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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
company is that when we hire people, we always hire for attitude. We don’t hire for skills. We hire for attitude because we feel skills can be taught and trained. But if you have the wrong attitude, no matter how skillful you are, you’re not going to View Details
- 31 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
With Predictive Analytics, Companies Can Tap the Ultimate Opportunity: Customers’ Routines
behavior versus a sporadic one,” Ascarza says. “That could be very valuable for managers, who can then make sure that [firms] engage with customers the right way—to make sure that they actually develop these expectations and they fit the... View Details
- 26 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
12 Weeks of VC Summer: Remote Edition
the tone for company culture and even amid everyone’s hectic schedules we were able to fit in activities to get to know each other. One of the best parts of working on a team are the conversations that happen offline, and this was... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity
- 05 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Environmental Change and Ground-level Impact
the better, competitively priced vehicle that also happens to be better for the environment. I was drawn by that premise to work at a company that I felt had a reasonable shot of achieving that kind of impact. While I definitely consider myself fortunate to have found... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
HTC partnership for connected fitness devices. With clear ownership of a segment and market, Ario should be attractive to players like Samsung. —Ngassam Ngnoumen (MBA 2002) I would think inclusive rather than exclusive. Driving the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Massport, Back on Course
there was a good fit between my background and the requirements for leading this agency. In the aftermath of 9/11, I also had a desire to get back into public service. How did you approach the job? I took this on as a turnaround. With... View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
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
- 27 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What South Korea Teaches the World About Fighting COVID
mass infection in South Korea—a mass religious gathering, a call center, a dance fitness center, and, most recently, a night club. All of these instances took place in closed, confined indoor areas with limited ventilation and with people... View Details
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
Yi-Ling WeiHarvard Business School Case 610-005 Tony Lo, the CEO of Giant Manufacturing, the largest bicycle manufacturer in the world, finally realized that his products were not meeting the needs of women customers when even his wife complained to him that the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
objectives of a laptop computer targeted at children of the developing world with the escalating content demands from the marketplace and the non-profit OLPC Foundation. It also had to fit the project into its company business model which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
steward ideal than to the agents described in agency theory. Stewardship theory is far less known and probably doesn't apply as much to most executives, but it seems to fit founders very well. Executive compensation provides one test of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
A Piece of the Action
some success with three different patent-based ventures, for instance—and Darwall will see if she can find a subject that fits the bill. An HBS Outpost While research is the primary function of the CRC, there is also an opportunity and a... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
Illustrations by Istvan Banyai By the standards of the algorithmic, instant-judgment online dating age, Jess Kushner (MBA 2008) and Ken Deckinger have a story fit for an old-fashioned romantic comedy. In 2003, Deckinger was running a... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
cultural fit with JLL. Staubach paid its brokers with a commission model, which accelerated JLL's decision to let go of its long-standing salary and bonus approach. The merger also surfaced two interesting business opportunities. First,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 13, 2009
It simply doesn't fit experience on the ground. Without a broadly accepted theory of governance performance to provide a standard against which organizations can evaluate and improve their practices, every decision maker applies their own... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
and the communities in which it operates. Employees also want to know where they fit within the organization and how they can contribute to helping it achieve its mission and objectives. Furthermore, leaders now recognize that their... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
it's simply not the right fit or the right place. I find that really very sad. They're more selective but it adds unnecessarily and almost cruelly to the anxiety of parents and students who are now told, “You need to apply to 10 to 15... View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
reasons—and revisits the associated implications for investing and corporate finance, examining asset allocation, high leverage in financial firms, low leverage in industrial firms, private equity, venture capital, and bank capital regulation along the way. Many of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Important Management Trends of the (Still Young) Twenty-First Century
employees much more effectively—creating high-performance teams reliably, matching people to projects that fit both their skills and their interests, and dramatically increasing the probability that work will be productively creative. We... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Leaders Build Winning Streaks
Widespread access to abundant performance data helps ensure that people get the information they need to guide their own performance and hold others—and the system—to high standards. Leaders use diverse tools to produce accountability, chosen to View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter