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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
The Hard Way
if her students failed to get jobs, so she immersed herself in their job searches and all but guaranteed their placement. It worked, generating powerful word-of-mouth buzz for her fledgling academy. More...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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An Rx for Small Business Recovery
COVID-19’s impact on the sector makes 2009 look like a teeny blip.” There are over 30 million small businesses in the United States, accounting for half of the nation’s private sector employment and the majority of job creation. Many of...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jan 2006
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Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969
largely because I thought I could help the economy by creating jobs and value.” Cohen has more than just a passing knowledge of the economic conditions he is battling. Born in Cairo in 1945, the older son of a businessman whose family...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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Addressing The Financial Security Gap
offering guaranteed lifetime income through workplace retirement plans. As Ackerley explains, many American workers used to have defined benefit plans, or pensions, that ensured a steady stream of income in retirement. Some companies and...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jan 2003
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Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.
marketing group, hammering out goals and determining resources, work assignments, measures of success, and even rewards and recognition for a job well done. "It is the only method that works if you want to move in parallel paths and not...
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- 01 Oct 1997
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Antitrust in Historical Perspective
1890. Most people would like to see business provide good jobs at good wages. Yet, many successful businesses ship their jobs overseas, and some companies that have tried paternalistically to View Details
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Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
- 02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word
whiffed management assignment, an unceremonious firing, or a failed marriage. Whatever the circumstances, one point becomes clear: The only real failure is not learning from one. Catch those stones While I have had “whoopsies” at jobs as...
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Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Mar 2007
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The Joy of Work
important for company leaders to see themselves as facilitators of progress, as being there to serve the people who are in the trenches. If they do a good job of planning and organizing projects, and keeping in touch with how things are...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Water for Life
is perfor-mance-based and guarantees the reimbursement of our expenditures and cost of capital as long as these are prudent and efficient. The model requires us to accelerate and even advance our capital investments, roll out the network...
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- 01 Mar 2006
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The Producers
tax incentives), they will work on the set for months at a time and follow through on marketing once the film is complete. However, there are often no guarantees that a project will make it to the big screen, and for that reason it’s...
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- 01 Dec 2004
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Retirement's Changing Face
hobbies and my business career,” he adds. “There is always an objective, planning, teamwork, and execution. However, because of the risks, there is never a guarantee you’ll be successful. And I get an adrenaline buzz from that — it keeps...
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- 04 Nov 2016
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The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
regulations, in part by helping producers secure public guarantees for financing a $17 million water treatment plant. “That was a success story that saved and created jobs and became the basis of an HBS...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
initiative. The Marriott program trains former welfare recipients and guarantees them jobs upon completion of their training. "The challenges of working with the unemployed has led the company to new...
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- 10 May 2022
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
having a guaranteed job for life.’ I’d always been intrigued by finance, so I applied to HBS.” Leaps and bounds: “It’s not the only measure to consider, but Medtronic had tremendous growth from 1993 to 2006....
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- 01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters
DOWNTIME: Varma and Agarwala take a break. Photographs By Tom Pietrasik Imagine that you’ve quit your high-paying job with a big, prestigious firm to launch a financial advisory service tailored for India’s rapidly growing middle class,...
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- 01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
underground hacker marketplaces. Credit card numbers—from premium cards, some offered with money-back guarantees if they don’t work—go for as little as $9. That’s just one segment of a booming hacker market: Attempts to knock a particular...
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Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 10 Aug 2017
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Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
you laugh at. And if you can do that, I guarantee you'll have a great life. Hi, my name is Joseph Meyer. Section E, 2007. My wife and I have four kids. One of things that I've thought about a lot when it comes to happiness is the...
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- 05 Aug 2014
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A Diversified Portfolio
range of metrics, including their overall returns on sales and investment capital. But knowing all this didn't guarantee investors would be interested in their fund. To find that out, Dodi and Dorsen scheduled a roundtable discussion at...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill
assets—a model that might well hold promise for other parts of rural and postindustrial America that are struggling to reinvent themselves. “I’m here to create jobs and economic opportunity,” Marietta says. “Not just talk about it, but...
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- 01 Dec 2006
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MBA vs. MBA
Iraq, Edwards isn’t far behind. Pulling out now, he explains, “would be an absolute guarantee of chaos and anarchy.” Faced with a choice between a political novice vet and an incumbent hawk, the local Veterans of Foreign Wars’ political...
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