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01 Jun 1999
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Short Takes

of internal and external factors have an impact on their pay, and that, in fact, today's CEO compensation packages are tied very closely to company performance.Lorsch began his study by looking at the proxy... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

29 Apr 2021
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Equal Partner

in the ranks of investors. She also knew that some firms were seeking to diversify their partnerships without addressing underlying structural problems. “Partner” did not... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Inclusion

03 Jan 2018
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Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Reverend Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009) got a call that the NFL’s Chicago Bears were looking for a part-time chaplain. He was brought in to address a... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS

significantly, the firm is a cutting-edge organization that has achieved enormous success using what may well be the business model of View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Additional alumni books for your consideration.

The Corporate Lattice: Achieving High Performance in the Changing World of Work by Cathleen Benko (MBA ’89) and Molly Anderson (Harvard Business Review Press) View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Oct 1998
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A Zest to Invest

"During the first five years our performance was strong but somewhat volatile," says Kingdon. "We were just a tiny firm and didn't have the analytical backup and View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

01 Oct 1999
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Eight Among Many: Antoinette J. ("Toni") Rapone

and then worked at a computer consulting firm in Boston. When the firm closed during the recession of View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

02 Feb 2022
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AI Could Cut Hiring Biases as Companies Make Push to Find Workers, Proponents Say

Photo via Pymetrics Photo via Pymetrics A recent piece in the Wall Street Journal highlights the efforts of Frida Polli (MBA 2012), a neuroscientist and CEO View Details

01 Apr 2000
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Q & A: A Conversation with IRS Chief Charles Rossotti

something about it; if the competition is engaged in abusive shelters and your firm is not you may feel pressured to do something you don't want to do. On the small business... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Feb 1998
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Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96)

- a strategy, marketing, and athlete representation firm she founded - has been selected by the league's seed investors to create and manage the new league. View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

26 Oct 2011
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On Top, Down Under

Fookes: Leading the way at one of Australia's premier real estate firms. Photo courtesy Mark Fookes Mark Fookes (AMP 178, 2010) is head of investment management at View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

01 Dec 2008
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Designing Change

process from the perspective of Kenny Kahn, vice president of marketing, while also including the insights of Kit... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

31 Jan 2019
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A Global Mission

clearances for the government job he thought was waiting for him. DeFehr instead decided to attend HBS and join the family business, Palliser Furniture. He has now been a fixture at Palliser for more than 50... View Details

Keywords: April White; human rights

13 Nov 2020
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Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students

Gifts to the HBS Fund support a wide range of people and programs like this. Elizabeth Powers (MBA 2021) was thrilled to land a summer internship at a highly respected consulting firm. Then came COVID-19,... View Details

01 Jun 1998
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Excitement Building for HBS Global Conference in Chicago

Entrepreneurship is the focus for the 1998 Global Alumni Conference, "2000+: Global Innovation & Entrepreneurial Leadership," scheduled for June 16-19 at the Fairmont Hotel in... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

unchallenged position in the marketplace until Japanese firms such as Hitachi and Fujitsu flooded the market with less expensive alternatives. In a bold opening move, Gerstner... View Details

31 Mar 2017
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Turning Teachers into Leaders

Sophie Lippincott Ferrer (MBA 2006) is a senior consultant with Education First, a national policy and strategy consulting firm that partners with education leaders to design and accelerate policies and plans that help all young people,... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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Antitrust in Historical Perspective

reason why the government found itself forced by the fears (some fantastic but others quite justified) of the electorate to act. View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

26 Feb 2020
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Alumni-Led Biotech Developing Vaccine to Combat Coronavirus

As reported in the Boston Globe, Stéphane Bancel (MBA 2000, AMP 170) and his firm Moderna Therapeutics are working with the National Institutes View Details

23 May 2019
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Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966

customer, and eventually revolutionized the financial world. As Bloomberg built his eponymous firm into an information and technology powerhouse, his knack for understanding all aspects View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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