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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
flexible contract invested significantly more in their businesses and earned higher returns as a result. Their businesses were bigger three years later, and they are still bigger now, ten years later. That paper was very influential and... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Case Study: Welcome Aboard
flexible workplace at our headquarters in Boston, where people can visit or have small team retreats. Our remote culture has allowed us huge flexibility in hiring and logistics. I did not expect that the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Funding His Purpose
money,” Letelier says, and the grants that typically power nonprofits don’t typically offer organizations the flexibility of the financial products available to for-profit companies, which can mean everything from bootstrapping and... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
four regional offices. Through a program instituted in 2006, many of these patent examiners were allowed to work from home up to four days a week, which gave them flexibility in their schedules. In 2011, the USPTO revamped its remote... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Benaree Wiley
young, Wiley was a pioneer in negotiating a flexible schedule for her public policy consulting work with Urban Systems Research and Engineering. "Of course, as a working parent, any choice you make is demanding," she cautions, remembering... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
FAQ
$5 million for gifts mean that a charitable lead trust is a great vehicle for making an inter-generational transfer of family assets with little or no gift tax. Also, the IRS now allows the lead charitable interest to be paid using a variable rate, meaning greater... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
New Conventions
Illustration by Dongik Lee HBS hosts some 700 events a year, ranging from research conferences to symposia to student shows. In April, the School broke ground on Klarman Hall. At the heart of this new state-of-the-art convening center is a View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Flex Time
elsewhere.” Many alumni interviewed for this article also mentioned the degree of flexibility manufacturing offers. Although Linda Katz (MBA 1994) of Molded Dimensions has been spending more time at home with the couple’s three children,... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
can’t solve this problem, she says, adding that some public policy initiatives need to be implemented, along with paid childcare and more flexible workplaces. Ackerley is passionate about closing the gender pension gap and furthering... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Alumni Books
their most critical projects. This flexible system avoids the activity/budget focus of traditional project planning and increases managers’ ability to achieve big-picture strategic objectives. How the Wise Decide: The Lessons of 21... View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
New Releases
edition of Managing Across Borders: The Transnational Solution. This highly acclaimed, landmark work introduced a framework that would help companies achieve global-scale efficiency, respond flexibly to national market differences, and... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
to the ideal of entrepreneurship itself rather than to a single business model or product. That flexibility helps them react nimbly to market feedback, abandoning products and business models that aren’t working. 2. Look for problems to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Bringing Up Baby
top of that, her second child arrived in June. "Motherhood is all about being flexible in a fast-paced environment, being tolerant, and welcoming change," McCartney told Business Week (June 26, 2000). "Working in the Internet is the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Innovation Lab to Open in ’11
University, supporting, in particular, students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. HBS, which has a long history of teaching and scholarship in the area of entrepreneurship, will fund and build out the lab. A flexible floor... View Details
- 10 Jul 2024
- News
Next Level
Gina Joseph (GMP 29, 2020), chief strategy officer for the technology media company VentureBeat, was recently honored by the San Francisco Business Times in their “40 Under 40” issue. Joseph is thriving in the media, tech, and gaming world—all industries traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
with a long history in the airline and hotel industries now gaining traction in the arts world. By analyzing existing data, Hodges and her team have the flexibility to adjust ticket prices on a weekly, or even daily, basis to smooth the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Apr 2020
- News
Money Matters
financial concepts into cocktail-napkin-sized explanations. In her suggestions to the Times, Hay pointed to the importance of understanding the power of compound interest; monitoring your credit, which can give you financial flexibility... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
@Soldiers Field
1982). Expected to open in 2018, the space will feature a flexible floor design that can accommodate up to 1,000 guests. American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault and former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick spoke at the 44th annual H.... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Rethink pricing to create shared—and expanded—value
revenue and increased consumer satisfaction and loyalty. First, focus on relationships rather than transactions (see customers as “people, not wallets”). Be proactive by setting prices that benefit both the firm and its customers. Design pricing View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
(Zoonar RF/Thinkstock; iStock) Sweet Kiddles is a new concept in center-based childcare. Unlike traditional centers where parents must commit to fixed full- or part-time schedules, Sweet Kiddles’ flexible scheduling allows families to use... View Details