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- 26 Nov 2001
- Op-Ed
Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed
look more carefully at how budgets drive compensation and, in turn, behavior. In a traditional pay-for-performance incentive system, a manager's total cash compensation (salary plus bonus) is constant until a minimum performance hurdle is... View Details
Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the AASU - The Value of Business Education
Building on the Legacy Thought Leadership Andrew F. Brimmer James I. Cash Jr. Linda A. Hill David A. Thomas HBS Faculty Members HBS Doctoral Students Alumni Profiles Research Links Essay on HBS Thought Leadership Early AASU documents... View Details
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Sexual Harassment & Other Sexual Misconduct | About
Academic Services, Batten Hall Liza Nascembeni, Title IX Resource Coordinator for Executive Education and HBS Online Participants , (617) 496-0871, lnascembeni@hbs.edu Executive Education, Cash 307 Cara Sterling, Title IX Resource... View Details
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History - Entrepreneurship
students who have worked to develop new ventures while at HBS. All participants present live to top investors and entrepreneurs and receive invaluable feedback at each round of the Competition. $315,000 in cash plus in-kind prizes! Read... View Details
- 13 Jun 2011
- HBS Case
Mobile Banking for the Unbanked
hopping on a bus, the customer simply hits "send" to transfer the money to a family member's phone. "Then, ka-ching! The family member goes to an agent in her village and cashes the money from her phone," Rangan... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
End Game
thing could become bad,” says Conn. Gradually, Project Chacabuco concluded that they needed to give the company to a foundation that would give the company’s cash flow away in perpetuity. “You’re not allowed to do that in the United... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
My First Job
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Ross MacDonald Here’s the humbling truth: no matter how high your career soars, how many awards you win or companies you sell or differences you make in this world, everyone has to start somewhere. And in those first... View Details
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Entrepreneurship Course Online | HBS Online
Cash Flow Metrics and Milestones Show Hide Details Concepts Using Money to Produce Information The Investor Perspective Business Models Calculating Financing Needs Featured Exercises Understanding and presenting key financial metrics... View Details
- 29 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas
out of cash before solving the problem, Harvard Business School researchers write in Entrepreneurial Learning and Strategic Foresight, recently published in the Strategic Management Journal. For startups trying to hang on until their next... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Agents of Change: The Founding of the African-American Student Union
Building on the Legacy Thought Leadership Andrew F. Brimmer James I. Cash Jr. Linda A. Hill David A. Thomas HBS Faculty Members HBS Doctoral Students Alumni Profiles Research Links Essay on HBS Thought Leadership Early AASU documents... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
With a pandemic temporarily closing many businesses and stifling consumer demand, whole industries, especially those that recently leveraged their balance sheets to take advantage of near-zero interest rates, are seeing their profits disappear virtually overnight,... View Details
- 01 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Bank That Takes Parmesan as Collateral: The Cheese Stands a Loan
as collateral, and then ages the cheese in climate-controlled bank vaults. Photo credit: Emer Moloney The more it ages, the more delicious and valuable it becomes—like cash in an interest-bearing account. Eighteen-month cheese gives pasta... View Details
- 01 Oct 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Systemic Risk and the Refinancing Ratchet Effect
- 20 May 2022
- Blog Post
Nucleate Eco: Connecting Aspiring MBA Entrepreneurs with Cutting Edge Climate Research
the teams compete in front of industry judges and VC’s for a cash prize. In the background of all of this, the student teams are meeting each other, industry experts, sources of funding, and beyond, all for informal networking and... View Details
- 05 Nov 2019
- News
Alumnus Named McDonald’s CEO
having a record year for cash flow. The Journal also noted that Kempczinksi had planned a global town hall meeting with employees. “I’ll share a bit more about my background and perspective,” he wrote in an internal memo, “but most... View Details
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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
Accounting is an 8-week, 60-hour online certificate program from Harvard Business School. This course teaches the fundamentals of financial accounting from the ground up. Participants learn how to prepare and interpret financial statements—the balance sheet, income... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
rather than cash exchange. After that the group decided the project’s most important quality was its sacred potential to educate others about Native peoples themselves and their place in history, using Sacred Seed’s gardens as one of its... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
women—mostly Harvard undergrads—solved basic math problems for cash rewards. “While experimenting directly on executives in the field would yield interesting insights, starting in the laboratory with a student population provides a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
clip, then a contract designer may be prudent while you iterate on your MVP. You may pay a little more per hour for these contractors, but that far outweighs over hiring and paying a full-time salary early on. 4. Time delay + J-curve Just because you have View Details
- 02 Aug 2021
- Research & Ideas
What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?
laws that seek to give workers more bargaining power by requiring companies to disclose employee salaries. However, opening up the books for all to see has put 2 to 3 percent less cash in workers’ pockets, at least in the US private... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman