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- 11 Feb 2021
- News
Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce
“Instead of traditional loans, these programs use income-share agreements that are repaid based on future salaries, with graduates earning higher wages subsidizing the cost for those not working or making less. Graduates making at least... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Trust Me
trust. “The aspect of a contract that hurts the building of trust is its binding nature. When I know that you are forced to cooperate, it takes away all of the risk. If I leave some element of risk in, by using a contract that isn’t completely binding — like a verbal... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Where the Jobs Are
agreement on a key goal: Technology-based manufacturing has to be a catalyst for job creation and competitive renewal. But is that a realistic expectation? Seeking an answer, we explore the current and future state of American... View Details
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
the future of BC’s forests for decades and had grown bitter, and there was little hope of resolution. But within four years, Wally and his fellow negotiators hashed out a tentative way forward, and—a decade later—the agreement was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
first-time marriages among people over 30 (to which my clients skew) have a lower divorce rate nationally than those who marry under 30. The love business is not quantitative at all, actually. I don’t even have written contracts with clients. I do handshakes. I believe... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
vendor agreement with a compelling business model, I suspect the superior path is the new opportunity. —J.W. Penland (MBA 1996) Definitely branch out beyond wellness, which is full of hype and competitors. Preferably go with a few apps... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
real-life scenarios. These simulations build from the simple - two parties negotiating a one-shot price deal for headlamps - to the complex-- many parties in a long-term relationship seeking agreement on the myriad issues involved in a... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
and office space. “It’s our lake view,” jokes DeWitt’s eldest son, William III (MBA ’95), the Cardinals’ senior vice president of business development. “But we won’t have it for long.” He adds that an agreement in principle for the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
New HBS Portal Offers Alumni Just-In-Time Business Information
"our licensing agreements prevented us from granting online access to off-site users. His only option was to drive in to campus to use the library. In an age when information should be more immediate and accessible, that didn't make any... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
service outlets. "When Gerry was hired, it was the company's first deliberate action to view consumer packaged goods as an important growth platform for Starbucks," says Barry Beeninga, a 16-year veteran of the company who worked with Lopez as CFO of his division. "We... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
stations.” Automakers, which have a vested interest in making that happen sooner rather than later, are not standing idly by. Ford, for example, is testing wireless charging technology, and last November, the automaker signed an agreement... View Details
- 11 Jan 2016
- News
Guiding Students to Out-of-School Programs and Resources
became an online business, and seven to eight years later we’re the largest search engine for out-of-school enrichment for students in middle and high school. We have licensing agreements with national partners like Hobsons; we publish... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
such a program also meant including nurses and administrators as well as doctors. “Change will only occur when all three groups have the same set of goals, and a broad agreement on how to realize those goals,” says Bohmer. “The idea of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Start Me Up
struggle or fail because they lacked legal basics like founder agreements or proper vesting and licensing arrangements." Funding "VC funding gets all the publicity, but it's not right for every startup. There are different ways to finance... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Ideas: Books
and values of negotiation beyond formal legal requirements. They address issues such as what we owe our counterparts in the way of candor or disclosure, to what extent we should use financial or legal pressure to force settlement, and whether we should worry about the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
out. So which has a rosier time horizon? Automotive or the grid? Each is promising, but difficult to forecast. A123 already has a number of automotive customers, including Magna-Volvo, BMW, and BAE Systems, the leading North American manufacturer of hybrid bus... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
to win hearts and minds, we must reach the people at the bottom of the economic pyramid. What role can business play in helping Morocco’s development? We just concluded a free trade agreement with Morocco, our first with an African... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
A revolution in healing
agreement with Moderna for the development and exclusive use of the mRNA technology to treat cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic diseases as well as cancer. Alexion and Moderna also have entered into an exclusive partnership for rare... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, it’s Dan. Today, we are sharing a brief excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, the critically-acclaimed podcast from my colleagues at Harvard Business School. Each episode, HBS professors Bill Kerr... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Case Study: Citizen Buffett
study topic." Buffett's offer consisted of an asset agreement to pay Media General $142 million for its weekly and daily newspapers and real-estate holdings, and a credit agreement that included a $400... View Details