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    Michael D. Eisner

    Eisner has also upgraded and expanded Disney’s theme parks and hotels, and has added hundreds of retail Disney Stores. In 1995, Eisner acquired the ABC Television Network and ESPN, the cable sports network. Eisner has also grown the company through Internet ventures,... View Details
    Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media
    • 24 Apr 2014
    • News

    SHE builds confidence, promotes education, and creates jobs

    countries, including Rwanda, where they miss up to 50 days of school or work per year because women lack access to these basic necessities. Through her work at SHE, Scharpf has created the enterprise’s first initiative, SHE 28, a View Details

      Robert W. Woodruff

      build Coca-Cola’s brand image as America’s soft drink. He also expanded the firm internationally, grew the franchising business and replaced the sales division with a service department devoted to supporting Coca-Cola’s various bottlers,... View Details
      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

        Asa G. Candler

        sold in every state and by 1898, Coca-Cola had moved into Canada, Hawaii, and Mexico. In 1899, Candler signed a bottling contract with two Chattanooga lawyers, birthing the Coca-Cola franchise system, which remains the basis of the... View Details
        Keywords: Food & Tobacco
        • 01 Jun 2011
        • News

        All in Good Time

        picked up steam after a nationwide franchise program launched in 2009. Revenues for that year were $2 million; in 2011, they’re projected to hit $10 million. The company charges employers a percentage of a worker’s hourly rate or salary;... View Details
        Keywords: Julia Hanna; staffing agencies; parenthood; Accounting, Tax, Bookkeeping, Payroll Services; Professional Services
        • 24 Apr 2014
        • News

        Necessity became the mother of invention for staffing-firm founder

        and flexible full-time positions is good business (the company has franchises nationwide and saw revenues of $16.2 million in 2012). O’Kelly has declined venture capital funding to maintain more control over growth, believing that... View Details

          Michael Ilitch

          quickly generated a loyal customer base. He went on to buy the Detroit Red Wings National Hockey League team building them to their current status as one of the wealthiest sports franchises in the world. Ilitch later added to his... View Details
          Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

            J. Willard Marriott, Jr.

            Marriott, Jr. is responsible for the rapid growth and diversification of Marriott International. Today, with more than 1,600 owned or franchised hotel properties worldwide, Marriott International is the second-largest lodging company in... View Details
            Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging
            • 01 Jun 2003
            • News

            Portraits from the Class of 2003

            First Film: Open Invitation, half–hour dark comedy Previous Job: managed brand franchises for Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati and Toronto AT P&G: spearheaded relationship with UNICEF to donate tuberculosis vaccines Copresident: HBS... View Details
            Keywords: Arts, Entertainment
            • 01 Mar 2005
            • News

            House of Bread on the Rise

            operated by franchisees. Based on her Santa Cruz experience, McCann makes a point of telling her franchise owners that they need to live within a half-hour of the bakery. “In that first year, running a small business is like having a... View Details
            Keywords: Margie Kelley; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality
            • 30 Oct 2018
            • First Look

            New Research and Ideas, October 30, 2018

            317-030 Valerie Daniels-Carter: High Growth Entrepreneurship via Franchising This case looks at entrepreneurship via franchising through the leadership of an African-American entrepreneur who owns almost 150... View Details
            Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
            • March 2005 (Revised May 2005)
            • Case

            Noodles & Company (Abridged)

            By: Linda A. Cyr
            Aaron Kennedy has successfully grown Noodles & Co. from a single global noodle shop to a chain of 58 restaurants spanning six states in seven years. In the face of increasing competition, Kennedy has plans to roll out 240 new stores in the next four years. He must... View Details
            Keywords: Competition; Entrepreneurship; Franchise Ownership; Growth and Development Strategy; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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            • 21 Sep 2016
            • News

            Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

            Offices have opened in Boston and San Francisco, and now the company is raising additional capital to further expand its operations. Amadio wants to franchise the NeuroLaunch model worldwide, and he’s already in talks with groups in... View Details
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            Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

            brand perspectives? Recent HBS alums have pursued franchising of quick-service restaurant brands – we’ll study both the challenges and opportunities they encountered. We’ll also view franchising from the... View Details
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            Buying a Small Business Pt3: Screening brokers /small companies (For HBS Alumni)

            Dealers (AAFD) – the website provides resources for franchise buyers. BizBuySell is one of the largest online databases of businesses for sale. International Business Brokers Association (IBBA) -- The IBBA is the world’s... View Details
            • 22 Jun 2023
            • News

            Finding Her Place

            president of global franchises and innovation at ConvaTec, helping to prepare the $1.8 billion, London-based company to go public. After its successful IPO, Hudson took some time off to travel with her husband but fully expected to return... View Details
            • 01 Feb 1998
            • News

            Running Up the Score

            franchises remains fierce. RELATED PROFILES Touching All the Bases: Stephen A. Greyser Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96) Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87) A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98) RELATED PROFILES... View Details
            Keywords: Garry Emmons
            • 12 Apr 2016
            • News

            How Disney’s Alan Horn Manages the Movies

            franchises (foregoing the combining of the Harry Potter books to limit the number of films). And while Horn had the good fortune of running already-successful companies under the Disney umbrella, colleagues note that his management has... View Details
            • 01 Dec 2013
            • News

            Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

            teams; the worst-performing franchises have the first picks in the league's annual draft of college players; and salary caps help ensure that wealthier teams can't just buy up all the best players. A congressional partial exemption from... View Details
            Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
            • 01 Apr 2002
            • News

            Just Super

            sold and moved outside the region. Now, he and his son Jonathan Kraft (MBA '90), the Patriots' vice chairman, have established the Pats as a solid NFL franchise and likely contender for years to come. "When we bought this team eight years... View Details
            Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment