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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Identifying why the path to the top for women and racial minorities remains elusive
While diversity in hiring has increased markedly among professional service organizations, the changes are not reflected at the senior-most levels. For example, in US law firms, women comprise 46 percent of associates but only 19 percent... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Underwater Options May Not Sink Incentives
motivated when payoff requires such a daunting climb? A clear temptation, and a path pursued by many firms, is to reduce strike prices or award new options reflecting lower stock values. But, as HBS associate professor Lisa Meulbroek... View Details
- Web
Eva Cai | MBA
venture at the iLab, I learned how patient experiences and cross-disciplinary collaborations can transform technical solutions. I am motivated to understand the business aspect of medical engineering solutions to optimize patient... View Details
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Karly Hou | MBA
nonprofit. For low-income K-12 students and schools, we provide free, live, online, peer-to-peer programming and resources. We've been able to support hundreds of schools and thousands of students across every continent, and hearing heartwarming student success stories... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Scott C. Bolick
Student Association president, Bolick has put his personal imprimatur on the Army's notion of motivating people and achieving results. Above all, he remembers the encouragement of that Army instructor who reinforced his belief that people... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Faculty Books
examine the ways in which software differs from other technologies in promoting economic development; what motivates individuals and firms to contribute to open source projects; how developers and users view the trade-offs between the two... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Job Hunting in a Tight Market: Strength in Numbers
career coach throughout their searches. The reason? Job hunters learn from each other’s strategies, help each other, and help motivate their comrades. The average résumé is reviewed for only ten seconds. Résumés should have a summary... View Details
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Olivia Wenzel | MBA
at the intersection of technology and business: I'll never forget the nursing home residents' smiles as they played our games and bragged about their new high scores. This is technology at its best -- bringing people together, motivating... View Details
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Kayla Huang | MBA
Professional goals: I am interested in helping to develop equitable technologies for the refinement and deployment of government/public policy initiatives. In the longer term, I also hope to help forge a fortified career path in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Faculty Research Online
been adopted by thousands of private, public, and nonprofit enterprises around the world. Professor Robert S. Kaplan, who created the concept and tool with David Norton (DBA ’73), explains the roots and motivation for their original... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
yet motivated workers were stranded below the job ladder. In 2000, he founded Year Up, which offers low-income young adults a yearlong program of corporate training, mentorship, internships, and real jobs. Based in Boston, Year Up has now... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Noted & Quoted
“ Of everything that can engage people deeply in work, the single most important is simply making progress in meaningful work.” —HBS professor Teresa Amabile, discussing her long-range research on what motivates employees. (Radio Boston,... View Details
Keywords: quotations
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Cracks in the Foundation
months ahead as they and other HBS faculty travel to a number of cities to meet with alumni, as well as government, labor, and other business leaders, to disseminate ideas and catalyze local actions around competitiveness. "Our alumni bring enormous capacity and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Studying Japan from the Inside
Motor was turned around by Carlos Ghosn. Ghosn was sent from Renault, the French auto company, which acquired management control of the financially distressed Nissan in March 1999. Ghosn motivated Nissan’s middle management and... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
turn difficult. 6. Manage risk and don’t spend needlessly. Successful entrepreneurs focus on managing their risks to the point where launching a new company is not much more risky than most of the other professional choices they could... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
higher percentage of the revenue in order to motivate them." Things get more interesting with the degree that the actions of one professional affect the revenues generated by other professionals—what is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Got Global?
motivator for exiled businessman Ali Allawi (MBA ’71) to return to Iraq in the fall of 2003 to serve in the new government. After a disappointing two and one-half years, he left Baghdad for his home in London, disillusioned with the Iraqi... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Where Are They Now?
financial measures of performance,” he says. “How do you design a performance measurement system that is both useful for monitoring purposes and motivates people to do the right thing? We know that financial measures of performance are... View Details
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Grace Kim | MBA
solutions could have on the specific needs of a consumer, which motivated me in my pursuit for STEM that works towards the improvement and sustainability of a better society. Professional goals: With future... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Research Online
HBS Working Knowledge vault about building a business in a down economy, motivating the troops, and other current topics. See http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6232.html. Why Do Countries Adopt International Financial Reporting Standards? Why do... View Details