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- 06 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Announces 2023 Alumni Achievement Award Honorees
leadership—in their careers and communities—is an example for others to follow. The Alumni Achievement Awards will be presented on Thursday, May 25, 2023, as part of the School's Commencement ceremony. "It seems most fitting to highlight... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Short Takes
While Austin's research underscores the importance of ensuring a good fit between partners' missions, strategies, and values, this fit may not always be readily apparent. Consider, for instance, the alliance... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Pedal Mettle
would never again do competitive sports. But inspired by Lance Armstrong (who took part in various stages of the Tour of Hope) and by a growing body of research that says fitness may reduce cancer recurrence rates, Berté challenged... View Details
- 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 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
- 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
- 21 Oct 2021
- News
DraftKings Backs New VC Firm
Media Partners, cofounded by Bob Higgins (MBA 1970)—who said the opportunities for sports and fitness today were “almost like 1980s venture capital. There are a lot of interesting things going on, but it’s not overwhelmed with capital.”... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
The Last Frontier
have...is that people like me. The other is that my logic is impeccable. My life, my death, my control.” The article noted, “Gardner does not live like a man waiting to die” as he works out regularly and prepares to climb Mt. Rainier. The awkward physical symptoms of... View Details
- 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
- 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
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
A Smooth Stretch
explained, “Yoga became a great way to work my body and quiet my mind at a time when my life as a full-time mother of two small children was feeling quite chaotic.” And yoga also offered a great business opportunity, Hanna realized, for fashionable 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 2008
- News
On Track
HATCHETT: Calm amid market turmoil. Perhaps it’s fitting that in this Olympic year, Morgan Stanley’s Kimberley Hatchett (MBA ’91) was named one of the “Top 100 Women Financial Advisers” by Barron’s (June 9, 2008). Of that group, Hatchett... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 02 Apr 2014
- News
Disrupting the Criminal Supply Chain
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 fit for her personality. She found... View Details