Social Capital - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2004
News

Retirement's Changing Face

Trust board and acts as chair of the organization’s clinical expansion, a part of its capital campaign. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is another beneficiary of her management expertise; in addition to sitting on the board of the... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18

Potential: Grow Your Expertise, Take Bold Risks, and Build an Incredible Career Keeping a Diary to Catalyze Creativity By: Amabile, Teresa, Steven Kramer, and Ela Ben-Ur Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: http://99u.com/book/maximize-your-potential... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Feb 2020
News

Not Throwing Away My Shot

they tend to be thematically the ways that really stand out in each of those periods. And then there's another set of innovations that are social and cultural in nature. They don't necessarily conform to the dominant narrative. Quite... View Details

13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016

finance value different sets of skills: innovating in S&E calls for in-depth knowledge and/or interest in a specific subject area, whereas finance tends to value a combination of general analytic skills and social skills over academic... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Jun 2016
News

Again in a Great City

1992), managing partner of New York–based RHEAL Capital Management—purchased the building, plus the nearby Albert Kahn Building and 2,000 parking spaces, for just $12.2 million at auction. Rhea’s interest in Detroit and the New Center... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

05 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 5

wills to a search for fairness principles. Fisher did not create knowledge of the deductive, experimental kind most common in social science research. Yet Roger and his colleagues developed frameworks of aphorisms that, on average,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 18

egalitarianism to be based on exogenous factors including social fractionalization, religion, and war experience. Controlling for a large set of competing explanations, we find a robust influence of egalitarianism distance on cross-border... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 1997
News

Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS

Marketing; Entrepreneurship, Creativity, and Organization; Real Property Asset Management; Venture Capital and Private Equity; Entrepreneurship in the Social Sector; and Running and Growing the Small... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry and Susan Young; profiles by Garry Emmons

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... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Buildings and Facilities; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; 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; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation or Environment; Welfare or Wellbeing; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Software; Web Sites; Value; Valuation; Health Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; California; San Francisco

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November 2004 (Revised September 2019)
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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.... View Details