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Austin Dirks
doctor's hands worked back and forth in the rhythm and grace of a painter. I could feel my breath beat back against my mask, into my face. My scrub cap began to stick to my forehead with perspiration. Something was wrong. And I was alone.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Noted & Quoted
also be a statutory cap on leverage, a maximum speed limit, if you will, that regulators can’t loosen.” — HBS professor David Moss commenting on the need for financial reform legislation to place limits on the amount banks can borrow for... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
Heffernan: From one who's tried on many hats, a tip of the cap to HBS. Photo courtesy Andrew Heffernan As a young man in Dublin, Ireland, Andrew Heffernan (MBA 2006) worked in a variety of summer jobs with the family business, the... View Details
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Brett Lindsay Laffel
Growing up as the daughter of transplanted New Yorkers deep in the heart of Red Sox Nation proved formative for Brett Lindsay Laffel. "I was raised as a Yankees fan in enemy territory," Brett says. "In order to wear my Yankees View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87)
keeps two live camels wearing Lookouts baseball caps behind his centerfield fence and finds life just fine far from "The Show." "The minor leagues are everything I love about the sport and its ambiance," Burke explains. "Here, I do... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Aug 2016
- Blog Post
Reflecting on the Value of an MBA
capped the downside risk by getting an MBA from Harvard. This means you also bought a “put” option. Your working life will now have a pretty well-established foundation; if your first few wild ideas don’t work, many people and companies... View Details
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R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
La. [Louisiana] and in Montgomery Ala. [Alabama]. Were wealthy before the war, and are believed to be well off still. In Sept. 65 [September 1865] they claimed a cap [capital] in thr [their] 3 houses of 500m$ [$500,000], the majority of... View Details
- 01 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?
with the opportunity to apply for an additional three-year extension. During this period, workers can request green cards and secure permanent residency status if they desire. The current annual cap for the "regular" H1-B category is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Capitalism’s False Mantra
tweaks game rules and experiments with innovations such as a salary cap aimed at increasing competition. “In order to maximize customer delight, those responsible for regulating American capitalism must recognize that we will have to keep... View Details
- 14 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
New MBA Course Asks Students: What’s More Important—Purpose or Profits?
following the course, SPF capped its new program with a live, four-hour event featuring three of the case protagonists, who flew in from Seattle, Stockholm, and Nairobi to connect with students and bring the cases to life. Microsoft CEO... View Details
- 25 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Few Firms Have Outsized Influence in D.C.
they found further evidence to bear out those general findings. For the past two decades, firms have lobbied to raise the cap on so-called H-1B visas, which allow companies to offer jobs to skilled foreign workers. Back in the late 1990s,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 30 Jan 2009
- News
What’s It Worth to You?
lead. That’s why De Pree capped his compensation at twenty times what his company’s lowest-paid employee received. Kenneth Feinberg, the 9/11 special master, eventually came to understand that “all lives should be treated the same.”... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Executive Pay: Onward & Upward
1984 To discourage “golden parachutes,” a controversial pay innovation at the time, Congress imposes a special tax on such payments valued at more than three times an executive’s average pay. Rather than curb golden parachutes, the tax View Details
- 11 Feb 2021
- News
Retraining for a Post-COVID Workforce
until they reach a cap of $22,500. The hope is that a large share of participants become high enough earners to compensate for those who don’t have to pay—and to generate a modest return for investors.” “This is hopefully a tool to help... View Details
- 21 Jul 2011
- News
Social Investing’s Time Has Come
among low-level criminals. If the program reduces reconviction by 7.5 percent, investors recoup their money plus a graduated return that is capped at 13 percent a year. Sir Ronald Cohen (MBA 1969), Chairman of The Portland Trust and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
bust, people wanted real assets they could see and touch and real dividends,” adds Stephen Lebovitz (MBA ’88), president of CBL & Associates Properties based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the fourth-largest mall REIT in North America with a market View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
potentially relevant patents agree to a price cap on royalties just before a standard is set—after which the standard-setting body is prohibited from discussing pricing. Price commitments have the potential to create a scenario that is... View Details
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Rob Humble
became an analyst reviewing bids and proposals. "But I enjoyed working with people more than working with numbers," Rob says. "And frankly, I'm ambitious. I saw a cap on what I could do as an engineer. That pushed me toward... View Details
- 28 Nov 2016
- Blog Post
Why We Recruit: Wayfair
rocket ship with constant new challenges and opportunities to make an impact as our business scales. We’re data-driven and transparent, and we move quickly to empower smart people to take ownership to drive action. There really is no cap... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High
To cap his already impressive business career, David Price is unabashed about his final goal. "I want to be the CEO of a Fortune 500 company," he declares, exuding the energy and optimism reminiscent of a newly minted MBA. Price makes... View Details