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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
Ask any thoughtful corporate board member what they are most concerned about these days, and it is not Sarbanes-Oxley. It is CEO pay. Directors worry because shareholders continue to express outrage, and the media attention to the issue... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Insight: Yenball
"Making incremental revenue—in other words, commercializing—that's secondary," notes Greyser. "I would be surprised if any major league club made a signing decision with the thought that commercialization is going to be an important... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
the board members for their tireless support, keen focus, and boundless enthusiasm for the many issues we have chosen to tackle this year. I encourage you to contact the Alumni Board member in your area to share your thoughts and ideas on... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
given the loss of tax revenues, but why is the SEC interested? First, this dual-reporting system creates significant confusion. In effect, one-third of costs (the tax claim on pretax profits) is not reported clearly to investors. Second, lower taxes are View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- News
Is Tax Reform Viable?
face of it, it’s hard to understand the logic of earned income being taxed at about two and a half times the rate of a capital gain. My first thought was of the advice of certain commentators: if I didn’t think I was paying enough tax, I... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
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Q & A: Herb Kohl
they don't contribute. My support for young people cuts across a broad spectrum - from supporting a balanced budget amendment so we won't pass our debt on to them, to things more traditionally thought of as kids' issues: Head Start,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
cousin Nadia with unit conversion. I said, ‘I’m 100 percent sure you can understand this stuff. How about we get on the phone and I’ll tutor you?’ Pretty soon, I was helping many more cousins.” Lights, camera: “A friend suggested I make YouTube videos to go with the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
possible time. Perhaps they make a contribution, but the process seems close to plain old “pump and dump,” hardly my idea of long term. Professor Salter offers several thoughtful recommendations to improve the performance of independent... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
talents and trials to lead with authenticity in all areas of life. The Entrepreneurial Guide: The Key Principles of Building and Growing Your Business By Srikanth Gaddam (OPM 43, 2013) Independently published Do you ever think that your idea or product could help... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Building a Social Network
gradation that allows for some broad networks requiring minimal support and others that will be more difficult to build,” he says. “It should be thought of as a continuum, not a trade-off.” In fact, YPO’s Networks Initiative has evolved... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
companies, we would have never succeeded in any of them if we thought that we could get in and out in three to five years.” Among the companies funded by Aravaipa is Lightning Systems. When the fund first invested in the company, it was... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 02 Mar 2020
- News
Educating the Whole Student
thought would help her address the problem. But it wasn’t until she took a job as dean of enrichment at Codman Academy, a Boston charter school, that she truly understood the challenge. “It’s easy to think, ‘Well, I’d like to change the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni Are Integral to HBS
wife, Myma Belo-Osagie, a lawyer and 1978 graduate of Harvard Law School. During Elkins’s visit, the idea for the course began to germinate. Professor Caroline Elkins, Vice President of Nigeria Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo, and Hakeem Belo-Osagie (MBA 1980) (photo by Russ... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
Not surprisingly, the subjects who had a personal stake in how the cash was awarded gave themselves a larger chunk than the nonbenefiting subjects thought they merited. "When people stand to gain from a situation," says Fenwick, "their... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges
Malden Mills had once again reached its prefire peak of $400 million in sales, thanks in no small part to the productivity of a grateful work force. "I did what I thought was right," Feurstein declared, "the way my father and grandfather... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
Canada, China, and other areas. It's been quite a ride!" It seems all the more remarkable to Cuffe, who never thought of herself as having entrepreneurship in her blood (although her grandmother, having moved from Louisiana to California... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
fellow at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Working in the nonprofit art world is “far more complex than I thought it would be,” says Dimas, a former planner at Sotheby's who holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in art... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Slum for Sale
Investment. Some said flatly that they would walk away from the deal, while others thought that it was a worthwhile risk to take, particularly since the project could inspire similar such developments. (In fact, two other projects are... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Up from the Ashes
Someone whose ideas have become so ubiquitous and ingrained that we cannot separate his foundational thoughts from our own.” Remarkably, Schumpeter, an only child with deep and conflicting emotions, produced his sweeping body of... View Details
- 14 Feb 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco
opportunities?" The desire to produce thought leadership at a fast pace, the Dean said, is the catalyst for the new Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard (D^3), a lab-based research model that will draw faculty, students, and... View Details