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Power and Influence for Positive Impact - Course Catalog
attendance, contribution to class discussions and completion of the different exercises, coaching sessions and simulations. Students’ participation will be assessed based on the following criteria: The class participation grade rewards... View Details
- 25 Feb 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Starting a Business
starts to develop as entrepreneurs look to attract resources to grow their ventures. Investors need to understand the motivations of the entrepreneurs they back to make sure their goals are aligned. How Do I Turn Potential Into Profit? Turning High Potential into Real... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
hurt the industry’s credibility since the stimulus money would reward all comers — both sure things and high-risk projects — and keep investors from focusing on maturing, economically feasible technologies. — Sarah Auerbach View Details
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
extrinsic rewards and includes a discussion of short-term incentives such as bonuses or public recognition and long-term incentives such as deferred payments or stock options. Because performance goals and incentives define success (and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
Andreea Gorbatai Abstract Since Durkheim, sociologists have believed that dense network structures lead to fewer norm violations. Coleman (1990) proposed one explanatory mechanism, arguing that dense networks provide an opportunity structure to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Going For The Summit
made or destroyed is incredible," she says. "If you don't like taking risks, you won't really like this sort of thing. The only reward is getting to the top. Being able to build value quickly is unbelievably exciting." View Details
Keywords: Caroline Chauncey
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Bill Dunaway (MBA 1964)
located in a Greek Revival plantation home. He now serves as mayor of Marietta, a job he describes as both rewarding and frustrating. His reason for running? “Payback. It’s a trite but true answer. This town has been good to me.” My... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Commemorating a Milestone
printed pages (page 24) —and more than double that amount here on the alumni website. Be sure to see both the printed and online formats; they're a rich and rewarding read. One final note, about this issue's unique cover. Our goal was to... View Details
Keywords: Meta
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Andreas Jaegle
London, which proved to be an awkward fit, then found a more rewarding environment with McKinsey in Munich. “With investment banking, you look at operations from a distance,” Andreas says. “I wanted to get into the reality of actual... View Details
- Profile
Allie Corless
Why was getting a business education important to you? Getting a business education was crucial for me because it enabled me to consolidate my interests and talents into one rewarding and challenging career. Prior to business school, I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Global Mission
Mittal (OPM 27, 1999) founded India’s largest telecom company, which has recently expanded into 17 African countries. This dynamic trio of Jack Perkowski (MBA 1973), Sunil Bharti Mittal (OPM 27, 1999), and Mark Fields (MBA 1989) exemplifies the challenges and View Details
- 13 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout?
procedure performed or patient seen, without explicit rewards for the quality of the services rendered. This model translates internally into an incentive system that prioritizes patient volume over patient value. That is, physicians are... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
education, health care, and the environment at the organizational level of analysis unless we figure out a way to measure collective performance when multiple actors are involved. But funders tend to want to reward individual... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
concern for a wide range of constituencies—has been pushed aside and has been replaced by a technical definition of what is acceptable. So there's also no question that we need to strengthen the internal systems that guide conduct within a firm: performance evaluation... View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
But in most scenarios, distribution channels, taken as a whole, seem more like a repository of lost opportunities than an effective delivery system that appropriately serves and rewards all participants. Powerful channel members routinely... View Details
- 14 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How to Profit from Scarcity
ramping up production of a car is more challenging than printing an extra run of a book. But after its initial error, VW made some smart decisions to mitigate the damage. First, the company rewarded their best dealers by making the scarce... View Details
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)
up discovering that banking was not for me. I was interested in the buy-side. It appealed to me for its directness; you invest with conviction in undervalued assets and reap the rewards for your insights. I transitioned to a hedge fund,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 20 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Love My Job: Ching Ching Chen On Her Passion For the Music Industry
working on the re-negotiation of UMG’s partnership deals with Pandora and Spotify. Though the projects involved a lot of heavy financial modelling, I got to channel a bit of my former banker self and felt especially rewarded working on a... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 17 Jun 2025
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience
forward. From strengthening building codes and nature-based resilience to leveraging insurance to reward proactive risk mitigation, panelists offered tangible strategies for shifting from crisis response to long-term adaptation. The... View Details
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Hummy Song
within management. This uncompromising rigor and the stellar faculty lay a strong foundation for incredible research. Another aspect of this program that I find unique and rewarding is that it encourages students to engage in research... View Details