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- July 2005 (Revised September 2016)
- Case
24 Hour Fitness (A): The Rise, 1983–2004
By: John R. Wells, Elizabeth A. Raabe and Gabriel Ellsworth
In October 2004, Mark S. Mastrov, CEO of 24 Hour Fitness, reflected on how far his company had come in just over 20 years. From humble beginnings in 1983 in San Leandro, California, 24 Hour Fitness had grown to become the largest privately-owned health-club chain in...
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Keywords:
24 Hour Fitness;
Mark Mastrov;
Health Clubs;
Fitness;
Gyms;
Chain;
Weight Loss;
Exercise;
Personal Training;
Retention;
Sales Force Compensation;
Incentive Systems;
Buildings and Facilities;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
For-Profit Firms;
Customers;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Private Equity;
Revenue;
Geographic Scope;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Nutrition;
Business History;
Employees;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Human Capital;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Marketing;
Operations;
Service Operations;
Private Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
Sales;
Salesforce Management;
Sports;
Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Competition;
Competitive Advantage;
Competitive Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Expansion;
Segmentation;
Information Technology;
Internet;
Technology Platform;
Web;
Web Sites;
Capital Structure;
Performance;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Culture;
Health Industry;
United States;
California;
San Francisco
Wells, John R., Elizabeth A. Raabe, and Gabriel Ellsworth. "24 Hour Fitness (A): The Rise, 1983–2004." Harvard Business School Case 706-404, July 2005. (Revised September 2016.)
- 01 May 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?
littleny Can YouTube’s Users Help the Company Deal With Its “Moral” Problem?* This month’s mini-case described the dilemma faced by Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube: how far to promote “sustainability,” viewership, and (to some) free speech...
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- August 2009
- Case
Global Wine War 2009: New World versus Old
The case contrasts the tradition-bound Old World wine industry with the market-oriented New World producers, the battle for the US market, the most desirable export target in 2009 due to its large, fast-growing, high-priced market segments. The case allows analysis of...
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Keywords:
Trade;
Global Strategy;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Consumer Behavior;
Market Entry and Exit;
Competition;
Food and Beverage Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Global Wine War 2009: New World versus Old." Harvard Business School Case 910-405, August 2009.
- February 2010 (Revised June 2022)
- Case
Dollarama Inc.
By: Andre F. Perold
Dollarama is the leading operator of dollar stores in Canada. The firm performed extraordinarily well after a leveraged buyout in 2004 and recently executed a highly successful IPO. The company sources its goods primarily from Asia. It has strong brand recognition and...
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Keywords:
Price;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Product Positioning;
Supply Chain;
Competitive Advantage;
Valuation;
Consumer Products Industry;
Retail Industry;
Canada
Perold, Andre F. "Dollarama Inc." Harvard Business School Case 210-041, February 2010. (Revised June 2022.)
- Web
Curriculum - MBA
between its product solution and market needs. We also study cross-functional conflict in new ventures as well as investor-founder conflicts and ways in which managers cope with such conflicts. Read More Leading Social Enterprise This...
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- January 2007 (Revised August 2007)
- Case
Fulton County School System: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan and Monica Nah Lee
Illustrates the adaptation and implementation of a private sector management tool, the Balanced Scorecard, to a public school district. As part of a continuous improvement initiative, the Director of Planning and Policy facilitates the development of a strategy map and...
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Keywords:
Education;
Governance;
Leadership;
Balanced Scorecard;
Performance Improvement;
Strategy;
Education Industry
Kaplan, Robert S., and Monica Nah Lee. "Fulton County School System: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 107-029, January 2007. (Revised August 2007.)
- September 2022
- Case
The Pokémon Company: Evolving into an Everlasting Brand
By: Tomomichi Amano and Masaki Nomura
Super Bowl 50, the fiftieth annual championship game of the American National Football League played in February 2016, featured 52 commercials, and brands spent more than six million dollars each for a 30-second commercial slot. Surprisingly, the commercial that...
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Keywords:
Advertising;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Consumer Behavior;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Video Game Industry;
Japan
Amano, Tomomichi, and Masaki Nomura. "The Pokémon Company: Evolving into an Everlasting Brand." Harvard Business School Case 523-022, September 2022.
- Research Summary
The Function of Outlet Stores
Outlet stores are ubiquitous in the retail environment, and many firms sell goods through outlets as well as their primary stores. Using a highly detailed data set from a major U.S. luxury fashion goods firm, Professor Ngwe is able to look at market segmentation by... View Details
- Research Summary
Strategy, Governance and Valuation
Professor Palepu's current research focuses on strategy and governance. In the area of strategy, his recent focus has been on the globalization of emerging markets, particularly India and China, and the resulting opportunities and challenges for western multinationals...
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- March 2021 (Revised July 2021)
- Case
Resident
By: Jeffrey F. Rayport and Thomas O. Jones
Launched in 2016, Resident was a leading player in the direct-to-consumer bed-in-a-box mattress market, where it was one of at least 175 venture-backed companies competing in the space. By late 2020, it had realized over $500 million in revenue, profitability in the...
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Keywords:
Digital Marketing;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Operations;
Entrepreneurship;
Competitive Strategy;
Initial Public Offering;
Decisions;
Marketing Strategy;
Cash Flow;
Demand and Consumers
Rayport, Jeffrey F., and Thomas O. Jones. "Resident." Harvard Business School Case 821-090, March 2021. (Revised July 2021.)
- 02 Nov 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Making the Numbers? ‘Short Termism’ & the Puzzle of Only Occasional Disaster
- Article
Operational Efficiency and Effective Management in the Catheterization Laboratory
By: Grant W. Reed, Michael L. Tushman and Samir R. Kapadia
Operational efficiency is a core business principle in which organizations strive to deliver high-quality goods or services in a cost-effective manner. This concept has become increasingly relevant to cardiac catheterization laboratories, as insurers move away from...
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Keywords:
Cath Lab;
Catheterization Laboratory;
Health Care and Treatment;
Performance Efficiency;
Management;
Performance Productivity;
Cost Management;
Health Industry
Reed, Grant W., Michael L. Tushman, and Samir R. Kapadia. "Operational Efficiency and Effective Management in the Catheterization Laboratory." Journal of the American College of Cardiology 72, no. 20 (November 20, 2018): 2507–2517.
- March 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
Carlyle Japan (A)
By: David B. Godes, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki
Tamotsu Adachi, Managing Director of Carlyle Japan, wants to formulate a strategy to improve his firm's ability to source high-quality deals at competitive valuations, or prices. Buyout funds like Carlyle typically have two deal phases: sourcing and monitoring. These...
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Keywords:
Financial Instruments;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Supply Chain Management;
Marketing Channels;
Sales;
Financial Services Industry;
Japan
Godes, David B., Masako Egawa, and Mayuka Yamazaki. "Carlyle Japan (A)." Harvard Business School Case 508-092, March 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
growth without undermining the progress achieved in reducing inequality and poverty. Can the Brazilian government reverse inequality and grow at the same time? What development strategy should Lula follow in his second term? Does Brazil...
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Martha Lagace
- 04 Mar 2024
- What Do You Think?
Do People Want to Work Anymore?
who run a Michelin-starred restaurant. As I described in last month’s column, their strategy is to create a fine dining experience with less than half the people they employed at their previous restaurant. View Details
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by James Heskett
- May 2021
- Case
Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham
By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman and Olivia Hull
Massachusetts General Brigham (MGB) Chief Innovation Officer Christopher Coburn had overseen a period of exciting transformation and growth in healthcare innovation at MGB. In November 2019, the health system was the largest recipient of National Institutes of Health...
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Keywords:
Inclusion;
Innovation;
Invention;
Gender;
Business Startups;
Investment Funds;
Private Equity;
Health Care and Treatment;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Intellectual Property;
Copyright;
Patents;
Research;
Research and Development;
Diversification;
Technology;
Health Industry;
Massachusetts;
Boston
Coffman, Katherine Baldiga, and Olivia Hull. "Inclusive Innovation at Mass General Brigham." Harvard Business School Case 921-006, May 2021.
- December 2005
- Case
IBM and Eclipse (A)
IBM faces a collective action problem: It open sourced its $40 million application platform and has to convince other companies to contribute. Explores the events leading up to IBM's decision to make the Eclipse platform available as an Open Source project. In 1998,...
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Keywords:
Digital Platforms;
Open Source Distribution;
Cooperation;
Adoption;
Computer Industry;
Information Technology Industry
O'Mahony, Siobhan, Fernando Cela Diaz, and Evangelos Mamas. "IBM and Eclipse (A)." Harvard Business School Case 906-007, December 2005.
- September 2017
- Case
Blackstone's Julia Kahr at the Summit
By: Paul A. Gompers, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal
In 2009, Blackstone, the New York-based alternative asset and financial services firm, committed to invest up to $750 million into Summit Materials, a new company in the aggregates sector (i.e., construction materials, such as crushed stone, sand, gravel, cement,...
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Keywords:
Roll Up;
Private Equity Roll Up;
Aggregates;
Aggregates Materials;
Construction Materials;
Business Ventures;
Acquisition;
Leveraged Buyouts;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Engineering;
Construction;
Finance;
Capital;
Equity;
Private Equity;
Financial Instruments;
Investment;
Housing;
Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Growth Management;
Personal Development and Career;
Management Teams;
Planning;
Problems and Challenges;
Value;
Valuation;
Value Creation;
Construction Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United States
Gompers, Paul A., John D. Dionne, and Amram Migdal. "Blackstone's Julia Kahr at the Summit." Harvard Business School Case 218-002, September 2017.
- December 2020 (Revised May 2021)
- Case
Riverstone
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
In 2020, Luke Minion and the leadership team at Riverstone, a hog producer founded in 2013 in Shandong, China, were evaluating Riverstone’s strategy as it rebounded from outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) in two of its three farm complexes. Riverstone was a joint...
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Keywords:
Strategy;
Globalization;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Animal-Based Agribusiness;
Consumer Behavior;
Demand and Consumers;
Disruption;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Risk Management;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Consulting Industry;
United States;
China
Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Riverstone." Harvard Business School Case 521-063, December 2020. (Revised May 2021.)
- 21 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 21
'soft' with respect to its innovation strategy in order to discourage entry. Even if its innovation strategy is not observable, we show that an...
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Sean Silverthorne