Fitness - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 May 2013
News

Thompson Dean, MBA 1984

Dean family explored additional opportunities to support Harvard, they were drawn toward the Harvard Graduate School of Education and its new program, the Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.). “The Ed.L.D. Program was a perfect fit... View Details

29 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Research Papers of 2014

It's better to look good than to feel good. That was the observation of Billy Crystal's SNL character Fernando, and it seems to be born out in two articles from this year's most popular list. In The Manager in the Red Shoes, we learn that dressing to stand out rather... View Details

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Scaling Technology Ventures - Course Catalog

Students will learn how leadership teams address the challenges and opportunities ventures face after achieving product-market fit – and how to activate and manage exponential growth. The course reflects the recent shift in market... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

HBS Wins Green Business Award

HBS Operations has received a 2010 City of Boston Green Business Award in recognition of the numerous green technologies used at Shad Hall, the School’s fitness and recreation facility and its showcase for sustainability. Energy-saving... View Details

Career Coach

Mandy Xu

serving the client – and is happy to share her takeaways. She welcomes conversations with students looking for the right career fit post-MBA and enjoys dialogue around personal values and fulfillment. To book an appointment, please send... View Details

Portrait Project

Imran Amed

I don't try to fit in anymore. I have always felt a little different from people around me. A bit shorter (OK, a lot shorter), not so good at ice hockey like every other Canadian kid (but not really that interested in playing either), and... View Details

15 May 2015
Blog Post

Tips for Applying to Business School

chose recommenders who had seen me take on responsibility, struggle at times, and adapt to reach my goals. I think this matters much more than having recommenders with a particular job title or connection with HBS. Get to know HBS and decide if it’s the right View Details

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Latin America - Global Activities 2021

of the Latin America Research Center (LARC), is about a difficult personnel decision Bruck, a rising star in the Argentina-based Amazon rival, faced. In 2017, as corporate sales director at MercadoLibre, she managed a smart and dedicated employee who did not View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Sankofa!

Sankofa, a word in the Akan language of Ghana, embodies the idea of learning from the past to build for the future — a fitting name for a student performance that draws its inspiration from the rich cultural traditions of the African... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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What We Do | Research Associates

and white papers. You might join a project at its infancy, contributing to the experimental design or participant recruitment. Or you could be part of the final push to bring a paper across the finish line. Wherever you fit into the... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Silent Killers: Overcoming Barriers to Organizational Learning

uncovered these obstacles using a process they refined more than a decade ago called Organizational Fitness Profiling (OFP). OFP helps CEOs or business unit general managers and their top teams assess how well an operation View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Apr 1997
News

Guitar Hero

Berry and the Everly Brothers in rock. The company certainly fit with my love of music and was an interesting business challenge." Gibson's new owners set out to revive the company with a complete makeover - new plant, management, sales... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

07 Jul 2015
Blog Post

From Teach for America – to HBS – and Back Again

manage a staff of 26, who support over 500 corps members and alums, and I raised our $6M operating budget. We transform the lives of more than 20,000 kids every day and I couldn't be more proud and fulfilled. What brought you to HBS? First, the case method really View Details

03 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Hire an MBA: The Benefits and Misconceptions for Startups

marketing, leadership, negotiation, operations, strategy, and more. In the second year, a student may focus on a particular area to deepen their knowledge of that space. Students can help complete short-term projects Not sure how an MBA View Details

Keywords: All Industries; Entrepreneurship

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Webinars: Career

Become an Entrepreneur Without Leaving Your Day Job

What if there was a way to pair the stability of a day job with the excitement and upside of entrepreneurship? Using proven strategies and a range of case studies, author and serial "10% Entrepreneur" Patrick J. McGinnis (MBA 2004) will explain how you can integrate... View Details

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Radiator Shells - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next Radiator Shells ca. 1937 Pontiac Motors Division Photographer unknown Radiator Shells that will soon be coming down the street View Details

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Recruiting Full-Time Employees | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

HBS, or with one of more than 82 HBS Alumni Clubs and Associations worldwide. Order a resume book to help you identify students who fit your candidate profile and better target outreach efforts. More About Recruiting INITIATIVES focus on... View Details

Philip H. Knight

Knight founded Nike by capitalizing on the fitness craze of the 1970s and 1980s. Through skillful advertising and innovative product development, Knight was able to build a billion dollar business in ten years. View Details

Keywords: Fabric & Apparel

Profile

Kanwaljit Bakshi

and go to Harvard.'" And that's what she did, working for McKinsey and Co. before getting into Harvard. But she enrolled in the law school, not the business school. While Brochu says she enjoyed HLS intellectually, she didn't feel it was a very good View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

06 Sep 2016
News

The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards

fulfill, with no compromises, both the skill set and personality fit requirements of the board. For people who like to stick with traditional methods, this is traditional. For centuries we have interviewed one group of individuals... View Details

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