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- 01 Jun 2019
- News
Case Study: Mind the Gap
engine that ensures an optimal fit down to the level of soft skills. Berendt came to Talent Alpha after 18 years in the tech industry, most recently at the global IT service provider Luxoft. There he observed that the 25,000 small IT... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)
reskilling blue-collar workers—which is perfect in a time of automation. It’s genuine, because it fits with who their customer is, and it means something. Companies need to stay in their own swim lane. I still love doing crisis work,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
roles and responsibilities, including product management, marketing, growth, and sales to help readers figure out if they want to join a startup and what to expect if they do. The book includes a tour of typical startup roles to help determine which one might be the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
“Where can we find such a person?”
whole technology landscape is going, how related firms are progressing, and how its work fits into that context.” He also cites public policy issues and government involvement; intellectual property questions; longer time horizons; and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
“Culture Is Everything”
company was in 1993. “This culture of decentralization didn’t fit what we needed to do — to keep IBM integrated.” Answering questions from students, Gerstner offered advice such as “Never lose touch with customers,” “You don’t understand... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Two Kinds of Green
philosophical fit was there, he felt, even if it left many scratching their heads. Currently taught by Marquis in the MBA elective course Commerce and Society, the case details Burt’s Bees’ pioneering initiative to formalize and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
HBS Moves Ahead with Curriculum Innovations
experience will be felt not just in how well prepared students are for their first job, but also in how much of what they learn will be useful over the course of their lifetimes. How does the Harvard Innovation Lab fit into your broader... View Details
- 25 Jun 2024
- News
On the Move: Alexis DePree (MBA 2007)
When Nordstrom announced the promotion of Alexis DePree (MBA 2007) to COO in early June, media outlets noted DePree’s expanded, end-to-end role in managing operations and customer experience in an increasingly complex retail environment. DePree joined Nordstrom in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Class All His Own
It doesn’t seem right that F. Gorham Brigham Jr. (MBA 1939) should drive to the Bulletin’s offices in Teele Hall to discuss his 58 years (and counting) as class secretary. After so many years of service, it would be much more fitting for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Alumni Books
tools learned building CFK to become a more effective counterinsurgent and peacekeeper. The Custom-Fit Workplace: Choose When, Where, and How to Work and Boost Your Bottom Line by Joan Blades and Nanette Fondas (DBA ’87) (Jossey-Bass) Blades and Fondas offer creative... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges
HBS classroom experience and use HBS Online’s platform, giving the participants flexibility to fit the weekly coursework into their schedules. Those who take all four courses will earn a certificate of completion from HBS/HGSE. “We have... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
carbon dioxide sequestering for power generation fits all objectives, except it is not doable on the scale needed. Stobaugh’s book supports the inclusion of “externalities” in energy pricing, the implication being that, if included, this... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Michael Depatie
feel more relaxed, happy, and connected to who I really am. So if I hire you, I want all of you. You don’t need to be like me. I want your personality. We’re a very diverse workforce with a diverse product line to offer, which fits with... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney
fits with the public side of his SLOC work. "It's not unlike the clamor of a political campaign," notes Romney, who ran unsuccessfully for Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy's seat in 1994 and whose father, George, was a Presidential... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 06 Jul 2015
- News
Lights! Camera... Market!
afterward I thought it could really work. “We felt that this project just fit with our brand,” Simon adds. “At Terra, we’ve always taken chances. We made sweet-potato chips when everyone was making white potato chips, and we always push... View Details
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
there's all this sort of fitness aspects, which are roughly once a day. So I track things like how much I've been drinking, how much I've been sleeping, working out, other miscellaneous things. Some of these are just to track just out of... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Releases
aside conventional thinking to reveal that any group - if designed and managed effectively - can produce innovative services, products, and processes. Unlike most books on creativity, When Sparks Fly focuses on the process as it applies to groups of people who may not... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
How the Ron Brown Award Was Born
winning companies: three other firms were singled out for special mention. HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter was one of the eight judges, as was James R. Houghton (MBA '52), the retired board chairman of Corning Inc. "We felt that the IBM and Levi Strauss programs... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
Variety, “(t)he Fund will contribute on a sustained, long-term basis to organizations on the front lines of the fight for equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.” JULY 23 John Foley (MBA 2001), cofounder and CEO of fitness... View Details
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
A Passion for Education
parents. The Robert L. Ryan Fellowship has supported 18 students since Ryan launched the fellowship in 2004. Providing funding for future generations of MBA students is a fitting way for Ryan to recognize the value of education that his... View Details