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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
position currently held by Robert Morgenthau, Snyder, who often pins a small American flag on her robes, is drawn to the ongoing war against terrorism. “I would love to find some way to help, but haven’t figured out how I would fit in... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
2010), managing partner at Material, founder and chairman of Blue Apron, and cofounder of Embark Veterinary Not All Users Are Created Equal Building consumer products is notoriously hard. It’s a long road to figure out what gets to the elusive product-market View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
inquiring into whether he had any interest in a leadership role within local government. Though he had given the field little thought previously, Gower realized it fit the parameters of the new career he had been seeking. “Local... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
argued that advances in communications technology were increasingly inspiring consumers around the world to want the same things. Therefore, he declared, international companies should cease to act as “multinationals” that customized their products to View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
make a difference in her own community when then governor John Baldacci of Maine asked for help in creating new jobs to soften the economic impact of a local Navy base closure. Her 2009 Presidential appointment to the SBA was both a natural View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
"paternalistic" culture here that didn't fit well with my style. I was very committed to teaching but really couldn't pull off the strong, formal control that my male colleagues—especially senior male colleagues—had in the classroom.... View Details
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
this problem was a good fit to my personality. What I found powerful is that for me I had to have a model of how each of the different parties to the negotiation saw the world, what their pressures on them were, where their funding was,... View Details
- 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 Jun 1997
- News
Short Takes
with the ungainly conglomerates assembled in the 1960s and 1970s that provided a variety of seemingly mismatched products and services. And while many consultants and investors are seeking to extend this focused model into emerging markets such as India, China, and... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Innovation: Frozen Assets
world, everyone would cook like my mom did,” Day says. But that’s not how things work in today’s world, where food needs to fit into ever-tighter schedules. Luvo, Day hopes, will offer a salve for this modern consumer: a healthy,... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 29 Jul 2013
- News
Opening New Markets for Black South African Winemakers
greater impact through entrepreneurship. Bill Sahlman's Entrepreneurial Finance course helped me gain the self-awareness that maybe this was more of a personality fit than I thought." Cuffe owes another debt of gratitude to the School, as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
South Asian Women at Work
interviews. She was starting to get depressed and couldn’t figure out what she was doing wrong. Then an interviewer told her, “I think you’d be a wonderful fit for this company but I do have one quick question to ask you: Do you plan to... 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 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
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
product attempts that missed the mark on health outcomes—including a prototype of a smart bike and apps for fitness and calorie tracking. “In order to have a healthy outcome, our users need to adopt a healthy lifestyle—daily,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 24 May 2017
- News
Angie Hicks, MBA 2000
heart is”—is a fitting description for how the mother of three feels about her family. “Spending time at home is how I recharge,” she says, expressing gratitude for her husband who put his law career on hold to be home with their kids.... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young