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- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
will buy the used product.” For Apple, the rewards have outweighed the risks. Global shipments of used smartphones reached 282.6 million in 2022, an 11.5 percent increase over 2021, with iPhones representing 80 percent of the secondhand... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Meyers
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Roadmap for Moms
nationally) who face the challenges and rewards of returning to work: Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work (Warner Business Books, 2007). Rabin discussed their... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Playing to Win
advertising and promotion are properly representing the Adidas "brand." The rest of his time is spent traveling to country units. In an age of videoconferencing, Louis-Dreyfus still prefers in-person visits. "I enjoy spending a day with... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Profile
Kurt White
With a degree in civil engineering, Kurt White had imagined a post-Army life in which he “designed skyscrapers and stadiums – large civil projects.” But after two tours in Iraq, “I found it amazingly View Details
- Profile
Daniel Schachne
finds most rewarding about HBS. ""Here I am, without any financial background, but there are so many classmates willing to sit with me and explain the concepts," he says. "It's a truly... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment/Media
- Web
Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
insight led to nine rewarding years as senior vice president at United Way of New York City. Careers & Connections My next turning point came when I realized that I wanted to develop my international skills View Details
- Profile
Rob Casper
were able to instruct them, and they were able to learn new operational capabilities. The lesson? You see, you learn, you adjust.” Long-term leadership Rob found leadership so rewarding he looked for a way... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
of resources. “We don’t have a culture that rewards risk. But jump in, it’s fun, and the adrenaline keeps you strong.” Gerardo Ruiz Maza (MBA ’01) sees a huge opportunity in Mexico’s housing market. His... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Profile
Brendan Mosher
rewarding aspect of Brendan's education is "being forced to make big decisions every day. That's what being a manager is all about — analyzing the situation and making effective decisions quickly."... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change
have built a community of alumni interested in learning more and have gotten a much clearer sense of how they think about climate change and what it means to them in their professional roles,” explains Nash.... View Details
Keywords: Jen Myers
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
entrepreneur than as a doctor. Luckily there is a solution, but there is only one: consumer-driven health care. Let’s take back our $2.2 trillion from the entrepreneur-suppressing status quo and allow consumers to View Details
- 04 Aug 2003
- What Do You Think?
Are We Facing an Attitude Shortage?
employees to deliver results to important constituencies—customers, suppliers, investors, lenders, etc. Finally, they recognize and reward these people for results. Consequently, fewer higher-paid people... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Portrait Project
Xavier Paternot
I want to build things and blow them up. I want to act irresponsibly. I want to play music. I want to be rewarded with a Nobel Prize if I save people lives and go to jail if I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
7-Eleven? ” says Rothrock. “Of course they do. But we make the penalties harsh. We make the capability to catch them high so that they think twice about it, and that’s what we’ve got to do with cyber.” But... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
A New Approach to Health-Care Reform
patients’ needs. Today’s doctors work in a system where they are rewarded by Medicare and insurance companies for the number and cost of the services they provide rather than... View Details
- Profile
Allie Corless
Why was getting a business education important to you? Getting a business education was crucial for me because it enabled me to consolidate my interests and talents into one rewarding View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: The Kids Are All Right
almost insatiable appetite for what’s next. Managing them can be tricky, but the rewards for investing in them are enormous. This is a generation interested in making change from within. When Gen Xers, their predecessors, were their age,... View Details
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Andreas Jaegle
and find my own path.” Interested in “pushing myself into more challenging environments,” Andreas went to an international boarding school at age fifteen. Then, rejecting an opportunity to study law in Germany, pursued his undergraduate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
New Economy Theme of HBS African-American Alumni Conference
partner at Andersen Consulting, and Paula A. Sneed (MBA 1977) of Kraft Foods. Ronald Goldsberry, a former auto industry executive and now a dot-com entrepreneur, described the View Details
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
stretch goal would be a turnover of 10 in five years, with improvements toward that goal recognized and rewarded on a year-to-year basis. One goal of this philosophy was to eliminate the time-wasting annual... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett