ample evidence that long-term profitability does not... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Theory & Practice
the future. In Do Lunch or Be Lunch: The Power of Predictability in Creating Your Future, Stevenson (with Jeffrey L. Cruikshank) argues that predictability in the business organization - created by practices such as establishing precise performance guidelines and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
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Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
Noting that private capital has an important role to play in Asia's resurgence, Corzine concluded, "For American financial institutions with long-term perspectives, there are tremendous opportunities in the region based on ties that might... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
reinvesting in the underpinnings of our economy and laying the groundwork for long-term prosperity. That means investing in infrastructure, clean energy, and education. We need to address the health-care crisis and end the shame of tens... View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
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Buffett Protégé Britt Cool to Start Own Firm
Journal. “Anything I’ve assigned her she’s done a first-class job on.” As for her new firm, Britt Cool told the paper that there will be similarities to Berkshire Hathaway in its approach. “I want to build a long-term platform and a View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
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2017 in Manufacturing: The Supply Chain Goes High Tech
The globalization of manufacturing and the increased dependence on digital technology is transforming the sector and changing its competitive advantage profile. This is a long-term trend, but we are seeing its effects more clearly with... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
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HBS's Unique Economic Model
Rick Melnick Harvard Business School is renowned for educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Less well known is the economic model that enables HBS to do this—model that is unique in higher education. HBS is a living example of what it teaches: For a... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect
range of behaviors where there’s a virtuous option with long-term gains that we should be engaging in and a tempting one with short-term gains,” Beshears observes. That might include tackling a challenging work project, facing up to a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff
It was the most important contributor to my professional achievements.” With a charitable remainder trust, the couple combined their long-term financial and tax planning objectives with their philanthropic goals. “It is a convenient and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Is Private Equity Blockchain’s Killer App?
O’Grady is cognizant that expansion will take time. “It’s not as though by the end of the year we’re going to have all of our private equity fund clients [on blockchain], because it’s still the early days of the application of this technology,” he says. View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell