Fitness - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jan 2017
First Look

January 3, 2017

commit scarce resources. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/117114-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 717-424 The Quiet Ascension of LA Fitness In 2016, LA Fitness was the largest... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

05 Sep 2017
News

Living the Quantitative Life

there's all this sort of fitness aspects, which are roughly once a day. So I track things like how much I've been drinking, how much I've been sleeping, working out, other miscellaneous things. Some of these are just to track just out of... View Details

16 Feb 2021
Blog Post

The Rise of The Sixes: Interview with CEO and Founder Franci Girard

more about their business, but in one of our conversations I was asked to pitch them on a brand that would fit within their model,” Girard said. Channeling her life experience going back to the 4th grade, Girard pitched them on an idea... View Details

10 Jan 2008
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Operations Management

with professor Robert Hayes. Key concepts include: Managers must rethink many of the basic principles of good operations management that worked in the past. Companies must adopt a strategy for improvement that fits the specific needs of... View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

How the Ron Brown Award Was Born

winning companies: three other firms were singled out for special mention. HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter was one of the eight judges, as was James R. Houghton (MBA '52), the retired board chairman of Corning Inc. "We felt that the IBM and Levi Strauss programs... View Details

20 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

accepted a role at battery startup called Natron Energy. My summer at Natron Energy taught me a lot about the assumptions I had made about myself and my career journey. I thought that I had found the perfect fit because the role checked a... View Details

15 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza

Be Just One Thing.” Growing up in Peru, Mendoza developed a love of music alongside the quantitative skills that made her succeed in the classroom. She completed her undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and found a fit for her... View Details

Fair Competition

unions, and specialty producers. Retail pharmacists extended these occupational exemptions and pressured drug manufacturers to maintain minimum prices throughout the Depression. The article fits into a larger book-length project on... View Details

11 Feb 2016
News

Many Voices Working Toward a Solution

problem of how do you get multiple creative people to work together more effectively to solve the seemingly intractable problems of the world that don’t fit within a neat categorization. “A partner of mine and I have been engaged in a... View Details

16 Dec 2020
Blog Post

Faculty Books Published in 2020

business models without doing so? They fly blind. That’s what Harvard Business School professor Stefan Thomke shows in this rigorously researched and eye-opening book. Read the full abstract. Fit to Compete: Why Honest Conversations About... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

05 Oct 2021
Blog Post

First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders

and HBS alumni, Westphal came across two organizations that fit what he was looking for and he decided to move forward with two summer internships. The first was a seven-week internship with a healthcare technology startup, Cuidas,... View Details

06 Aug 2020
News

Defining Flex Work

employees’ needs fit into a combination of six categories Werk devised after reviewing existing company policies, including “remote,” an employee who is never in the office; “desk-plus,” an employee who has the option to work from the... View Details

09 Apr 2018
Blog Post

Is Business School Right for You?

for learning and for using that learning to make a difference in the world, and that’s what makes this all so exciting. As you wait for the cold call to arrive, you wonder how an MBA might fit into your life plans. Would business school... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Kenneth A. Goldman

he confides. "Family and fitness are also increasingly important to me." A man who hasn't taken a sick day in 25 years, Ken Goldman no doubt will have the stamina to accomplish whatever he sets his mind to. View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Oct 2000
News

Mario A. Corti: Global Reconnaissance

that journey, with its sense of discovery heightened by refueling stops in remote areas, seems fitting for Corti. Today, as CFO of Nestlé S.A., based in Vevey, Switzerland, Corti, a Swiss native, helps lead a company that prides itself on... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2005
News

New Career Wanted

transition to a new career for a variety of reasons. “Goals that seemed fitting for a particular job or stage in one’s life may not have as much significance later on,” Sullivan observes. Career-changers should consider trade-offs... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

29 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 29, 2006

for three years at a major consulting firm where she learned to adopt the demeanor of her male colleagues in order to fit in. Some of her male classmates are critical of her masculine, aggressive style in the classroom. As she begins to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2021
News

Turning Point: Makeover

Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) My first job was as a derivatives trader. The markets fascinated me; the testosterone-driven culture of the trading floor did not. I tried to View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; leadership; purpose; Asian American; beauty industry; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Apr 1997
News

HBS Duo Offers Personalized Career Assessment

interest, considering aptitude and industry trends as secondary factors. The authors point out that finding satisfaction requires ongoing self-analysis, especially in today's dynamic business environment. "It's a continual process of looking at how well your deep... View Details

Keywords: Bob Binstock

17 Jul 2025
Blog Post

Turning Doubt into Drive: Embracing Entrepreneurship with Kait Stephens (MBA 2020)

Everything felt overwhelming. Still, in my role covering retail for PIMCO, I had seen firsthand the problem Brij was solving, and I was determined to find the right solution. Building Brij Since 2020, we’ve reached major achievements at Brij, including finding our... View Details

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