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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Dick Franyo: From Banker to Barkeeper
something that fit my personality and lifestyle,” explains the affable Franyo, who is now the proud proprietor of the Boatyard Bar & Grill, located in the Eastport section of Annapolis, Maryland. Prior to retiring in March 2002, Franyo... View Details
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Emily Schlichting
understanding the industry you're regulating. Getting the joint degree is the best way to ensure I am literate on both sides of the health care equation." Incorporating business into her education fits organically with Emily's... View Details
- 03 May 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the First HBS African-American Mother-Daughter Duo
mental and physical well-being, and it is important that all segments of the population have access to wellness offerings. Personally, I’m a wellness-nerd and fitness enthusiast. Wellness has always been a powerful anchor in my... View Details
- 29 Nov 2017
- Research & Ideas
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
“universal man, equipped with the capacity to understand and deal with all types of men.” “Cotrugli was elevating the idea of a merchant from a very trading-oriented persona to a broader and nobler figure in society,” says Roscini, noting that this concept View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Furthering the Legacy of Whitney Bowman (MBA 2006)
current-use fellowship in 2016 in honor of his 10th Reunion. HBS was a good fit for the couple, who delivered their fourth child just before graduation. “We had such good relationships with his sectionmates and other people he met,” says... View Details
- 04 Nov 2010
- What Do You Think?
Why Do We Chase Stars?
diligence that almost always accompanies hiring from outside. (The italics are mine.) He suggests that every effort should be made to avoid the "winner's curse" of overbidding to get talent without a clear picture of how they View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Sep 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Branding Yoga
DVD under Jane Fonda's "Team Fonda" fitness brand. In addition, she and Chopra collaborated on the iPad app Authentic Yoga. Those actions spurred some instructors to label her a sellout, but Deshpandé is more measured.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Monsignor Frederick Dolan Finds a New Calling at HBS Club of Montreal
through e-mail and phone calls, Dolan and other members share an overall feeling of growth and enthusiasm for the Montreal club. “While we’re realistic about what people can and can’t fit into their schedules,” notes Dolan, “we’ve heard a... View Details
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Case Protagonists at HBS - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details
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Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement
Health Care Innovation Public Health Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) . Not only a mouthful, but also very hard to spell and remember - a fitting name for a rare disease. This is the genetic blood vessel and bleeding disorder I... View Details
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5 Facts about Clubs at HBS - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
Massachusetts. Their Cerezyme plant runs twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, and produces six kilos of product in all that time. You could fit it in a little six-pack bag. But it is sufficient to treat the 6,000 people around the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- Web
Considering Retirement - Alumni
Resources Becoming an Entrepreneur Thinking about going into business for yourself or joining a startup? Explore our resources as you do your research. Becoming a Board Member Interested in joining a board? Similar to a job search, you'll need to make connections with... View Details
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'
pass—because, ‘Now we can account for who you are, what you’re about, and how you plug into this ecosystem we have happening,’” Riley said. “It let you fit in without having to give your life over to a neighborhood.” Even rival artists... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
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Magashe Ngoepe
trips with South African jazz music playing in the background. My family would fit six people in a five-seater car, and I would sit in the middle squeezed between my older brother and two sisters. I would often sit forward and just watch... View Details
- 21 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style
performance. “Machine learning is able to utilize data that is both large in size, but also in a different form than what would traditionally fit into an Excel spreadsheet,” says Harvard Business School’s Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)
fit together to drive impact. She and her co-lead brought together accomplished individuals from across the continent to contribute to the conference, sparking conversations and building connections. “It was like seeing how a thread could... View Details
- 08 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Knowledge Transfer: You Can't Learn Surgery By Watching
wants to duplicate exactly what the other person is doing—despite the fact that they may be perpetuating mistakes made by a predecessor or simply following procedures that may be a bad fit for a person of a different personality and... View Details
- 05 Sep 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Making the Right Technical Hire
discovery—talking with customers and understanding what you need to get to product market fit or grow adoption—then these priorities set the hiring agenda. For example, if you’re realizing that your onboarding process is too complicated,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Demola Gbadegesin - In the Right Direction
Okeho, a town of about 2,500, before his family moved to Wisconsin so his parents could attend graduate school. When he was eight, the family returned to Nigeria, where Gbadegesin experienced culture shock in reverse. “I didn't fit in... View Details