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- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
making decisions that could advance treatment options for patients with rare cancers. Neither of the Linns worked in science or medicine. A few years earlier, rare cancers had not even been on their radar. Now it was possible their...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
annual, nonbinding votes by shareholders on executive compensation — so-called say on pay; grants substantial shareholders a new right to have their director candidates’ names included on the ballots sent out by the company (dissident shareholders now must send out...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
Above: Meridith Unger (left) and Nix’s business development director Sara Weber (MBA 2016) inspect a prototype (photo by Susan Young) Boston-based Nix is developing a disposable biosensor that gives users a real-time gauge of hydration levels by analyzing their sweat....
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Dan Morrell
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
competitors often lead to overcompensation and lull executives into a false sense of superiority. Pay-for-performance systems that ignore rigorously applied subjective judgments often promote gaming behavior and otherwise provide insufficient direction to executives....
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
Scharfstein: “Whenever you mix government guarantees with private, for-profit entities, those private entities put the government at risk.” Reforming the U.S. housing finance system remains perhaps the largest piece of unfinished business...
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- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The First Five Years: Sierra Smith and Taylor Wiegele (both MBA 2017)
our classmates took off her shoes and—WHOA—eyes burning, nose on fire, it was the worst stench you could imagine! When we asked her why she didn’t do anything, she said the current options stunk (pun intended); they either didn’t work,...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Tribute to Fellowships
uninhabitable ruin. Her immediate urge was to leave HBS to help her parents put their lives, and their home, back together. They balked at the idea, insisting that they would be fine without her. Nearly two years later, Thompson recounted...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Andrew H. Tisch
things like helping the pool attendant put towels on the chaise longues. It was a family business, so we were all involved.” Tisch Hotels evolved into the Loews Corporation, one of the largest diversified financial enterprises in the...
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- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Gerald Chertavian, MBA 1992
potential and his prospects, Chertavian was determined to help expand options for Heredia and kids like him. “I saw that David had enormous talent and drive, but he needed help to reach his full potential,” says Chertavian, adding an...
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Susan Young
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
they see three options: First, they could double down on the D2C side, which helps get the brand out there quickly, although it is subject to more competition and acquisition costs. The second option is to integrate with real estate...
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- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
Matsubara clinic also has 18 beds for in-patient services, an option that Sato-san has exercised for one week each month since July, mainly to ease the burden of his care on his wife. Dr. Umeda and the nurse eventually set a date for...
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Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
the ship apart and putting it back together again. It should be getting under way again in the spring, probably without me. I think I’ll be transferring to a shore station next. (JH, ed.) A former ambassador to the Netherlands and a...
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- 30 Sep 2016
- News
Competing Against Luck
whose numbers you use, it doesn't really matter, but the probability that you'll be successful is somewhere between 10% and 30%. And why is that? If it truly is a crapshoot, then it means that you just have to throw the dice a lot in order to, you know. But then the...
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- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
the game—and some minds—when it comes to fossil fuels and the future. "We can create an industry and put some new options on the table," he says. "My hope is that we can build some extremely profitable...
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- 01 Sep 2018
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An SUV Built for African Roads—by African Workers
“At Mobius, we get to play a part in the emergence of a stronger manufacturing base.” As Mobius scales up, the team envisions producing a no-frills platform that can be tailored for cargo delivery, public transportation, or emergency vehicles—giving entrepreneurs and...
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Amy Yee
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
wanted to build a business that not only makes money but also nurtures its employees, builds community, and minimizes environmental impact. Five years later, Magagnini and Strugatz are putting the finishing touches on IceStone’s most...
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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The Exchange: Venture Forth
and its place in the business ecosystem has changed significantly in the intervening decades. Two recent working papers explore those changes—Gompers’s survey of decision-making at hundreds of VC firms and Professor Ramana Nanda’s study of the modern era of venture...
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April White
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
venture and the founding team, putting that early split into disarray and imperiling the team. Splitting equity early can be valuable in maintaining team stability when a venture is just launching, but devising a static split doesn’t...
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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
which HBS faculty are already studying. While one faculty member, for example, might look at the role that stock options played in a company that failed after it went public, another might investigate how a medical device company marketed...
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Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
newspapers on campus: room by room, to vending machines, and to executive programs. Dressed in blue jeans, a chamois shirt, track shoes, and my college jacket, I moved quickly through campus. I cannot tell you how cold Boston got in those predawn hours. For the...
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