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- 02 Mar 2020
- News
Cheese Whiz
Indian paneer, Palestinian Ackawi, and a range of Hispanic cheeses, such as asadero and Cotija. “Business is pretty simple,” Scharfman told the Wisconsin State Journal. “Identify a market need, figure out how to do it, get access to capital. I add a fourth, which is... View Details
- 15 Apr 2025
- News
Mothers of Invention
adds that after her first daughter was born, “I felt even more inspired and motivated to show her I can do this. I think it's going to make for a much more equitable future for our kids.” Besides sharing practical business and parenting... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 15 Mar 2019
- News
A Model of Drive and Impact
changing the world by creating opportunities for people who were not as lucky as I was. I think that's something that really drives me and motivates me.” (Published March 2019) View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Research Brief: Launching into a Downturn
High-Tech Start-Up Outcomes,” Roche and coauthor Annamaria Conti found that high-tech and medical-device startups launched in uncertain financial times underperform those whose founders have better job security. As a result, the bar for good ideas goes down for View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
What are shareholders good for? Maybe not as much as most people think. Basically, shareholders are supposed to provide three functions: money, information, and discipline. Let's examine each. Money. In theory, shareholders are supposed... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Research Brief: Lessons from Last Place
last-place aversion by putting 99 percent of the population in “last place,” behind the wealthiest 1 percent. He sees potential to use this aversion to motivate people to be more proactive in their own... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
commitment to social impact. He also wanted to know what motivated it, as well of its ultimate impact. In March 2016, Stevenson and a team of researchers launched a project to better understand and communicate that impact. To date, the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
What’s Next for You?
managing people who are motivated by passion and commitment, not ambition or money. It’s an environment that can be hugely rewarding, but you need to be prepared to do your own typing.” — Deborah Blagg Visit... View Details
- 03 Nov 2020
- News
One Paramount Priority
adversary for a range of reasons. “We have a divisive president—and the extremes get the air time, both among our political leaders and the media. The algorithms created by our social networks fuel the fire even more. This all reinforces a narrative that View Details
Keywords: Government
- 25 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
tremendous value to our target audience.” The main focus of YAM is to shrink that management talent gap in Africa. It does this by providing networking opportunities; educating companies and young business people about the opportunities... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 23 Feb 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition; Inspiring Future Generations
seed for iASO Records, de Menil’s record label, with the mission of promoting traditional music. It wasn’t an easy sell. Like de Menil, few people outside of Latin America had heard of bachata, and even in the Dominican Republic it was... View Details
- 03 Apr 2018
- News
Taking Frontier Markets to the Next Level
why people might go into frontier markets. The first is that there is a perception arbitrage opportunity. In other words, the perception of the country is that it's quite bad, but the reality on the ground is different, and there actually... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Accelerating Research in China
Hillhouse Capital Group, agrees: “HBS motivated me to make a positive change in the world. I would like our contribution to help the School inspire others in China to make more of these kinds of changes.” Their gift will further HBS... View Details
- 04 Jun 2008
- News
Whistle While You Work
also has a famous second career, that of motivational speaker. In that role, Zander has appeared several times at the World Economic Forum in Davos as well as at old-age homes, middle schools, Fortune 500 corporations, and now HBS. Music... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Mason (MBA 1995)
different perspectives. But I’m also willing to take ownership. That’s not in contradiction to the first point. Leaders have to make decisions and provide vision and direction to motivate people to execute.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Young Alums Honored for Social Enterprise
already established careers overlooks the fact that many graduates have been motivated by the School’s Social Enterprise Initiative to pursue this work full-time,” said Nancy Lane (PMD 29, 1975), a member of the dinner committee and... View Details
- 11 Oct 2019
- News
Balancing Act
represented in the company’s leadership was attractive. The second step was building a pipeline within the company. “You need to look for talented, motivated people at every level who have the potential to... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Q & A: Pat Russo - Focused on the Future at Lucent Technologies
and improved customer relationship management opportunities. We're really talking about fundamental changes in how people communicate, get information, and conduct business. Wired for Success Pat Russo worked for eight years in sales and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Clay Christensen on Competing Against Luck
do not waste. I hope it truly brings predictability to innovation that historically we just have not had before. Why do managers ignore the motivations of their customers? Is part of it because they are now awash with data and fetishize... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
difficult decisions regarding risk-taking incentives, leverage, and vesting since the goal of equity plans is to motivate long-run value creation in a cost-effective way. “The problem with equity-based pay is generally not that it fails... View Details