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percent of market value. The payout rate for fiscal 2021 met that target at 5.2 percent, consistent with the prior year. The utilization of a payout formula means that the annual payout rate is generally lower following years of... View Details

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

I mostly smiled and thanked them for their compliment. I politely corrected people whenever they presumed that Singapore was part of China. In trying to learn about and adapt to American culture, I unintentionally swept away my own culture and missed the opportunity to... View Details

18 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Unethical Amnesia: Why We Tend to Forget Our Own Bad Behavior

makes us more likely to misbehave in the future. ©iStockphoto/Brian Jackson In a follow-up laboratory study, participants played a game in which they could make money by successfully predicting the outcome of a computerized coin toss. They self-reported their results,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

02 Oct 2017
What Do You Think?

Do Bitcoin and Digital Currency Have a Future?

specialized form of central planning. “A change from the current insane, superstitious, or religious belief in official money may occur sooner than expected.” Xingang, on the other hand, worried that digital currencies are instruments that are “not yet properly... View Details

Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Financial Services

16 Aug 2018
News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

re-investment has been the hallmark of his entire career. “When I applied to HBS, I was a TV reporter,” Ayala says. “I wanted to figure out how media can generate more profit and then therefore plow more money back into really useful things. My passion is unleashing... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

07 Feb 2019
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How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

scale might actually be an advantage for innovation motivated me to write this book. Lagace: As you say, innovation is a broad term. What does it mean to you? Pisano: Innovation means change that creates... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Aug 2001
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Richard B. Fisher (MBA '62)

of his first assignments—an analysis of the economic feasibility of a Canadian hydroelectric plant—required him to master the FORTRAN and COBOL programming languages. "Building a computer model was no mean feat in 1962," Fisher recalls.... View Details

Keywords: Richard B. Fisher; Warren A. Law; Alumni Achievement Award; Finance; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

Portrait Project

Josh Bronstein

opportunity, a next step, and true meaning in what he or she spends such a huge portion of life doing. I want to enable people to realize their dreams through their work. Helping all employees chart their own individual course doesn't... View Details

06 Jun 2005
What Do You Think?

Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?

very notion of a level playing field is a myth. There never has been a level field and there never will be. . . . Let the market decide for itself and it will work out." Radhika Unni adds, "I don't think that there will ever be a level playing field. . . .... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Research Summary

Managing Processes

David A. Garvin is examining the nature and use of managerial and organizational processes—the means by which work is accomplished—including strategic processes that chart corporate direction, resource allocation processes that distribute funds,... View Details

29 Jul 2013
Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

Facebook. "Markets make markets work," says Ramanna. "That is the good news about capitalism. We don't want to throw the baby out with the bath water." But that doesn't mean markets always work to self-correct... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Dec 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Grooming Next-Generation Leaders

to be, says Sasser. Not everyone will be CEO some day, and having an enjoyable and challenging career doesn't have to mean becoming CEO. The key to career success is to draw on a variety of leadership styles at appropriate times.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Apr 2023
News

Leading the Way

bought Standard Printing Company, a provider of bill printing and mailing services, and business form printing. Since then, Trejo has been learning the ropes as president and CEO, while Trujillo serves as Chairman. Together, they are working to make sure the company... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

14 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

training in leadership and management skills, such as supply chain management, interpersonal communication, and strategic planning. Yet these skills are important for the well-being of doctors and their colleagues and can mean the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

24 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

This means less "show-and-tell" presentations and more open, interactive, strategic discussions. It is only through greater focus and proactive setting of the board's agenda that boards can discharge their responsibilities while... View Details

Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

Global Business are eligible for a Certificate of Completion from Harvard Business School Online. Participants are expected to fully complete all coursework in a thoughtful and timely manner. This will mean completing each course module... View Details

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Options: Basics for finding price data

valid Strike price: price at which the option can be bought or sold American option: This style of option can be exercised at any time up to the expiration date. European option: This style of option can be exercised only at the expiration date. This View Details

26 May 2003
Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

sometimes get their day in the sun: Sherron Watkins of Enron, Cynthia Cooper of WorldCom, and Coleen Rowley at the FBI all ended up on the cover of Time as "Persons of the Year." But public recognition of a few people does not View Details

Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

kids sometimes means disciplining them, letting them struggle and occasionally asking them to do things they don’t want to do. However, despite the challenges of parenthood I’ve found that my capacity to love expands every day. My love... View Details

Portrait Project

Sonakshi Bose

classmates had abandoned me during a game of hide-and-seek, hoping I would get lost. They succeeded. As I breathlessly ran back, with my new vow of meanness in mind, I marched up to the bullies and said – nothing. The TV was on, and the... View Details

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