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- 25 Apr 2000
- Research & Ideas
Adjusting the Fit for Government
The role of government in Africa must be to establish an "investor friendly" environment, according to Obiageli Ezekwesili, a panelist at the Africa Business Conference's debate on "Government and the Enabling Environment." As finance director of... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- October 2007
- Article
Methodological Fit in Management Field Research
By: A. C. Edmondson and S. E. McManus
Methodological fit, an implicitly valued attribute of high-quality field research in organizations, has received little attention in the management literature. Fit refers to internal consistency among elements of a research project--research question, prior work,... View Details
Edmondson, A. C., and S. E. McManus. "Methodological Fit in Management Field Research." Academy of Management Review 32, no. 4 (October 2007).
- June 2005
- Article
Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets
By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Jayant Sinha
Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Jayant Sinha. "Strategies That Fit Emerging Markets." Harvard Business Review 83, no. 6 (June 2005).
- 15 May 2012
- News
Finally Finding the Right Fit
Heffernan: From one who's tried on many hats, a tip of the cap to HBS. Photo courtesy Andrew Heffernan As a young man in Dublin, Ireland, Andrew Heffernan (MBA 2006) worked in a variety of summer jobs with the family business, the country’s largest retailer. But... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Case Study: A Good Fit
Illustration by Matt Chinworth Illustration by Matt Chinworth Every year, millions of Americans resolve to lose weight, but few sustain their loss over time, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine. The reason lies in the gap between initiating a... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 28 May 2020
- Blog Post
How to Fit in at HBS
our cities and keeping them clean. Yet what has struck me the most during my reflection is not the fact that I made it here and felt like I fit in despite my family’s story. I made it here and fit in because... View Details
- 24 Mar 2016
- News
A Fitness Industry Innovator Powers On
rebranding the club, and those that followed, as 24 Hour Fitness—would alter the industry forever, with 24 Hour Fitness growing to 420 clubs, 20,000 employees, and over $1 billion in annual revenues. “In the View Details
- Web
Tim Day Fitness Room | About
Tim Day Fitness Room Timothy T. Day (MBA 1964) The Tim Day Fitness Room in Shad Hall was made possible through a generous donation from Timothy T. Day (MBA 1964) and the Timothy T. Day Foundation. The... View Details
- 20 Oct 2014
- News
How millennials fit into today's workplace
- 14 May 2015
- News
An Economics to Fit the Facts
- 12 Jun 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Minal Mehta (MBA 2011)
Photos courtesy of Minal Mehta When did you and your cofounders come up with the idea of a Bollywood-inspired dance and fitness program? "I grew up splitting my time between swimming pools and dance studios. When I wasn't choreographing... View Details
- 30 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company
In a recent Harvard Business Review article, professor Robert Simons wrote about how organizations can design jobs for maximum performance. In this excerpt, Simons discusses what he terms the four basic "spans" of a job—control, accountability, influence, and... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
- 2004
- Working Paper
Methodological Fit in Organizational Field Research
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Stacy E. McManus
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
An Ethical Fitness Quiz for Negotiators
Shady dealings at the negotiating table may work in the short term, but in the end, you’ll undermine trust and tarnish your reputation, warns HBS professor Michael A. Wheeler in the March issue of Negotiation, a newsletter from HBS Publishing. “It’s important to... View Details
- 26 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness
summer. Discovering Fitness No level of excitement for the job could have prepared me for working 60-70 hours/week and operating in the 4th decimal place. In time, I realized I needed an outlet, and it came in a rather surprising place.... View Details
- 2002
- Working Paper
Building Organizational Fitness in the 21st Century
By: Michael Beer
Beer, Michael. "Building Organizational Fitness in the 21st Century." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 02-044, January 2002.
- 28 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Making the Switch from Finance to Fitness
summer. Discovering Fitness No level of excitement for the job could have prepared me for working 60-70 hours/week and operating in the 4th decimal place. In time, I realized I needed an outlet, and it came in a rather surprising place.... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
Patty in the foothills of Park City, Utah, home base for US Ski & Snowboard At the age of 18, Anouk Patty (MBA 1997) was in an enviable position, or so it seemed. In addition to gaining acceptance at Dartmouth College, Patty’s speed and grit had earned her a place on... View Details