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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
trade-offs between remote and in-person work. We’ll also consider the important role of employee engagement and how managers can foster it. And we’ll look at the new demands the changing landscape of work is placing on managers. And, of...
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- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
history? American Capitalism presents a sampling of cutting-edge research from prominent scholars. These broad-minded and rigorous essays venture new angles on finance, debt, and credit; women’s rights; slavery and political economy; the racialization of capitalism;...
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- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 3 (March 2012) Abstract To remain a leader in innovation, the United States needs the support of foundational institutions that help seed, grow, and renew enterprises. Historically, these institutions-such as universities,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
Fellow, before being hired to serve as the center’s director of strategic initiatives. “I worked primarily with the president and the CFO of Lincoln Center, and that was an extraordinary opportunity,” Houston says. “I gained experience in everything from View Details
- November 2004 (Revised September 2019)
- Background Note
The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004
By: John R. Wells, Gabriel Ellsworth and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2004, the $16.8 billion U.S. health club industry continued its strong record of growth. There were almost 27,000 health clubs in the United States, up from 6,700 two decades earlier, and these clubs claimed 41 million members, over 14% of the U.S. population....
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Chain;
Weight Loss;
Obesity;
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Personal Training;
Bally Total Fitness;
24 Hour Fitness;
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Gold's Gym;
Curves;
Franchise;
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Subscription;
Promotional Sales;
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Body;
Accrual Accounting;
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Buildings and Facilities;
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For-Profit Firms;
Trends;
Customers;
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Income;
Private Equity;
Financing and Loans;
Profit;
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Geographic Scope;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Health;
Nutrition;
Business History;
Employees;
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Human Capital;
Working Conditions;
Contracts;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
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Corporate Strategy;
Customization and Personalization;
Expansion;
Segmentation;
Hardware;
Health Industry;
United States
Wells, John R., Gabriel Ellsworth, and Benjamin Weinstock. "The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-445, November 2004. (Revised September 2019.)
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
than 100 volunteers from across the US, Europe, and Asia. The nonprofit matches those who need PPE with verified suppliers who can provide vetted products. The demand shock to the supply chain in March left many without any access to...
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- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
personal relationships and pattern matching. “We’re already seeing the current economic changes impacting women disproportionately as some women have to drop out of the labor force to look after children. It’s important that we not only...
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- 29 Apr 2020
- Book
The Key to Powerful Social Change: Small Villages
Who will solve the great problems facing humanity, a list of critical issues that only begins with the current pandemic? In the interview below, Rosabeth Moss Kanter discusses her recent book, Think Outside the Building, and her view that solutions are most likely to...
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by Dina Gerdeman
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America on the Move - U.S. Competitiveness
benefit, but not a vision. The Transcontinental Railroad, the Interstate Highway System, and the post-Sputnik space race were not about jobs. (Indeed, students of history will recall that the railroads had to import foreign labor from...
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- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
recent past. Even when the supply faltered, the demand never went away. And in the year that was just ending, Sahlman had taught first-year Finance to some 180 students—two sections of 90—who had rated him highly as a teacher. This wasn’t...
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Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
upward mobility. What does this opportunity snapshot reveal about the U.S. labor market, and what impact is the index having?Welcome to the Managing the Future of Work podcast from Harvard Business School. I’m your host, Bill Kerr. The...
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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
of realistic, technology-agnostic best practices for supporting hypergrowth in nearly any environment. In this new edition, they add many new examples, plus case studies from many exceptionally demanding sites, including Etsy, Nasdaq,...
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- October 2016
- Supplement
24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million members. Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness operated clubs in 13 states. Having grown rapidly to become...
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Customers;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Age;
Training;
Private Equity;
Financing and Loans;
Price;
Profit;
Revenue;
Geographic Location;
Geographic Scope;
Health;
Nutrition;
Business History;
Human Resources;
Employees;
Employee Relationship Management;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Journals and Magazines;
Human Capital;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Teams;
Marketing;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Channels;
Marketing Communications;
Marketing Strategy;
Social Marketing;
Demand and Consumers;
Market Entry and Exit;
Media;
Organizational Design;
Private Ownership;
Problems and Challenges;
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Sales;
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Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-423, October 2016.