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- 02 Sep 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Transparent Should Boards Be?
resign as CEO of HP, and on the board's discussion leading up to the decision. But we know that the board let Hurd go without cause, meaning that he qualifies for about $40 million in severance pay. (We also... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
courses, I’ve spent so much time teaching the tools that are based on theory. What is really interesting is that professionals in lots of industries, in particular the VC industry, totally disregard them. Using derived cost of capital and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
One-on-One with William H. Donaldson
December 2001 had severely eroded investor confidence and prompted Congress to legislate sweeping corporate reforms contained in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Donaldson’s predecessor, Harvey L. Pitt, had been forced to View Details
- 14 Sep 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO
people at Google and millions more around the world before Google CEO Sundar Pichai terminated him. The ensuing debate expanded far beyond the Google campus, during which many people sided with Damore as... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 23 May 2019
- News
Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
computerize financial data and provide investment professionals with real-time market information and analysis. The computer terminal he and his... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 04 Nov 2002
- What Do You Think?
What’s Best for the Corporate Brain?
same time remain flexible enough to source new expertise and knowledge from outside the company." The planned termination of the lowest performing employees was characterized as a way "to forget... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
for freedom?” Djelic asked himself. That autumn, he resigned from McKinsey and bid farewell to his wife, Marie-Laure, and two young daughters, who stayed behind in Paris. He... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2008
- News
“Let Us Now Praise Famous Women”
Baker Library) and accessed with the DECmate housed in a VT100 terminal cabinet. At first I was envisioning Doris and Val at their Decmates inputting all the data for some... View Details
- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
President Trump’s infrastructure plan and a counterproposal by Senate Democrats are rising toward the top of the national agenda. All agree that there is a pressing need to fix the collapsing bridges, potholed roads, crashing trains,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
opportunity to create and spread innovative solutions to some of society’s most pressing problems. In doing so, they joined a groundswell of interest in social entrepreneurship. Just as entrepreneurs spot missed opportunities in business... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
in clandestine seizure of Iraq’s off-shore oil terminals and cleared Iraqi waterways for delivery of humanitarian aid. Service from September to December 2001 (off Iraq, Afghanistan) View Details
- Web
2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy | MBA
2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy Harvard Business School’s policy on drugs and alcohol—adapted from and in accordance with other similar policies at Harvard University—reflects our concern for the health View Details
- Web
Management Training Program: 1945 - 1955 | Baker Library
administrative level and the need for graduate business education for women. From the findings, it was recommended that the Management Training Program continue. (4) Confronted with a difficult fiscal situation, however, the President... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
that a member of the school board had resigned his seat, with two years left on a four-year term? “I looked at the position and realized this was probably the opportunity to start contributing,” she says.... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
envision personal rapid transit (PRT) systems that achieve these benefits. Such a system opened this week at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, taking passengers between the terminal View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
more to share, more to inspire. At 37, she was diagnosed with terminal metastatic colon cancer, dying at 42. But her insights, lessons, and thoughts on humanity during those five years are nothing short of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
home life. "Most of the time I end up sacrificing a fair bit on the family side," admits Weber, who in August resigned as president of Vickers Inc., a manufacturer of hydraulic pumps and motors in Toledo,... View Details
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
think he respected me for it.” Fate factor: “Working for McKinsey in Tanzania, between my first and second years at HBS, was absolutely life-changing. It’s where I met Rukia Hamisi, who became a good friend; View Details
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Loan Assistance Programs - Alumni
Careers Careers Loan Assistance Programs HBS offers a variety of career support programs for eligible students and new alumni that provide financial assistance for those who choose careers in which starting salaries are lower than those... View Details
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
technological innovation. “The question is with 50 million public school students in America, how can you provide a more individualized learning experience?” "If you go to the smallest mom-and-pop restaurant, you'll find a point-of-sale View Details