Salary - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2003
News

New Book Recounts Storied Class of ’49

made big contributions, too. Although the “49ers” chose a miner heading for the Gold Rush as their class emblem, growing up during the Depression gave them a different perspective on wealth. Their initial salaries averaged only $4,000,... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton

28 May 2019
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Tech for the People

San José Mayor Sam Liccardo Henry Tsai and San José Mayor Sam Liccardo That chance had come by way of a fellowship offered through HBS’s Social Enterprise Initiative that provides competitive salaries to graduating MBAs who work for a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

27 Jan 2011
News

The Joys of Cooking

demonstrating their culinary skills, and a supper club. Down the road, she dreams of expanding to other cities nationwide. In a recent phone interview, Kasrai talked about her career change and how she named her company. “After HBS you have a sense that the world is... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2009
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Letters to the Editor

salary to roughly 350 times during the last 20 or 25 years, with the obvious result of increasing the difference in the haves and the have-nots. This is, I believe, both unseemly and offensive to the vast majority of the American public.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2012
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FAQ

in the sample budget below, students contribute an amount that HBS calculates by taking into account their prior years’ salary and spouse’s salary, if married, as well as their personal assets, including real estate, investments, and... View Details

01 Dec 2007
News

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho

Director Jana Pompadur Kierstead. “It was exciting to welcome alumni to campus for an effort that gives students a better foundation in the various opportunities that are available.” Class of 2007 Median base salary $115,000 Median total... View Details

01 Dec 2007
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Faculty Books

or improving salary offers. They outline detailed strategies, including talking points, that work in the real world even when the other side is hostile, unethical, or more powerful. A Concise Guide to Macroeconomics: What Managers,... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Feb 1998
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A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98)

sportsmanship, Kluzak registered an impressive career with the Bruins despite undergoing eleven operations precipitated by a 1984 knee injury. He retired in 1990 and, at age 27, entered Harvard College as a sophomore. In Kluzak's era a decade ago, the average NHL View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Feb 1998
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Running Up the Score

it happens), they often see dollar signs first and foremost. Salaries are soaring - even a journeyman player can earn in a few seasons what the average fan makes in a lifetime - and ever-increasing revenues are required to fund expanding... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Apr 1998
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Speakers Share Triumphs and Challenges

next day, three major buildings lay in ruins, and some three thousand workers faced the prospect of losing their jobs. But not only did Malden Mills' CEO Aaron Feurstein vow to rebuild his facility, he also promised to pay his workers full View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Mar 2007
News

Courting the Poor

relies on a management approach summed up by Luiza Helena as “assisted freedom,” with a focus on self-development, open communication, and participation. For most workers, about 65 percent of their salary is fixed, with the remaining 35... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; department stores; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Sep 2005
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New Career Wanted

swapping status, seniority, or a certain salary level for lifestyle considerations or the knowledge that they are giving something back to society. Both Carlson and Sullivan urge MBAs to use their training in analysis, risk-assessment,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

21 Mar 2019
News

Helping Veterans Build Careers

a quarterly basis. We also aggressively monitor the quality of these job placements. Almost 90 percent of the vets placed through our grantees are in those same jobs six months later; and the salaries they get (averaging just under... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

15 Oct 2019
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In Pursuit of Academia

the work and knowing that a consulting salary would help mitigate the debt she and her husband, Alberto Fernandes (MBA 2012), had acquired to finance their degrees, she turned down the company’s offer of postgraduation employment.... View Details

01 Mar 2005
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Job Interviews

you left your previous job,” he notes. “Even if there is much that you could criticize, you should talk instead about your desire for growth and change.” Candidates also should postpone detailed questions about salary and company culture... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2015
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Lessons from a Megacity

spending as much as three hours in transit each way, and committing some 8 percent of their salary to transit costs. The students asked: How did these systems develop, and how can they be designed to better serve the cities’ growing... View Details

Keywords: April White; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

29 Sep 2022
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Securing a Resilient Future for Senegal

strategy also included a financing and guarantee mechanism that would provide additional liquidity to companies, for payment of salaries and other fixed costs. Diagne was head of the guarantee committee that reviewed all financing... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 2004
News

Comings and Goings

accepted one, with a median base salary of about $100,000 and a median total compensation of $140,000 — an increase from last year’s figures of $93,300 and $115,000, respectively, when 77 percent had accepted a job by graduation. For more... View Details