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- 28 Mar 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
she anticipated customer needs, many crews and companies requested she come back. “I felt that I changed some people’s perceptions of the fitness of a woman in such a demanding job and environment,” she says. Since those early engineering... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
accommodate mobile employees. This book arms managers with the knowledge they need to become more effective virtual leaders, giving advice on what actions to take to increase far-flung employees’ dedication and engagement, develop or alter policies and procedures to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
says. By not requiring merchants to fit their offerings within a rigid product detail page, platforms like Shopify offer more flexibility and control over a brand's story. As for what’s selling well in the time of COVID, “Some... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Business and Environment Initiative at HBS
events, and student field studies, and through its ability to convene leading businesspeople, academics, and public policymakers and to connect students to alumni mentors. “The initiative is an attempt to focus on a problem that is central to businesspeople but doesn’t... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables
Tamayo explains. But fossil fuels obviously come with well-known costs, in the form of air pollution and negative effects to human health, and they don’t fit with the picture of a carbon-neutral future. Colombia’s example shows that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
The Long View
potentially make a transformative contribution to public debate? Once we have a question that fits the bill, we pose it to scholars in our community, which includes over 350 professors, graduate students, and professional researchers from... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
A Casual Approach to Success
Matrix Partners.) “I moved to Boston because my four kids were in New England; they moved away almost immediately,” Hellman jokes. “So I moved back to San Francisco and decided I’d better get a real job.” By all accounts, being chairman of Hellman & Friedman View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
A Measured Approach
IDinsight fits is by saying, look, sometimes decision-makers need to make a relatively quick decision, and they cannot wait one, two, or three years to find out whether a particular program affects that longer-term outcome of interest,”... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Lego Stays on Script
play. It wasn’t clear if, or how, a movie would ever fit into this point of view. When Lin first approached Lego, the company hedged, asking him to consider working on a specific play theme like Lego’s robot line Bionicle—making the Lego... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
people can't anticipate or avoid." According to the study, consumers do not let paradoxes get the best of them. They combat such inner conflict by adopting coping mechanisms. They might, explains Fournier, use confrontative strategies such as accommodation - changing... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
experiences, situations, and learning will keep us more mentally sharp and physically fit than a routine without these. Wendy and I wanted to work hard for a cause, but we also wanted to take advantage of our situation and take in all... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Rena Xu (MBA 2014, MD 2014)
What inspired you to pursue a career in medicine and how does your HBS MBA fit into this career path? “I was drawn to medicine because I loved the idea that knowledge and skill could directly translate into improving the lives of others.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Case Study: Ready for an Upgrade
Illustration by Alvaro Dominguez The Los Angeles–based startup Stell was borne of a pain point almost as old as recorded history itself: paperwork. One of Stell’s cofounders, Malory McLemore (MBA 2022), had landed a job as an engineer at Airbus after earning a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
Illustrations by Dan Bejar Illustrations by Dan Bejar When she began investigating Airbnb’s smart-pricing algorithm several years ago, Assistant Professor Shunyuan Zhang wasn’t looking for evidence that it generated discriminatory outcomes, a problem known as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Pitfalls, Trade-Offs, Dreaming Big
are no longer the best fit for what lies ahead for the company, the board of directors delivers the dismissal message, a ‘punch in the stomach,’ as one founder-CEO described it.” View Details
- 26 Jul 2018
- News
Running the Numbers
1965) and Jonathan Kraft (MBA 1990). “It was a tremendous opportunity,” she says. “The Krafts’ customer-first focus, and commitment to analytics-based decision making, fit perfectly with my interests and skills.” As head of customer... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Q&A: Donna Dubinsky
the high-tech industry? Growth. I had learned as a banker [at Philadelphia National Bank] that most career opportunities are presented by areas that are growing quickly, and the personal computer industry fit that description. I was also... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David “Bull” Gurfein: Bronze Star citation
reports that there were potentially dozens of T-72 tanks and associated forces just north of the berm that his task force was trying to breach. These reports fit the scenario from the previous days that had elements of an Iraqi Division... View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
- News
Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
withstand any of the challenges for today. Hanna: And Andela was launched in 2014, the same year that you graduated. It's an organization that identifies and trains software developers. Can you talk a little bit about how it fits into... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
and mastery of business. “However, they often don’t get to tackle some of the big issues that intersect business and society and that don’t fit neatly into a single course,” says Robert Huckman the Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation