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Patrick Akl

appreciate the benefits of diversity,” says Patrick. “HBS attracts people from different cultures and backgrounds; its cases are truly global in scope and reach.” The case method also surfaces the best aspects of diversity. “Because... View Details

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Julio Cedeno

method forced them to speak up and get out of their comfort zones, something I thought I could really benefit from as well." Finally, Julio realized that while suspending his career for two years "had a lot of costs, I saw that... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy

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Impact on a Global Scale | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

benefit of nonprofit managers. But it is also engaged in a number of offshoot efforts, such as helping build peer-to-peer networks for philanthropists to share ideas on how to increase the impact of their endeavors. This idea emerged from... View Details

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Employer Reimbursement Options | HBS Online

support will benefit the organization in the long run. Step 5: Be Proactive You may not always be your organization’s top priority, especially if you work for a large company with thousands of employees. Make sure to provide all necessary... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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Timothy G. Brier: The Price is Right

With his thorough understanding of the airline industry's complex pricing policies, Brier was the ideal person to explain to carriers how they, as suppliers, would benefit from the new venture. With the airlines on board, more than five... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Jun 2005
News

New Magazine Makes Its Mark

Nelson. “We appeal to a 20-year-old college student just as well as a 70-year-old grandmother.” Adds Phillips: “That means we have to work harder to market our publication, but we stand to benefit in terms of building a large, diverse... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Bookmarks; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

16 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Mentoring—Using the Voice of Experience

coach or mentor, but what makes for a successful student in this role? There are individual benefits and organization-wide benefits to the whole notion of recognizing how people learn and adjusting the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Feeling Seen: What to Say When Your Employees Are Not OK

Behavior and Human Decision Processes. The benefits of talking it out Zlatev and colleagues conducted six studies involving a total of about 2,500 participants between 2018 and 2020. The results indicated that: Workers trust colleagues... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

December 1982 (Revised December 1984)
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Hi-Tech Corp.

By: Fred K. Foulkes and William E. Fruhan Jr.

Hi-Tech examines the financial implications of a reduction in the work force via a voluntary severance program which offers up to two and a half times annual pay if an employee voluntarily terminates employment. View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Financial Management; Retirement; Employees; Compensation and Benefits; Corporate Finance; Technology Industry; Europe

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12 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

receive far lower payments. Other Google practices, particularly Google's restrictions on export and copying of advertisers' campaigns, further hinder competition in Internet advertising-without any countervailing benefit whatever. Google... View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

01 Dec 2001
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New York Club Asks for Donations to September 11 Relief Fund

complex. The New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund assists the families of fallen New York City firefighters and police officers. It provides funds to families at the time of a death to assist with immediate expenses.... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

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Farrah Jamal

the CFO, they gave me a chance – and I stayed almost three years.” “Health care is in transformation,” Farrah says. “It’s an industry that can really benefit from the perspectives, lessons learned, and best practices of other industries.... View Details

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Books - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Elizabeth Teisberg show how to move health care toward positive-sum competition that delivers lasting benefits for all. Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing: A Simpler and More Powerful Path to Higher Profits Robert S. Kaplan and Steven R.... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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African-American Alumni Conference Considers Success and the Bottom Line

Struggles, Medtronic, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Shell, and Sun Microsystems. A portion of the conference proceeds will benefit HBS community initiatives such as the campaign to fund a chair honoring H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33) and the... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

16 Sep 2010
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Idea Takes Root

wire. The IIRC deserves better, and here’s why. As Eccles states in his blog, reporting both financial performance and performance in the areas of environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and governance in an integrated fashion has enormous View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Corporate Services

22 Apr 2014
News

Find your passion in business and beyond

Adrian Beer (OPM 31, 2002), CEO of GrupoBeer, talks about finding balance between building your business and benefitting society. (Published April 2014) View Details

16 Sep 2024
News

Life Preserver

“There’s a massive gap between how many people get to benefit from a lifesaving organ transplant and how many truly need one,” says Sebastian Giwa (MBA 2009). He’s spent the last decade trying to change that. In the United States alone,... View Details

11 Oct 2022
News

On Balance

but also from kindergarten, so that young people are thinking and dreaming differently about their futures.” The scope is daunting but, for Wooldridge, success will entail changing the conversation. “We can change hearts and minds,” she concludes. “For me, success will... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2017
News

Ask the Expert: On the Fly

free-market competition. While market liberalization internationally is still evolving, the consumer benefits of the competitive marketplace are pretty compelling. Putting any one carrier in charge of the infrastructure that forms the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 1997
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David M. Hughes

HBS administrative committees and on the Harvard Graduate Council, helping to plan University-wide events such as a "Fun Run" to benefit inner-city youth. Explaining how he managed to do it all while maintaining good grades, Hughes... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

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