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- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
it wants to spread the burden of taxes among its citizens in the least painful way, Weinzierl says. In other words, the government wants those for whom it is relatively easy to earn money to pay more in taxes than those for whom it is... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 19, 2010
gap. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111023-PDF-ENG Batson International, S.A. (B) David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Supplement 111-024 A surprise internal audit of a division's accounting practices reveals a number of possible View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
commission rates. Strategic planning was the newest and the best management tool. A young HBS professor named Michael Porter was giving fascinating lectures on competitiveness. In those days before the kinder and gentler CEO came into... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
one mechanism for capturing the performance benefits of diversity in experience and provide insight into how the management of experience accumulation affects team performance. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Organizational Model for Open Source
for managers who do not have intimate knowledge of the content of their work. This emphasis on demonstration of capabilities is even more critical in the open source community. One earns the respect of peers... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
have learned on my own or in a classroom." Kacyvenski's personal story of overcoming a childhood marred by hunger, homelessness, abuse, and tragedy has earned him a guest spot on The Oprah Winfrey Show and been documented by NFL Films.... View Details
- Profile
Sheila Marcelo
consulting and business,” says Marcelo, who applied to HBS during her first year of law school. “Grad school was not an easy time for me,” she reflects. “I was juggling being a mother and wife, working [for Monitor Group], and studying,” she says, noting that the fact... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Righting the Ship
bigger than what our earnings per share were last quarter. You just said that this is the most important event of the last 70 years. How might this time be remembered in the future? I think this is pretty akin to World War II. We’re not... View Details
- Profile
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
Why was earning an MBA at HBS important to you? To achieve success as a business leader and agent of empowerment, I knew I had to learn valuable new skills. My experiences as a junior banker, young entrepreneur, and novice service... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Alumni Luminaries Discuss Careers, Values with HBS Students
Inc., an enterprise she began in her garage and grew into a $20 million operation with twelve hundred employees. She is the first African-American woman to earn an MBA at HBS. Charles O. Rossotti (MBA ’64), cofounder, former chairman and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Making Difficult Decisions: The General Manager’s Job
One of the most essential roles of the general manager is to be the person who can move an organization forward through the most tangled of circumstances, says Professor Amy Edmondson, “where there is uncertainty, different points of... View Details
- 08 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Staying Connected to the Harvard Veterans Community After HBS
worked with staff at the Cambridge Innovation Center to establish programming for Veterans interested in pursuing the world of entrepreneurship. Second, I advised Veterans in the Boston area on the process of working with the Veterans Administration (VA) to access... View Details
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
extension of organization boundaries. In the future, will this phenomenon be limited primarily by the environment, or by the ability of managers to take advantage of it? What do you think? Original Article A byword of the new economy has... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Jan 2015
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: What Are the Limits On Workplace Transparency?
perspective to interpret/appreciate the information can (produce) negative energy that is avoidable ." Peter Lee echoed the thought this way: Management must "work to improve trust before emphasizing transparency; transparency... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation
Maren Hopkins (MBA 2019) Maren Hopkins (MBA 2019) Maren Hopkins (MBA 2019) already had a strong understanding of the technical side of the digital world when she signed up for the Digital Innovation and Transformation MBA Program course in September 2018. Before coming... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
caught the attention of former major leaguer Gabby Street, who gave her a chance at a summer baseball school. With Coach Street’s training—and the cleats he gifted her—Toni managed to earn a spot in the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Encouraging Women Leaders
In describing the impact of the HBS experience on her life, Veronica Allende Serra (MBA 1997) says, “Ask me how it hasn’t had an impact.” Serra, the founder of Pacific Investments, a private equity firm based in São Paulo, Brazil, where she View Details
- Fast Answer
Turnarounds and Transformation
not available) How to identify companies which navigated/are navigating a turnaround Turnaround Management Association (TMA): The Turnaround Management Association... View Details
- Profile
Claire Freidman
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? Prior to business school, I spent five years working in finance. My clients were entertainment companies and I knew I wanted to switch careers and work on the operations or strategic side... View Details
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
organization, using economic analysis as a tool for understanding business structures and transactions. A Discussion of "Letting the 'Tail Wag the Dog'": The Debate over GAAP versus Street Earnings Revisited Authors:Mark T.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace