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- 03 Apr 2012
- News
Just Compensation
alternative courses of action or alignment. And, says Ferracone, “it is an excellent communication tool to facilitate productive discussion between compensation committees and management, and between companies and their investors.” Asked...
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- 01 Sep 2008
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Farming for Fuel
(initiated in 2005) to double the plant’s size. Utlaut, however, is worried: Not all of the farmers are interested in doubling their corn commitments to the plant, and some have even invested in a competing interest. Another alternative...
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- 01 Dec 2004
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Finding a Balance
period, multinational pharmas reported a growth rate of only 1 percent.) The case outlines Hamied’s impact — for one, pressuring global pharmas to cut the price of AIDS drugs by exporting a low-cost alternative to South Africa — and also...
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- 01 Mar 2015
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A Boomtown's Echo
George is the finance director for the Post Carbon Institute, a California think tank dedicated to promoting sustainable energy that recently examined the Bakken in its report Drilling Deeper: A Reality Check on U.S. Government Forecasts...
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- 01 Jun 2022
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'Rooted' In Innovation
Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022) and Nembu Emmanuel Photo courtesy Pelkins Ajanoh The earthy cassava root is a dietary staple for millions across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. For Pelkins Ajanoh (MS/MBA 2022), the tuber was also the starting point for CassVita, an...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Apr 1997
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Learning from the Past
works know themselves less well than they might, and to their cost." Strassler credits his successful business career with giving him the time and wherewithal to undertake and finance the project. In 1963, he and his associates took over...
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James E. Aisner
- 01 Dec 2014
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Feedback
the Bitcoin supply should grow approximately at the real rate of our global economies—perhaps with a built-in boom/bust modulator. However, I understand that its growth is purely mechanical now and could even become deflationary in a few years. If so, it is trying to...
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- 01 Jan 2013
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Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
and they had two sons. Plans to take the company public were thwarted by regulatory changes, so without the much-needed infusion of capital, James's ingenuity was tested. He was forced to close some offices and began focusing on View Details
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Susan Young
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
Bank after a distinguished career as a Wall Street investment banker. "I wanted a program that would stimulate their thinking and make them aware of different approaches to problem solving and implementation of alternative courses of...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Sep 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
Alumni Books Coffee Can Investing: A Better Idea Than Mutual Funds in an IRA or 401(k) by Terry Allen (MBA 1963) Fuller Mountain Press This book describes exactly what to do to maximize returns for those who want to bet on the stock market. It also suggests View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
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The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
everything. I would get in at 6 a.m. to clean the office and make coffee, and then just do whatever needed to be done in order to move the ball forward, from sales and marketing to finance and accounting (top of my mind during the first...
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- 01 Jun 2012
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Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
entrepreneurs such as Tim Westergren of Pandora and Evan Williams of Twitter. YouTube cofounder and former CEO Chad Hurley has called the book “an invaluable alternative to real-world trial and error.” A past recipient of the HBS...
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- 01 Jun 2007
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Mission Possible
didn’t provide value to corporations,” says Chertavian. “The deficit in skilled workers is projected to reach 14 million over the next decade, and a lot of companies realize they would be well served to identify alternative sources of...
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- 01 Dec 2018
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Hard Choices
They are there to decide. And in business, you must often decide quickly, without complete information or the time to consider every alternative or resolve every uncertainty. Because, of course, to decide slowly is sometimes to decide too...
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Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Jun 2017
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Supercharged
global market, electric vehicles have become a government imperative. European Union member states, for instance, are preparing to implement the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive, which mandates the buildup of publicly accessible...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Pilgrimage to the Museum: Man’s Search for God Through Art and Time By Stephen Auth (MBA 1985) Sophia Institute Press In Pilgrimage to the Museum, author-curator Stephen Auth takes you on a colorful journey through the history of...
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- 18 May 2017
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Pioneer Spirit
So, 14 years after he had acquired the company, he sold it. Freeman was at loose ends for several months until a neighbor, who was also an attorney, asked him to help with a client who was putting together financing for three large...
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Constantine von Hoffman
- 01 Sep 2011
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The City Solution
energy at the district level as well as sourcing clean energy from large-scale suppliers. For cities and businesses, millions of dollars saved is equal to millions of dollars earned, and that can readily be achieved through greater efficiencies. While clean tech and...
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- 07 Nov 2014
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Investing for the Long Term in Education
hurdle over a long period of time. We don’t think about how we do that in any one year. We think about how we do that over the course of 10 years. And so it means going into new markets, it means looking for inefficiencies, it means building a team that we know will...
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- 01 Sep 2006
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Strange Bedfellows
is the book income they produce. The proposal to publicly report taxes paid is an eminently sensible idea. More ambitious alternatives should also be considered, including making corporate tax returns public so shareholders can benefit...
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