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Managing Service Operations: Research resources for new service design

and beverage, semiconductor, and high technology. Passport
Market research reports about various consumer products and industries worldwide from Euromonitor International. Includes economic indicators, demographic data, foreign trade statistics, consumer... View Details

16 Jul 2024
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Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)

are working around the world to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. What are you working on this summer? As an intern at the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), I am spending the summer working on Regional Malaria... View Details

summer 1997
Article

Which Takeovers are Profitable: Strategic or Financial?

By: Paul M. Healy, Krishna G. Palepu and Richard S. Ruback

Keywords: Integration; Profit; Strategy; Finance

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Podcast - HBS Online

2 Bonus Content (Part 2): Unreleased Insights on Leadership & Strategy 10 FEB 2025 | The Parlor Room In this special episode, host Chris Linnane shares exclusive, never-before-heard clips from his conversations on leadership, strategy,... View Details

22 Aug 2006
First Look

First Look: August 22, 2006

capital investing has reached an all-time high. Although their background skills and experiences fall outside venture capital, they have identified a large investor and a number of smaller investors to back their small fund. They believe their fund's View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Variable Leases Under ASC 842: Evidence on Properties and Consequences

By: Jonas Heese, Albert Shin and Charles C.Y. Wang

The new lease standard (ASC 842) allows firms to keep variable leases off-balance-sheet, in part based on the assumption that future expenses are difficult to estimate reliably. We show that variable-lease expenses are both prevalent and substantial, exhibiting... View Details

Keywords: Financial Accounting; Financial Analysis; Accounting; Leasing; Financial Strategy

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November 2020
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Casting Conference Calls

By: Lauren Cohen, Dong Lou and Christopher J. Malloy

We explore a subtle but important mechanism through which firms can control information flow to the markets. We find that firms that “cast” their conference calls by disproportionately calling on bullish analysts tend to underperform in the future. Firms that call on... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Release; Firms; Conference Calls; Information; Strategy; Asset Pricing

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October 2016 (Revised January 2017)
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The U.S. Health Club Industry, 2005–2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

In 2015, the U.S. health-club industry generated revenues of $25.8 billion, up from $14.8 billion in 2004. Members of health clubs accounted for 17% of the population, up from 14%. The number of clubs had grown from 26,830 in 2004 to 36,180. In the process, the list of... View Details

February 2004
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Measuring the Strategic Readiness of Intangible Assets

By: Robert S. Kaplan and David P. Norton

Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Strategy; Assets

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Jan 14 2021
Testimonial

The World Needs Your Leadership Now

22 May 2017
News

Two On-Track Investments

Photo via the Baltimore Sun Photo via the Baltimore Sun There are no sure bets in Thoroughbred racing—but for many, the thrill of watching a horse thundering down the track far outweighs the risk of loss, whether the stake is a $2 bet or a $200,000 investment in a... View Details

Keywords: horse racing; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2010
News

Rx for Too Big to Fail

taxpayers on the hook when things went bad. The upshot is that the nation’s largest financial institutions now live in a “heads I win, tails you lose” world of moral hazard. No wonder calls to end too big to fail have hit a fever pitch. At present, there are two... View Details

Keywords: David Moss; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance; Finance

17 Jul 2023
Blog Post

From the Panelists: Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits?

On May 10, 2023, Harvard Business School assembled a group of experts to discuss the path “Toward a Decarbonized Future: Why Pays? Who Profits?” In a discussion led by HBS Professor Peter Tufano, the experts described a series of vexing realities impacting the View Details

Career Coach

Nicole Ledoux

Nicole (HBS '08) is Co-founder/CEO of 88 Acres, a Consumer Products company in the Natural Food space. She has experience in brand building, business development, new product launch, fundraising & financing as well as manufacturing.... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Investment Management; Financial Services (All)

October 2000
Background Note

Sustaining Value

By: Robert J. Dolan

Describes the challenges a firm faces in building and sustaining a value proposition over time. Describes major ways in which the marketing environment changes over time and the methods a firm can use to protect its market position. View Details

Keywords: Price; Marketing Strategy; Competition; Situation or Environment

June 1994 (Revised September 1994)
Background Note

Beating the Commodity Magnet

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and George T. Bowman

All markets follow a cycle of growth and maturity, then commoditization and decline. This note argues that while commoditization of an industry may seem inevitable, the better managed firms find a way to make money in the commodity cycle. These firms know how and when... View Details

Keywords: Goods and Commodities; Financial Markets; Competitive Strategy; Financial Services Industry