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- 30 Jan 2009
- News
What’s It Worth to You?
higher standard than professional athletes, entertainers, and other excessively compensated individuals who are in it just for themselves? Leadership is an honorable calling, not a cash cow. Excessive compensation and ethical,... View Details
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Tips for Working Remotely | Information Technology
protect yourself when using hotel or airport Wi-Fi. Review our Best Practices for Traveling Abroad document, created in conjunction with other higher education institutes. Protect your Mobile Devices Keep... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
has an empirical paper presenting evidence that households that face higher labor income risk are somewhat less likely to choose tax-efficient asset location strategies, consistent with his theoretical model. The jury is still out on how... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
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Choosing the Right Student Loan | MBA
to their education through a combination of savings and student loans. Borrowing loans can seem daunting, but if you do it wisely, you can minimize the amount you owe and the time it takes to pay them off. There are tons of student loan... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell
the family business. The portrait of the business would also typically represent more than 90 percent of the owners' wealth. “If this transition is not managed well, the family has a higher risk of losing its wealth through bad investment... View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
experts to discuss how researchers can impact a broader audience, by lending their scientific expertise to pressing social issues, current events, and public debates. The landmark Brown v. Board of Education case, in which the Supreme... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Measuring the Efficacy of the World’s Managers
showed that a company's overall management score was directly related to how many competitors a firm faces—the higher number of reported competitors, the higher the management score. And multinational firms... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
education and say that they are only providing opportunities,” writes Tamara Heimur (HBS ’10). “On the other hand I was impressed with the CEOs’ commitment to continually increasing reach and decreasing interest rates. It highlighted the... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
In the Business of Flexibility
Employers will come to us and say, ‘we’ve gotten the impression that we need to get our arms around this in some way. Our competitors are doing it.’” Prokanga’s unique recruiting focus encourages employers to consider flexibility as part of the compensation package in... View Details
- 03 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 2)
experience that moment while my younger cousins would now know higher education as their norm. Being FGLI is an ongoing experience of grit and perseverance towards being the change in my family, community,... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
through your work with Adaptation Now? “Our goal is to engage people outside the environmental movement in a productive way. We have two success metrics we will track: (1) The extent to which climate change becomes a higher priority in... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
mountainous peaks, Frey learned to climb as a way to explore the native scenery. Seeking higher peaks to climb, he summited Africa’s Mt. Kilimanjaro (19, 341 feet) while on safari with his daughter Meredith in August 2005. In 2009, he... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Faculty Books
activating two forces that enable progress: catalysts (events that facilitate project work, such as clear goals and autonomy) and nourishers (interpersonal events that uplift workers, including encouragement and demonstrations of respect and collegiality). View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Shaping the Way Business Does Business: HBR at 75
started soliciting reader input. As management education began to grow in popularity over the next three decades, so did HBR. The magazine began to feature new depart-ments on business topics of current interest and more articles written... View Details
- 02 Jun 2011
- News
Serious Fun
The educational power of video games and simulations to teach everyone from fighter pilots to senior managers is well documented. Games, after all, are fun. Our competitive instinct kicks in, and before we know it we’ve lost an hour to... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive
economic growth and prosperity. The news isn’t completely bleak. The US still retains a variety of key strengths in areas like higher education, entrepreneurship, and innovation. But those advantages are being offset by weaknesses in... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
the flexibility that workers not only want but must have if they're going to handle their dual responsibilities." David Lovelace asserts that it is "clear that employees with higher morale will be more productive. An... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets
private university and is a major contributor towards Turkey's higher education. "In the higher education of this country, I think we did make a difference. We brought some new... View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the CFO
of its faculty, staff, and students as it leaned into its mission of educating leaders who make a difference in the world. Faced with the most significant disruption to the MBA Program since World War II, the School's leadership—including... View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
multinational firms hold cash in their foreign subsidiaries because of the tax costs associated with repatriating foreign income. Consistent with this hypothesis, firms that face higher repatriation tax burdens hold View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne