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- 30 Apr 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Brand Management
recent case on tennis powerhouse Maria Sharapova. Key concepts include: On a global scale, total sports industry revenues are expected to be nearly $100 billion in 2007. The highest-paid athletes often make more money from endorsements and other commercial activities... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
State of the Unions
succumbed to ongoing protests, announcing in February that it would up the base salary of its employees to at least $9 an hour. Despite statistics that show that unions are in decline throughout the country—the US Department of Labor... View Details
- Web
Working at Harvard Business School | Employment
professionally and academically. More information on University offerings can be found here. Compensation & Salary Grades Harvard offers competitive salaries that are designed to attract, retain, and reward... View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
of the School’s budget in fiscal 2023 centered on our most important asset—our people. Salaries and benefits totaled $457 million, or 46 percent of total operating expenses, an increase of $29 million, or 7 percent year over year. The... View Details
- 11 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Economic Jitters Push Pandemic Job Seekers to Big Companies, Not Startups
severe as they seemed.” Bernstein advises startups that are facing a dwindling talent pool to raise cash—and act quickly. Finding capital when it's least needed can provide a firm with more stability, as well as the ability to offer competitive View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Profile
Terrance McGuire
then go into the venture capital business,” he said. Part of the resistance to joining a startup was the reality of trying to build a company on a shoestring with attendant salaries that were nowhere near the compensation available... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
it happens), they often see dollar signs first and foremost. Salaries are soaring - even a journeyman player can earn in a few seasons what the average fan makes in a lifetime - and ever-increasing revenues are required to fund expanding... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
spend more than $800 billion annually on those efforts. Sales compensation plans are at the center of all this activity, the primary tool managers use to motivate and incentivize salespeople. Sales reps feed on two forms of compensation: View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Profile
Brett Lindsay Laffel
and other front office personnel with statistical analysis that was used for in-game strategy, salary arbitration, assessment of teams' Player Development programs, and the First-Year Player Draft. The right time for HBS After another... View Details
- 11 Dec 2017
- Blog Post
3 Ways Financial Aid is Unique at HBS
the financial position of recent HBS graduates. For the Class of 2017, the average debt was $87,300. The median starting salary at graduation was $135,000 and the median signing bonus (for students who received a bonus) was $25,000. This... View Details
- 17 Jul 2019
- Blog Post
Tech for the People
Enterprise Initiative that provides competitive salaries to graduating MBAs who work for a year in nonprofit and public sector organizations. Spending his first post-HBS year as a Leadership Fellow made total sense for Tsai, a Stanford... View Details
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
and error took a toll.” On the detailed level, CEOs “worked on scenario planning and cost-cutting.” Most made retaining staff a priority: “We worked hard to retain all the roles we could. We ended up furloughing some people and switched to paying flat View Details
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
great bottom line. Ton emphasizes the importance of scheduling and stability. Workers learn about their schedules one month in advance and don't have to work different shifts from one day to the next. Over 85 percent of Mercadona's store employees are full-timers, and... View Details
- 03 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
“I Can Acquire Important Skills, But Also Gain the Big Picture Perspective of a Founder.”
he observes. But there may be the practical issue of money. “Although startups don’t often offer as competitive a salary as established companies,” Rahil notes, “HBS has a Summer Fellows Program that provides funding to students founding... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 28 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business
and Glassdoor and Indeed could inform us about labor markets. Related Reading Pay Workers More So They Steal Less Minimum Wage Debate Is Really About Social Values These Employers Pay Higher Salaries than Necessary Your Insight Needed! Do... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Ink: Start Small, Rise Above
Stacey Abrams didn’t dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Her first small business was a consultancy that she launched out of necessity to supplement her salary as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. Lara Hodgson (MBA 1998)... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Around the World of Entrepreneurial Ventures
failed at Singulus it was unlikely that he could have bounced back to his former position or commanded a salary that was similar to the comfortable one he'd left behind. As it turned out, this business story had a happy ending. Singulus... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
2+2er Pursues HBS/HKS Joint Degree
Kennedy School. As much as I enjoyed my time working for city government, I was concerned with how a lower salary would affect my ability to pay for the joint HBS/HKS degree program, let alone HBS. As a first-generation American growing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
New Career Wanted
swapping status, seniority, or a certain salary level for lifestyle considerations or the knowledge that they are giving something back to society. Both Carlson and Sullivan urge MBAs to use their training in analysis, risk-assessment,... View Details
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Global Opportunity Fellowship GO: ASIA - Alumni
countries and territories in Asia designated by the World Bank as Low Income, Low Middle Income or Upper Middle Income (view complete list: World Bank Country and Lending Groups ). Award amounts are designed to bridge the gap between the fellowship recipient’s annual... View Details