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- 18 Feb 2014
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Stick with Plan A
enjoyed the process of creating something that people valued and would pay for." Her birthplace in Africa, combined with her education — boarding school in England, college and graduate school at Georgetown and Johns Hopkins — and... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
HBS! 2000D had three students who looked very similar to the uninitiated: brown-haired, glasses-wearing men with similar haircuts. One day we had them all dress the same and switch seats to see if we could catch any of the professors. It half worked: there was one... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
hydrokinetic technologies has subsequently risen to $109 million). Con Edison eventually invested in the company, but because there is no legal mechanism for paying a provider to deliver tidal power to the grid in New York State, the... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
is the innovation in technology is not just able to solve climate problems, but it can do so economically. Right? So, you know, it used to be, okay, what do you want? Do you want to pay a low price or do you want green? Now those two are... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
of the things that come out as implications for that: If you have this dream of being able to go and make the mark on the world in this way, that’s going to be social enterprise or low paying and things like that, live the life of a... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
to be shared in perpetuity, they donated their shares back to a nonprofit. The money involved is pretty staggering. We sell tickets. They're $400 each this year. That changes year to year. And we have to lease the land it's on from the Bureau of Land Management. We... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
Smith Barney; Janet M. Green (MBA '88), partner at Ernst & Young; Ann M. Sarnoff (MBA '87), senior vice president of Nickelodeon; and Nancy C. Walker (MBA '86), general manager of Mosby Consumer Health. Among their words of advice to women in corporate life: Pick the... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
Clairol in 2001 for $5 billion and Germany's Wella in 2003 for $7 billion—P&G's largest acquisitions ever—are already paying off by making the company's beauty-care division one of the most profitable beauty-care operations in the world.... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
decreased supply of traditional food exports of wheat and corn from Russia and Ukraine will also result in rising prices, Shih said. "You'll pay more for everything that uses wheat and corn and flour.” Harvard Ukrainian Research... View Details
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
a path where they start to pay us. We have many examples of where the CTO of a company like Salesforce was a longtime personal customer of Cloudflare and now Salesforce is a large customer of ours. At the end of the day our mission is to... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Technology for Learning's Sake
would really enable us to take it to the next level - the ability to combine integrated digitized text and exhibits - was only developed very recently." "We're at a juncture today in the technology where all the work we've been doing over the years is coming together... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
than what a family might pay in rent. “It’s a sustainable model that empowers homeowners to help themselves and others,” says Song, who also works as a volunteer on Habitat projects. “It’s possible to frame a house in one day, so you can... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
to hobbies, mastering other skills, and finding time for the things that bring them joy in life, and it’s paying dividends well into the workweek. “We’ve adapted to a place that transcends the pandemic experience around how we work,”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
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Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
willingness to pay more just so you can download your movies faster,” says HBS professor David Yoffie. “Most people studying this problem would say that if that’s the business model, it’s going to be highly problematic for the carriers.”... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 14 Feb 2019
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Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
need new technology, Perry said—we need to apply capitalism and government regulation to these problems to provide incentives to farmers or convince consumers they should pay for this change either through higher prices or by providing... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
Ventures. He expects to fine-tune his aspirations this year. “I’m fortunate that after HBS, I could start a company and actu ally solve a problem very close to my heart, or join a venture that’s doing something great, but can’t afford to View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
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Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
identifying and retaining best practices from each organization, he also introduced new ones, including a worldwide evaluation and compensation system. Today, all Novartis employees have at least 10 percent of their pay based on... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
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Redefining Success: Women & Work.
her community. New Priorities, New Skills Forced layoffs often cause women to reevaluate their priorities, and severance pay can ease the financial burden, allowing them time to figure out what they want to do. But even without such... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
Cespedes provides sales managers and executives with the tools they need to separate the signal from the noise. These include how to hire and deploy the right talent, pay and incentivize your sales force, improve ROI from your training... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
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Who Are We?
but he's not interested in the bulls and bears. Instead, his focus is on helping people in emerging markets pay their bills—which can often require hailing a taxi, heading out to a payment point, standing in line, and using cash to settle... View Details