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Jake Cusack

I once served alongside men better than I. I watched them give selflessly — in the small things, offering me the only bowl of hot soup after a cold winter patrol; and in the big things, paying the ultimate price after volunteering to be... View Details

01 Apr 2001
News

Adventure in China

where she excelled at English and law, Zhang went to work as an assistant and interpreter at the regional railway. She so impressed a visiting Thai bank president after interpreting for him that he offered to pay her way through HBS if... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

01 Sep 2003
News

Lessons from Everest

part of a relatively recent phenomenon — organized adventures in which companies escort small groups of clients, willing to pay some $60,000 each, to try to summit the mountain. From his intellectual base camp in Hawes Hall, Roberto... View Details

Keywords: Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 1996
News

The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson

that requires sizable investments in projects that take several years to pay off, I believe the ideal is some combination of both. We could cut back on investment in future products or international joint ventures, but those efforts are... View Details

09 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch

"the top 200 chief executives at public companies with at least $1 billion in revenue got a big pay raise over last year," with a median 2012 compensation package of $15.1 million, up 16 percent from 2011. What's going on here?... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

20 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

rising stock market. Another was the use of stock options—because options are so complex, they can obscure the amount of pay actually being given to executives. In most cases where we see big excesses, it has to do with compensation... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

05 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis

comes to positioning a company to best recover from the inevitable next banking crash, however, it pays to be prudent in diversifying investments, and cutting them with an eye to recovery as much as immediate survival. That’s advice that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking

26 May 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Market Research in a Recession

the do-it-yourself approach rather than outsourcing to a market research firm is attractive in a cost-cutting era, but you risk getting no more than what you pay for. The opinions of convenience sample of an enthusiastic online brand... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

16 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist

you need to anticipate competitors' moves and customers' needs and make long-term investments that will not necessarily pay off in a matter of weeks. You don't do frontal assaults against armies that are ten times your size. Those are... View Details

Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak

21 Dec 2021
Blog Post

Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

increasing concerns about how to bridge the gap between consumer willingness to pay/perception of value and the hurdles restaurants face in trying to pay living wages. Menu Management. Chefs and restaurateurs often say they offer what... View Details

15 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Occupy Wall Street Protestors Have a Point

intervention by business because business had no legitimacy—"it's above my pay grade." Still others thought that business should use its influence to activate government. A final group said that companies were the only ones that... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard & Lynn S. Paine

05 Jan 2017
Blog Post

Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program

Nonprofits, and The Role of Government in Market Economies. For my MPP capstone exercise, I tapped into interest generated by the HKS Government Performance Lab and focused on the burgeoning Pay For Success movement. Working in... View Details

29 Aug 2016
Blog Post

First Year at HBS: A Foundation for Business

could also examine this change through the lens of marketing. What customer segment most values breakfast all day? Are they willing to pay a premium for this breakfast food? Or maybe this is a strategic question - is this in response to... View Details

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IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production - Course Catalog

arrangements). Students will be charged a course fee towards defraying a portion of these costs. Students are responsible for booking and paying for their own round-trip air travel and any costs associated with required visa documentation... View Details

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IFC: Ghana; Africa Rising - Course Catalog

local travel arrangements). Students will be charged a course fee towards defraying a portion of these costs. Students are responsible for booking and paying for their own round-trip air travel and any costs associated with required visa... View Details

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Leading a Family Business (LFB) - Course Catalog

What are the danger zones and warning signs that leaders need to pay attention to? Course Content and Organization: The course will be divided into two main modules. The first module will focus on building the core leadership toolkit... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance

HBS, where Jones took an entrepreneurship in public education elective with Stacey Childress (MBA 2000), who now heads NewSchools Venture Fund. Childress urged her to enter the field, but Jones, intent on paying off her loans, opted for a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; public education; leadership; charter schools; career paths; work-life balance; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

08 Jul 2015
What Do You Think?

Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?

our thinking about work outmoded? What do you think? Original Article This question popped up in my mind last month after President Obama, exercising his authority under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, announced a change in labor rules to extend overtime View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

12 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits

political ends, such as higher employment. "Typically in research on regulatory capture, special interests put pressure on politicians, for example, firms pay money; in my story it comes because a politician wants to be reelected,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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