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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The Business and Environment Initiative at HBS
events, and student field studies, and through its ability to convene leading businesspeople, academics, and public policymakers and to connect students to alumni mentors. “The initiative is an attempt to focus on a problem that is central to businesspeople but doesn’t... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables
Tamayo explains. But fossil fuels obviously come with well-known costs, in the form of air pollution and negative effects to human health, and they don’t fit with the picture of a carbon-neutral future. Colombia’s example shows that... View Details
- 29 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Marketing Maria: Managing the Athlete Endorsement
possesses a number of qualities that fit with its PowerShot digital camera brand." Fortunately, one of my students, Margarita Golod came to the rescue and connected me with Maria Sharapova. Sharapova was the ideal study subject in... View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
secured a role at Merrill Lynch in their international advisory business. Returning to New York was an ideal fit for Ramirez, and for several years, Wall Street was an ideal fit as well. She learned, grew,... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Online Entrepreneurial Marketing Course | HBS Online
with a proven toolkit for identifying, capturing, and influencing customers to achieve product-market fit and scale. Stay active by engaging in a new activity every three to five minutes. Description of silent animated video above:... View Details
- Profile
Tim Nicolette
finance, but in leadership, operations, and marketing—and in how they all fit together for high-performance. That’s what attracted me to HBS's general management approach. Second: the case method. It helps you develop functional... View Details
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
a road map that will enable you to defy conventional wisdom, resist peer pressure, and carve out a path that fits your unique skills and passions? Harvard Business School's Robert Steven Kaplan, leadership expert and author of the highly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
factors such as organizational culture, networking opportunities, the general team dynamic, and the pressure of a new spotlight. “There's a certain relationship that those players have to have. Can this person be a good fit based on the... View Details
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Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier - Race, Gender & Equity
don’t know that it could possibly harm portions of our communities.” Elizabeth M. Adams Read the Transcript What does it look like to amplify the public’s voice regarding civic concerns? Siloing issues related to our technology and labeling them social problems View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
HBS-Harvard Collaboration Fosters New Ventures
Ahmed (AB 2012) and his team designed WHOOP, a wearable fitness strap that collects physiological data to help athletes, their coaches, and trainers analyze strain, recovery, and sleep. The startup, one of the first unicorns to come out... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Case of Achievement
hired to jump-start a moribund division of the investment bank. Parson’s success at generating business was offset by performance reviews from supervisors and subordinates that painted him as a poor fit in the firm’s collaborative... View Details
- 04 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
Leadership with Purpose: Redefining Success & Impact with Satpal Singh (SELP—India 4, 2019)
mindset and Inspired Teams. Now, as Sales Director for Legrand India, I’m excited to build on this legacy, driving transformations that make a meaningful difference in the lives of our customers and communities. Throughout my career, I’ve learned leadership isn’t about... View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Operations and the Competitive Edge
than mass production or mass customization should be. So the book's first section, on operations strategy, focuses on how a company can go about creating an operations organization and approach that best fits and supports a particular... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Joe Khoury
Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? As an engineering school graduate, I felt that I needed to acquire new skills related to business, economics and management. Having worked in the Middle East and Asia, I also wanted to expand my geographic scope. HBS... View Details
- 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
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Oliver Bladek
become any more risk-tolerant - I'm rather more aware of the different ways to be 'entrepreneurial', and have a better sense as to how it might fit into my career plans. In fact, I would say that my most enjoyable courses at HBS were in... View Details
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Dan Vallone
it’s a great fit with my goals: to widen equality and close achievement gaps. That’s how I want to spend my time. How do you think HBS has prepared you for your new role? In classes, the case method motivates you to develop and refine... View Details
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Rakhshan Zahid
your business. As a result, I’m planning to develop one of my ideas in an independent project next year to see if my idea has legs. How do your HBS ambitions fit into the big picture of the world beyond? We’re encouraged to solve problems... View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Exploring Big Issues at the Intersection of Business and Society
and mastery of business. “However, they often don’t get to tackle some of the big issues that intersect business and society and that don’t fit neatly into a single course,” says Robert Huckman the Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor of... View Details
Keywords: Educational Innovation
- 17 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Tales of the Newly-minted MBA
Bridgeport. "It's not a perfect fit with our family's life plan," said Horton, alluding to the financial downside of a public sector salary, "but now is the time to follow my passion." What about the so-called... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna