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02 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes

savings to drive growth. What actually results, however, is something of a surprise, according to a new study. Corporate tax cuts end up widening the income gap between those at the top of the pay scale and those at the bottom, and they don’t help workers View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

16 Apr 2001
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Strategy and the Internet

indiscriminately through discounting, giveaways, promotions, channel incentives, and heavy advertising. Rather than concentrate on delivering real value that earns an attractive price from customers, they have pursued indirect revenues... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter

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professional background and is tailored to fit a busy schedule. Contact us for more information. Independent Projects Your organization can post options for independent projects that provide second-year MBA students with the opportunity to apply their skills to... View Details

22 Feb 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Consumer Demand for Prize-Linked Savings: A Preliminary Analysis

Keywords: by Peter Tufano, Nick Maynard & Jan-Emmanuel De Neve; Financial Services

March 2024
Case

Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (A)

By: N. Louis Shipley and Stacy Straaberg

In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina

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12 Jan 2018
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The Only 3 Career Steps that Matter

March 2024
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Teamworks: Tackling a Forecasting Fumble (B)

By: N. Louis Shipley, Stacy Straaberg and Tom Quinn

In late March 2018, Teamworks CEO Zach Maurides learned Q1 2018 sales were at risk for a large forecasting miss. Founded in 2004, Teamworks’s software application assisted support staff in messaging, scheduling, and sharing documents with collegiate and professional... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Cycles; Technological Innovation; Sports; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Marketing; Sales; Business Strategy; Expansion; Valuation; Sports Industry; Technology Industry; United States; North Carolina

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26 Apr 2022
Book

What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose

trust employees in turn induced employees to trust the company more. “To earn trust you have to give trust,” cofounder and co-CEO Dave Gilboa says. “Trust is a two-way street.” Purpose greatly intensified this connection between trust and... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

28 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

Remote Workers Spend More on Housing. Do They Deserve Higher Pay?

To executives expecting to save on office space when some employees continue working remotely post-pandemic: Not so fast. Makeshift desks and kitchen tables have sufficed for many people working from home to avoid COVID-19. However, permanently remote workers tend to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About

1982). Originally from Chicago, Judy earned a BS of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Harvard Business School (MBA 1983). She is the managing partner of PagsGroup, where she invests in startup... View Details

05 Jul 2006
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How Important Is “Executive Intelligence” for Leaders?

Three words that best describe effective people in any organization: smart and happy. Both the order and the conjunction are important . . . ." Harry Tucci went even further, saying: "The concept of executive intelligence is a very useful measure of success... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online

numbers in financial statements, such as balance sheets and income statements. 8 weeks, 6–8 hrs/week Pay by August 28 $1,850 Certificate What You Earn Certificate Boost your resume by completing an HBS Online course. Credential of... View Details

12 May 2023
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Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

$8K for households earning <80% of area’s median income). As shown in in Figure 4, higher-income households will not have access to these state-specific incentives, which drives a sizable difference in TCO. Note on efficiency: Heat... View Details

14 Jan 2019
Op-Ed

These 4 CEOs Created a New Standard of Leadership

for the multi-stakeholder approach. In 2011, he told shareholders, “My job is not to serve shareholders, but to serve Unilever’s customers and consumers.” He then suspended quarterly earnings reporting, enabling executives to concentrate... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George; Health; Banking; Food & Beverage; Consumer Products

17 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 17

the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-057.pdf Earnings Management from the Bottom Up: An Analysis of Managerial Incentives Below the CEO Authors:Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Julie Wulf Abstract Performance-based pay is an important... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jan 2012
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E. Roe Stamps IV, MBA 1974

Founding Managing Partner, Summit Partners Download Stamps profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1946 Born, Waycross, Georgia 1967 Earns BS, Industrial Engineering, Georgia Tech 1968 Joins US Navy 1972 View Details

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

financial principles to better communicate with key stakeholders, drive business performance, and grow your career. 6 weeks 6-7 hours per week 6 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion... View Details

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

questions about the design and placement of the bins, but the results are not yet in. What’s more, while sanitation workers currently heave the city’s trash into their trucks by hand (a fact that has earned them the sobriquet “New York’s... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Oct 2021
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Fueling the Faculty Pipeline

adds, highlights just how critical that flexibility can be. “I have seen how much the School has evolved over the years,” notes Melwani, who has two children who earned MBAs at HBS. “There is more emphasis on interpersonal skills;... View Details

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Batten Hall | About

visionary executive who earned a reputation for spotting media trends. In his long and distinguished career, he achieved entrepreneurial success in three fields: newspapers, television, and cable broadcasting. As chairman of Norfolk,... View Details

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