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Charitable Remainder Trust - Alumni

remainder trust enabled Kurt and Louise Wulff to fulfill their long-term financial and philanthropic goals. Let’s Work Together Anne McClintock Senior Director of Development, Planned Giving 877-448-3864 (toll free) pg@hbs.edu Request... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Faculty Books

learned, and suggest new directions for housing policy, including integrating best practices into existing programs and innovating with large-scale, long-term solutions. Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character, Leadership, and Command in... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business

Leadership, Ethics, and Corporate Responsibility initiative. Professors Thomas R. Piper and Lynn Sharp Paine emphasized the importance of both ethics and economics for outstanding organizations. They argued that the only zone of sustainable View Details

15 Sep 2016
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US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’

Porter and Rivkin. “The weak economic recovery we now see is due to long-term structural issues, which are further compounded by political paralysis.” The report draws attention to the choices facing the nation in order to rebuild a... View Details

05 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

everything from the decline of the U.S. automobile industry to the low penetration of techniques such as TQM and continuous improvement. Yet a vigorous tradition in the accounting literature establishes that firms routinely sacrifice View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

How Business Leaders Can Strengthen American Schools

School's U.S. Competitiveness Project. Rivkin is the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration. “Study after study has shown that a country's long-term prosperity depends on the quality of its human capital” Rivkin and fellow... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

02 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Spending on Happiness

happiness. We conducted a number of studies—from national surveys to a field study in which we examined how the manner in which employees at a Boston-based company spent a profit-sharing bonus impacted their long-term happiness—in which... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

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Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Innovation and Renovation: Optimizing Product Line Architecture Course Number 1955 Assistant Professor Tomomichi Amano Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits 13 sessions Exam Overview: Long-term success hinges on both... View Details

03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Homeland Security: A Ready-made Market

revenue for companies with an established foothold in the sector. "This is not a short-term game," agreed Cleverley. "It's a long-term situation that is still unfolding and will become clearer with time." The Homeland... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

07 Nov 2014
News

Investing for the Long Term in Education

what you want to accomplish in the long term, what the goals are in the long term, and then working your way back to what efforts and what strategies you have to implement to get there. We have a long-term goal, not a short-term goal, of... View Details

02 Oct 2013
What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

management of tensions caused by the simultaneous need for such things as short-term and long-term performance, the exploitation of existing ideas and the search for new ones, and the staffing and motivation of leadership teams with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

being recruited by Moderna and Inovio (or J&J and GlaxoSmithKline) as it would have to a software code tester working at an outsourcing company. “While we may temporarily close borders as we fight COVID-19, business must articulate just how disastrous closing our... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

14 Jun 2004
Research & Ideas

The Big Money for Big Projects

cannot be deferred for very many years; they need the infrastructure today. Moreover, it doesn't make sense to defer a project with a thirty- to fifty-year lifespan just because we are in a temporary economic downturn. The long-term... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

10 Oct 2018
Blog Post

6 Lessons Learned from a Summer of Entrepreneurship

hear back from a partner, you must be excruciatingly patient. Make sure to keep your eye on the long-term vision and know that it will take time and persistence to get there. 6. Enjoy the wins and learn from the losses. When we got our... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

06 Feb 2020
News

HBS Alumni Join Forces on Virus Outbreak in China

initially over the next three years. In addition, the group is also laying out plans for the children’s long-term success, including a commitment from donors to assist with other forms of guidance, mentorship, internships, and other... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

House of Bread on the Rise

the first location, McCann leaves the baking to her staff while she manages a growing enterprise. “I love people, and franchising is basically about relationships with people,” she explains. McCann is well on her way to achieving her View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

08 Dec 2014
Blog Post

A New Way to Recruit

We set out to democratize career-related knowledge, so that anyone could understand whether a given career path was right for them, how to successfully pursue that path, and how those efforts could affect one’s long-term career... View Details

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

... for one reason: state administrators are less motivated." Mixed motives may get in the way of long-term financial performance. If this is the case, do we view the success or failure of state capitalism, even if the emphasis is on... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Jan 2005
What Do You Think?

Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?

that is needed to bring long-term solvency to the social security program." In contrast to this was the view of Fernando das Neves Gomes, who commented, "We can view the money (contributions to the fund) in two different ways:... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

consulting firm could do.” Urgency and Long-Term Impact After being based in Barcelona for many years, Duch was happy to bring his family to Washington, DC, a city that he says offers “more racial, religious, and ethnic diversity and a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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