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- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
afforded Middlebrooks precious peace of mind at work, knowing her children were in a safe, loving, and familiar environment. In addition, she credits husband William, who owns a customer service and training firm, with sharing equally in... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Starting Up and Starting Over
injection of venture capital, at least an equal number of entrepreneurs has probably turned to other resources such as savings, "angels," or even dear old Mom and Dad. Consider, for example, the tale of Thermo Electron's George N.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Fair Trade
status-symbol luxuries, like expensive watches or designer jeans. Why do consumers pay so much for products whose ingredients are well known to represent only a small proportion of the retail price? Beauty is certainly, as one recent... View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
inside the booth owned by tech startup Barared to do everything from place phone calls to pay bills, deposit money, and buy minutes for their mobile phones. It’s a convenience for her customers, Reyes says: Chimalhuacán has only two bank... View Details
- 28 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Dedication to Creation: India's Ad Man Ranjan Kapur
that in Singapore: Empower the people to take action. The third thing was this balance he created. He talked about the three-legged stool. Kapur was one leg, the finance director the second, the creative director the third; each had equal... View Details
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
in stylized, hypothetical scenarios meant to isolate key features of the tax problem, a large share of respondents resist the full equalization of unequal outcomes due to innate brute luck that standard analyses recommend. A similar share... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
clashed as decision-making power, pay and incentives, and clout were altered and redistributed. JLL realized that its organizational structure was hindering the firm in achieving key strategic goals, such as rapid scalability of corporate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
industry. His equally ambitious son pushed the company to its limits, presiding over the creation of the IBM 360 in 1964, one of the greatest new-product introductions in American business history. In that case, things would, in all... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
research shows that being raised by mothers and fathers who work both inside and outside the home gives children a signal that contributions at home and at work are equally valuable, for both men and women.” Still, the changes and choices... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
weapon called life experience. Just Change: How to Collaborate for Lasting Impact by Tynesia Boyea-Robinson (MBA 2005) (Advantage Media Group) Equal access to opportunities for all citizens is the key to a sustainable national economy. To... View Details
- 12 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting
applicable to every listed company in the world: "The market capitalisation of any company listed on the [Johannesburg Stock Exchange] equals its economic value and not its book value. The financial report of a company, as seen in its... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
prominent South African leaders, like Nelson Mandela, and to the national soccer team. But by the mid-1990s, Surve, like many of his comrades, grew frustrated by the huge economic disparities that existed in South Africa, even though its progressive constitution... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 May 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 9
paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52312 Equality and Equity in Compensation By: Bao, Jiayi, and Andy Wu Abstract—Equity compensation is widely used for incentivizing skilled employees, particularly in new technology... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
friction-often pay too little attention to it in their approach to talent management. By managing language carefully, firms can hire and develop the best employees, improve collaboration on global teams, and strengthen the company's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27
extractors, and thus to FIJI Water and not to its competitors. FIJI Water responded by calling the increase "discriminatory" and threatening to shut down its operations, but in the end its negotiations resulted in its agreeing to View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
takes the man’s point of view in hopes of rebalancing a debate too often confined to women, to political correctness, or to conforming reluctantly to equality laws. From Start-Up to Global Success: The Zensar Story by Ganesh Natarajan... View Details
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
that relied heavily on debt? Would Warburg Pincus Ventures be prepared to pay a price sufficient to win the bidding contest? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207125 Dressen (Abridged) (B)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jan 2005
- Research & Ideas
Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance
is an equally genuine goal. Self-interest should not be confused with exploitation or opportunism, as both are very different things. One of the arguments put forward is that there is no inherent tension between altruism and enlightened... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- Blog Post
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month at HBS
transcend our differences. As a participant in, and a beneficiary of, what we know as “the great American experiment,” I feel compelled to pay it forward by contributing to our collective progress towards a better United States. Part of... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
that truth equals facts plus context. And that I wanted to portray a more complete context. So, look, I think you read the book and you say, "There's a lot of things to admire in GE." But there's no way that I could tell a complete story... View Details