Filter Results:
(451)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,903)
- People (17)
- News (451)
- Research (772)
- Events (7)
- Multimedia (27)
- Faculty Publications (360)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,903)
- People (17)
- News (451)
- Research (772)
- Events (7)
- Multimedia (27)
- Faculty Publications (360)
Sort by
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Road Work
restaurants in the Los Angeles area. But after 25 years, the business went bust, and she relocated the family to her native Mexico when the Salas brothers were 12 years old. It’s a fitting origin story for Camino Financial, an online... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
category first. —J. W. Penland (MBA 1996) Hardware obsolesces quickly; it is costly to build, upgrade, retool, and distribute. Data and software are fungible across devices. Data can be cross-utilized with fitness and lifestyle partners... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 26 Jul 2016
- News
Alumni Capture the Essence of Pokemon GO Craze
company should “partner with more brands [and] structure rewards for retention.” Still other alumni, however, see risk: “Unless you go for original positioning that fits your brand (rather than replicating), you’ll fail,” said Alex... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Work of Art
largest Planet Fitness franchise in the country and had learned about commercial construction along the way. Price offered to put Kaphar in touch with a trusted contractor who would look at the building. That conversation turned into many... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
South Asian Women at Work
interviews. She was starting to get depressed and couldn’t figure out what she was doing wrong. Then an interviewer told her, “I think you’d be a wonderful fit for this company but I do have one quick question to ask you: Do you plan to... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs
Why were 253 people from all walks of life and parts of the globe pursuing academic work in teams in the Shad Hall fitness center in the middle of January? They were members of the HBS Class of 1997 January cohort. Arriving in the midst... 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
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Action Plan: Just Breathe
pain: major surgery requiring months of recuperation or meditation to manage the stress that was at the root of his health issues. But the practice didn’t fit with his image of a type A, high-powered executive. “I came to meditation... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
In Pursuit of Academia
Fernandes (MBA 2012, PhD 2019) and her husband Alberto Fernandes (MBA 2012) became parents to Vicente, 3, and Francisca, 4, who helped their mother accept her Doctoral Program diploma in May 2019. (photo by Mary Knox Miller) It’s fitting... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Snapshot: Gary DiCamillo, Polaroid's CEO
DiCamillo notes, will be transposing some of the company's formidable technological know-how to the newer segments of the market and offering digital products that fit the user-friendly Polaroid tradition. Two current examples are the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
check the masthead wind vane. With the muscle fatigue of three months at sea, this last phase was the hardest for me. But you must stay disciplined: study the weather data, make the sail changes, write for the schools, grind the winches. I’ve been View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Entrepreneurs Speak at HBS
all. But Branson, whose career began in the late 1960s when he launched a student magazine and then a record company, told the audience that his enterprises all fit the company's brand. He defined the Virgin brand as representing service... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Rowing Upstream
intervene when there’s a downslide? I always try to push the students to consider how these questions and possible solutions can be extrapolated to organizational settings.” Concludes Polzer, “The best teams are those that not only combine the skills of their members... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Mark Pincus (MBA 1993)
become more accessible and bite-sized, like 2048 and Candy Crush Saga. They won’t have a tutorial or instructions. They’re going to fit into your life and not ask much of you. They’ll also give back more. I’m hopeful that if you play our... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Barbie: Reviving a Cultural Icon at Mattel
It’s a good fit because Barbie was on the downswing at one point, and they introduced various iterations of the doll, but it still needed a bigger boost. The new CEO’s approach—this idea that ‘We’re not a toy company anymore; we’re an IP... View Details
- 21 Sep 2018
- News
HBS Association of Southern California Boosts Support for Startups
can’t easily fit in a trek across town for lunch.” On the days when only a few alumni can make it, Kete says the conversations are that much richer. “That’s when you really get to know folks.” Lunches are set for the second Friday of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Small Business Difference: How Smaller Companies Manage with Less
success,” Bowen said. “An important part of that process is developing systems and measurements to ensure that the people you hire, beyond their résumé qualifications, will fit the firm’s culture. That’s a big problem for small companies.... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Calling the Tune: Negotiation as an Improvisational Dance
taken." Valley concluded, "I can't teach you a best strategy for negotiation. But I can teach you how to react to the other party: how to recognize what they're doing, how to think about the impact of that action on your outcome, and how to make a transition if that... View Details