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- 22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
You’ll learn how to find the reason behind your work; identify what makes you feel happy and fulfilled; use job crafting to transform your role; build positive, fulfilling relationships; and connect your work to service. Arm yourself with...
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- 01 Jun 2006
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CEO Compensation Troubles
Criticisms of CEO pay have two related themes: It is too high, and is not closely related to company performance. These problems persist for complex reasons even as directors worry about them. The most significant View Details
- 15 Mar 2019
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A Model of Drive and Impact
Pablo Fernandez Alvarez (GMP 17, 2014) is cofounder of Clicars, an e-commerce platform in Spain that allows users to buy and finance refurbished cars hassle-free. In this interview, Fernandez explains the business model, the reasons...
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- 13 Sep 2019
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Hollywood Ending
back to the studio to use as they wish, giving the creators ownership of their IP. “When HBS writes the case about Quibi, one of the things I’m sure they’ll talk about is this decision to not compete with our suppliers,” Toubassy says. “It means that the creators are...
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- 01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business
imperative — for 94 years. Hall: I teach a compensation course, and yet I always begin it with the idea that organizations exist to create value for society. I want to try to center things around the core reason we're here. Compensation —...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
caused by hidden munitions on board, may have been the reason why the passenger ship sank in a deadly eighteen minutes, causing 1,198 deaths. As odd as it may sound, he also happens to hold title to the wreck, having purchased it for $1...
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Personal Services
- 01 Dec 2010
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This Is What I Do
what motivated her to write The Dressmaker of Khair Khana. “I think stories are the best way to reach people you otherwise couldn’t,” she says. “But storytelling is just a start; you then have to mobilize people and support the push for...
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- 01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand
and measure yourself against accordingly. Learn quickly what your true "drivers" are—what really motivates and energizes you—and then pursue a career that is coherent with them. If you follow your passion with competence (heart) and...
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- 01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
media fat-shaming, they never lose their sense of humor. Full of smart, wise, and often hilarious lessons for mothers, daughters, fathers, and sons everywhere, this book is a must-read for anyone who needs a kick in the butt, a pat on the back, or a good View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
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Blissful Thinking
professional French-horn player, Brooks came to the subject of happiness by way of art. His early research focused on why people produce and consume art and beauty as well as the motives behind human generosity. He discovered that...
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Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Dec 2012
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Shareholders' Value?
will be—because they are less rooted in the fundamental value of the corporations whose shares are being traded. Sure, some volatility is good because it gives people a reason to trade, thus keeping markets liquid. But too much volatility...
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- 22 Jul 2015
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Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
a lot of them. We know businesses really need these women for promotion reasons and also skills reasons. How about we see if we can bring the two together?” says Gould. Women Returners works with companies and professional partnerships to...
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- 01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur
told him I was pretty certain that I was an admissions mistake, and that I wasn’t going to be able to cut it at HBS, what with all of the emphasis on quant. He said, “Well, I’ve been here a long time, and one thing I know for sure is that we don’t make admissions...
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- 04 Jun 2008
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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...
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- 06 Dec 2021
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Truth Be Told
company’s response to the complaint, but the class discussion turned to the motivations of the man who revealed the wrongdoing. Have you ever thought about blowing the whistle? Dey asked her students. Their response: We’ve thought about...
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- 01 Mar 2008
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Reimagining China and India
probably wrong. And the reason it’s wrong is that there is a strong incentive for many of the things going on in China to be concealed — not just from outsiders but from insiders as well. The outward projection is one of stability,...
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- 01 Dec 2005
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A Matter of Opinion
muckraker Lincoln Steffens as a personal hero and who confesses that his heart still quickens when he hears the songs of the International Brigade. At OPM, Navasky wrote later, “My Nation self still tended to regard the profit motive as...
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- 18 Apr 2022
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Home Grown
things we realized was, all of our commerce to date, the reason the way it is today is because it’s an intent-driven commerce. But when you think about, you know, you’re walking into a mall, you’re walking out on the street, you don’t...
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- 01 Mar 2005
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Venture Capital’s Comeback
Park, California. “Limited partners now want to be in the top-tier funds, leaving the top funds oversubscribed and the new, emerging funds having difficulty lining up capital.” From the LPs’ point of view, there’s good reason to be...
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- 26 Aug 2020
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What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
users’ credit card purchases and then connects users with offsets they can buy to mitigate their footprint. Part of Pal’s motivation for building Joro was that she wanted a tool that would not only allow her to better measure the impact...
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