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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
adds HBS executive director of Entrepreneurial Studies Michael J. Roberts, who, as the contest’s faculty organizer, works closely with the student representatives. “The overall interest in entrepreneurship is solid. People have seen how much fun it is and how View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Students Assist Needy Family
$1,550 for the family in less than 48 hours. “It was a truly rewarding and meaningful experience for both of us,” said Simmons. SmallCanBeBig.org, created by Boathouse Group, a Boston communications firm led by president John Connors (PMD... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Margaret Hanson Costan: A Whole New World
parents busy, they are delighted with the rewards and responsibilities of raising a child. The energetic preschooler offers a very different set of challenges for Costan than did the World Bank, where she'd spent a decade working on... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
David B. Price, Jr.: Aiming High
young children to HBS in 1974, a lot of people thought he was crazy. "It was a huge risk," he admits. "We sold our house, our car, everything —and still barely scraped by. But it was the most rewarding experience of our lives. We realized... View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- News
A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale
posting to Senegal. Hunt had hoped to work with entrepreneurs, but was instead assigned to a midwifery program. “It was overwhelming and humbling,” she says. “But it was also so rewarding to help people when their needs were most acute.”... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
HBS Clubs Help Nonprofits Succeed
In towns and cities across the country, HBS club members are putting their expertise to work helping local nonprofit organizations solve an array of interesting challenges. Alumni agree that it's a rewarding and enjoyable way to make a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Social Investing Pioneers
high-quality transactions to the United States to demonstrate the promise of this instrument,” Palandjian adds. “Social impact bonds have the potential to improve social outcomes at reduced taxpayer expense; shift performance risk away from government to private... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Knowledge Web site, and a dedicated effort to identify willing IT volunteers through the local clubs and alumni associations. Global Alumni Conferences These meaningful and rewarding conferences -- last June's Berlin gathering was an... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Steven C. Watson
nonfinancial rewards of teaching. When asked for highlights from the last year, he enthusiastically describes a session where he asked students how his class could be better. “In business, we'd call it participative management,” he notes.... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Career Transitions, Continuing Education Focus of Washington, D.C., Club
individuals and institutions with career transitions was far more rewarding and energizing than what I used to do, so I started my own firm." Loughran is quick to emphasize the role played by club chairman Bruce F. Avery (MBA '69), EVP... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
searches and appropriately rewards their efforts." The result of this dynamic has been one of history's great technology success stories. In a second volume of Design Rules, the authors will examine how the interrelated processes of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
The World's Banker
powerful in the world's great capitals, Wolfensohn might nonetheless rank his interactions with village chiefs and local leaders as among the most rewarding of his career. For even as he enjoyed a remarkable career in the private sector,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Inside MTV’s Global Fame
integrated marketing, constantly cutting deals with advertisers not just to buy spots on MTV Europe but also to sponsor entire shows and concerts and to offer unique rewards to viewers as well. He takes credit (or blame) for MTV’s being... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
enjoy team management for the teaching aspect. It’s personally very rewarding to see someone take my advice or general direction and produce useful results. I enjoy turnarounds because they are very difficult and no one expects the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
yet another networking retreat. It's about fixing the organization—recognizing a diversity of skills and attributes, measuring them in a concrete way, and rewarding people accordingly. Recently, I found myself requesting a favor of one of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
New Economy Notables: Eileen M. Rudden
in my household is Ginger, a Jack Russell terrier. Three boys, a husband, no daughters — I'm the only woman here. Proudest moments Professionally, seeing Lotus Notes reach more than fifty million users. On the personal side, I am extraordinarily proud of my family —... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Hope for Reform Dims
president and COO. Thain labeled as “nonsense” the frequently heard claim in Washington that executive pay plans, particularly lavish bonuses, spurred the excessive risk-taking that ultimately led to the financial meltdown. He advocates pay plans that View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
New Director of MBA Career Services Focuses on Power of Alumni Network
the long run, I think this situation could have a positive impact on students' careers." For his part, Merrick relishes the tasks before him. "I love what I'm doing," he says. "The focus on Career Services and the challenges our office faces in today's economic climate... View Details
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Making Lives Better
to knowing how to reward employees. "All those things you learn in business school make that successful," she says. In particular, Singer recalls her Coordination, Control, and the Management of Organizations (CCMO) class, taught by... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
Rewarding the Top Dog The media, institutional investors, and even government officials all seem to have an opinion about CEO compensation, often criticizing how and how much top executives are paid. But do CEOs really dictate their own... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross