Fitness - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Feb 2007
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2007

of research. From this perspective, the cautionary message conveyed is very important. Second, we examine how the paper fits into the Street earnings literature. We arrive at less alarming conclusions than the authors about the degree to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Dec 2006
First Look

First Look: December 12, 2006

debates whether large global firms are becoming "stateless" and whether this is a historically new phenomenon. It shows that a great deal of international business in the nineteenth century was not easily fitted into national... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Oct 2024
In Practice

Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged

Similarly, the fitness studios I frequented often adjusted the class schedules twice a year—almost like two “semesters.” Likewise, the enrichment activities my kids decided to participate in reset each fall. Even the Broadway plays and... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

14 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

had recently launched several lifestyle brands (using brand names it had revived), which posed brand architecture issues. Lastly, the company had just acquired a digital fitness app, RunKeeper, and was wondering how best to leverage this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jan 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

5 Career-Related New Year’s Resolutions (and 5 Tips for Keeping Them)

Anat Keinan shows that people who wear funky outfits to the office are often seen as more confident and as having higher status than those who dress to fit in. As writer Dina Gerdeman explains, “The researchers found that observers viewed... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

31 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom

approach and delivery to better fit with other individuals or situations; similarly, there's untapped potential in being able to establish electronic connections with consumers in ways that are not necessarily based on having a huge... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Service

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Tech

experience has created this amazing sense of comradery for me, and I know once I graduate from HBS I’ll have a life-long, tight-knit network of professionals I can call friends. Anything else you would like to add? Outside of tech, I’m into physical View Details

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Jewish American Heritage Month | Baker Library

Oversize Collection is comprised of print materials too large to fit on standard shelf dimensions. Among these items is Have I Told You About...?: Knitting Together the Yarns of My Life by Justin L. Wyner (MBA 1948) and Reflections,... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News

is available on the Internet at www.nfcom.com/jokes.htm. HBS classmates Humphrey Chen (MBA '96) and George Searle (MBA '96) first met in the HBS parking lot when Chen helped Searle recharge his U-Haul's dead battery. So it's fitting that... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

01 Mar 2016
News

Ink

presentations, Cuddy contends that we are likely to lose this self-possession in a fit of worrying about the stakes and self-questioning our performance. If only we could stay in the moment, focused on the task at hand, calmly and without... View Details

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

consumer products. Finally, a series of cubes represents major customers. The shapes lie scattered on your desk. Your job is to fit the pieces together. Do you place the spheres on top of the blocks so that functions report to the... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf

the issues that will guarantee overall success. Leaders must ask themselves, "Do we have a coherent and distinctive innovation strategy that key managers believe in? Do we have the capabilities to execute? Is our leadership effective?" When Ludwig implemented... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat & Derek Schrader

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Michael Maples

big. For example, when Maples was first getting started, ventures like Twitter and Digg fit into his “primary hypotheses” related to the transformation of the Internet, “from an Internet of pages to the Internet as a... View Details

09 Mar 2021
News

Empowering School Leaders to Meet Today's Challenges

HBS classroom experience and use HBS Online’s platform, giving the participants flexibility to fit the weekly coursework into their schedules. Those who take all four courses will earn a certificate of completion from HBS/HGSE. “We have... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

carbon dioxide sequestering for power generation fits all objectives, except it is not doable on the scale needed. Stobaugh’s book supports the inclusion of “externalities” in energy pricing, the implication being that, if included, this... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2010
News

Michael Depatie

feel more relaxed, happy, and connected to who I really am. So if I hire you, I want all of you. You don’t need to be like me. I want your personality. We’re a very diverse workforce with a diverse product line to offer, which fits with... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Accommodation; Hospitality

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Program Policies - HBS Online

until 24 hours after the start of the Program. Please note, this is 24 hours after the course materials become available, not after the participant logs in. We encourage all Participants to log in to their Program as soon as it starts to confirm it will be a good View Details

18 May 2021
Book

Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.

do this,’” Ng says. “I’ve seen people submit formal presentations.” 2. Ask good questions Keep up with the big picture of what an organization does, what it’s been accomplishing lately, who its competitors are, who its key executives are, and how their roles View Details

Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo

18 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

non but instead rely on a synthesis of many findings into a consistent, but not definitive, diagnosis. Lagace: How do crowdsourcing contests fit in or not with the usual pace of innovation in medicine or oncology in particular? LISH team:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

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Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

venture capital sector as well and how those programs can be effective. Crowdfunding, impact investing, and government-sponsored initiatives become crucial lifelines for startups seeking capital in many geographies and understanding where and how they View Details

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