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- 01 Apr 2011
- News
My First HBS Class
case beforehand but cannot say that I mastered all the data or how they fit together. Indeed, Professor Abdelal sort of apologized at the top of the class for assigning the case, given its breadth and complexity, but the students seemed... View Details
- 19 Jul 2013
- News
All in Good Time
governor in 2006—Silbert responds, "It's not something I'd rule out. But how would it fit in my life? I like the balance I have now." While she graduated over 20 years ago, Silbert values the new HBS contacts she's made—none of whom she'd... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
study fit into your broader interest in workplace gender issues? Our research speaks to the question of how men construct identities in the workplace, and the role organizations can play in shaping this process. In other research, we have... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: Antoinette J. ("Toni") Rapone
she was born, says she believes the hardships faced by her immigrant family in Lowell, Massachusetts, "selected for qualities of stamina and determination." Indeed, Rapone turned out to be fit and feisty enough not only to survive but to... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Jeff Cruikshank
and hired my former staff assistant to succeed me. Neither of us fit the job description, exactly, but the Bulletin has nevertheless survived and prospered. There really were no institutional crises during my tenure as Bulletin editor. In... View Details
Keywords: Jeff Cruikshank
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
Lovepop Woos The Sharks
investments from other Boston companies, including an institutional seed round led by [venture firm] Accomplice. With all the capital, we want to perfect the online gifting experience. Our goal is to redefine expectations for what can fit... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Getting on Board
Membership on a corporate or advisory board seems like a natural fit for MBAs with solid managerial skills and career experience. But according to the experts, unless you are a prominent CEO, finding a seat at the boardroom table today... View Details
- 16 Dec 2021
- News
A Global Alumni Response to the Pandemic
podcasts and fitness content, for all Tinder members in India. In addition to these efforts, the HBS Club of India has provided funding for a research study by the Foundation of Medical Research (FMR) in collaboration with the Municipal... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Faculty Q&A: Price Check
application in an industry with the most room for improvement. Online retail, particularly online fashion, definitely fit the bill. Why is fashion a good place to focus? The industry faces several challenges that many other retailers... View Details
- 09 May 2013
- News
Road Trip
companies they will be visiting, and what makes them interesting case studies: Red Ants Pants (White Sulphur Springs, Montana). USA-made work clothes designed to fit women, including 70 sizes of pants. Founded in 2006 by Montana... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
research of on-staff social anthropologists to guide its campaigns? This business has been founded on consumer research, trend analysis, and focus groups, so that advertisers can find a way to piggyback on a trend. Unfortunately, you often have to be dishonest about... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Think Locally, Act Globally
valuation of US$10.7 billion, Bharti purchased from Zain, a Kuwaiti firm, its mobile operations in 16 African nations. “It would have taken us years to achieve Zain’s scale,” Mittal explains. “Furthermore, our business model fit... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Surviving Success
paradox in succession is that a founder who has been doing a good job actually increases the chance he or she will be fired,” observes Wasserman. “Lew fit that profile perfectly.” After developing Wily’s technology, landing some important... View Details
- 14 Jan 2014
- News
Spreading the Seeds of Entrepreneurship
SCHULTZ Jack Schultz (MBA 1976), the oldest of eight children, grew up in the farming hamlet of Teutopolis, Illinois, population 1,100. It's fitting that his father was in the seed business (raising soybean and grass seed) because... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Do Good: Eat Chocolate
chocoholics. “I felt like I needed to focus on a natural, organic, authentic food,” Endline says during an interview at sweetriot’s offices in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. “Chocolate has a rich history, and it comes from pods of the cacao fruit tree, which View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; candy; chocolate; Crop Production; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Better Hiring Through Brain Science
Frida Polli (MBA 2012) came to HBS as a neuroscientist in search of a business problem to solve, and she found it during the recruitment season. All of these companies and job-seekers searching for hints of a good fit in handshakes and... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 02 Aug 2011
- News
A Fearless Force for Change
during the initial phase of her treatment, a regimen that would have flattened most patients. Instead, Linn regularly attended indoor cycling sessions at Equinox Fitness Center in New York City. "I may have cancer, but cancer doesn't have... View Details
- 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
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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