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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
What intrigued you about the pay-what-you-want (PWYW) model? It’s very unusual for a firm or a seller to completely relinquish pricing power to their customers. Typically consumers encounter a price, and then they decide whether or not they want to View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
One Degree of Difference
two-thirds of American workers. It’s a particularly expensive practice for employers, who pay up to 30 percent more to hire graduates for middle-skills work even when individuals without degrees perform View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
Rewarding the Top Dog The media, institutional investors, and even government officials all seem to have an opinion about CEO compensation, often criticizing how and how much top executives are paid. But do CEOs really dictate their own paycheck, and is their View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Revitalizing America
chopping block. "We shouldn't pay volunteers" was one eternal argument. AmeriCorps members are volunteers only in the same sense that the military is "all-volunteer"—people are not drafted or conscripted; they sign on voluntarily. Once... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
manages to combine sophisticated concepts of physics with high fantasy in a marvelous way." Heartlight was followed by the equally acclaimed The Ancient One and The Merlin Effect, contemporary mythic tales featuring an adventurous young... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 28 Oct 2021
- News
Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity
Gates: “For all of history, women and girls have been relegated to the margins, denied an equal chance to learn, lead, earn, thrive, and rise. Even today, there is nowhere on earth where women have achieved true equality. Now, the world... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Sep 2011
- News
A Taxing Question
subsidiaries of US firms is supposed to be taxed at the corporate rate of 35 percent. But the law provides a huge loophole that allows companies to sidestep paying any tax on foreign profits as long as the money stays outside the US.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
Palandjian Photo courtesy Tracy Palandjian Cohen Main article: Where Innovation Rules Governments and philanthropies have long sought to improve the lives of society’s least fortunate and most vulnerable, often with discouraging results. Money spent doesn’t reliably... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
Bertini (DBA 2006) and Oded Koenigsberg The MIT Press Would you rather pay for health care or for better health? For school or education? For groceries or nutrition? A car or transportation? A theater performance or entertainment? In The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
Bloomfield Hills, MI A Taxing Question Regarding his My Two Cents column, “My Beautiful Capital Gain,” in the March issue, I’d ask this of Dal LaMagna (MBA 1970): The money you invested was already taxed once at ordinary income tax rates, so why should you View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
TO CURRENT STUDENTS "While facts and knowledge are important, interpersonal skills, respect for others, and the ability to establish mutual trust are equally significant-and sometimes more so-as you move ahead in your career. To succeed... View Details
- 17 Apr 2015
- News
A Driving Force for a Sustainable World
launched her own fund in 2012 with Ecomobilité Ventures. The firm’s investments have included Ouicar, a French car-sharing business, and Ridepal, a San Francisco–based company working to redefine commuting. It provides real-time, shared bus services for workers whose... View Details
- 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
- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
marketing in courses with professors Das Narayandas, Forest L. Reinhardt, and (now Dean) Nitin Nohria. Kovatch embraced equally the academic and social aspects of campus life, volunteering as social chair and traveling to Japan,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Q&A - Mark Fields
no word for “privacy” in Japanese. Indeed, the language is often opaque, even for those who are fluent, but at the same time it’s very precise when it comes to technical and logistical details. Hierarchy and equality coexist. It’s... View Details
- 15 Nov 2024
- News
Driving Change
Speaking to nearly 700 alumni at the Women’s Leadership Summit last week, HBS Professor Robin Ely addressed both current and emerging challenges facing women in leadership roles, while emphasizing the critical importance of continued progress. “Today, we face a fresh... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Righting the Ship
Stuckey. “They’ll execute their project and pay your division back the following year, interest free. Both divisions win, and we improve execution rates at the enterprise level.” Within the first year of implementation, the NAVSEA Warfare... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 23 Mar 2020
- News
Signal Boost
being influenced by women, yet they weren’t paying attention to what women wanted.” Giving voice to those who aren’t always heard has been a hallmark of Lara’s career. Today, she works as the executive director at Lakeshore Ethnic... View Details
- 04 Dec 2014
- News
Hacking Health Care
and growth to build new organizations.” Equally life-changing were the guest lectures taught by the likes of Jeff Bezos, who, at the time, was merely the founder of an online used bookstore. “To have those encounters right there, in... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Closing the Education Gap
state funding.” Dias Griffin and her husband, Ken Griffin, have made education a cornerstone of their philanthropy for years. Through their eponymous family foundation, they have donated more than $13 million to CHECC. “I benefited from a great free education that I... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken