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- 24 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support
workplace for a time. Why is that? Fuller: Unfortunately, several things start happening if your work history gets interrupted. The first is something that virtually every employer uses to assess candidates called the continuity of... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- January 2002 (Revised July 2002)
- Case
Vialog Corporation
By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz
Traces the origin of Vialog Corp.--from its founding in 1996 through a roll-up of several independent teleconferencing companies in 1997 and its initial public offering (1999) and eventually to a potential merger or acquisition in June 2000. The company has grown... View Details
Keywords: History; Business Exit or Shutdown; Internet and the Web; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Partners and Partnerships; Initial Public Offering; Business Growth and Maturation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Processes; Information Technology Industry; Europe
Hamermesh, Richard G., and Michele Lutz. "Vialog Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 802-008, January 2002. (Revised July 2002.)
- 20 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2008
sanction of the law. To make this argument, we review the history of two earlier breakthrough technologies—the birth control pill and in-vitro fertilization (IVF)—both of which were developed in the United States without federal funds and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
(A) In spite of its abundant energy resources, Nigeria in 2012 had one of the lowest levels of energy use in the world. Self-generation of power from costly generators was double that of grid-supplied electricity. The history of its power... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
kayak a good illustration of your model? A: There were three things that made rodeo kayaking an ideal test case for our model. First, it was a new sport, but not brand new, so we had a history of how the sport and the industry developed.... View Details
- March 2025 (Revised April 2025)
- Case
Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News
The case examines the Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News defamation settlement based upon statements made on air in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. View Details
Keywords: (General) Management; Business Earnings; Financial Statements; Change Management; Disruption; Volatility; Transition; Crime and Corruption; Cost vs Benefits; Decision Making; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Demographics; Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Finance; Cost; Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Policy; Political Elections; Business History; Information; Law; Legal Liability; Laws and Statutes; Management; Marketing; Advertising; Media; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Society; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
- 05 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade
rights perspective. "We can link the causal effect from the immigrants to the firm trade decisions, even 60 years later.” However, the researchers decided to focus on a specific period in US history in 1942, following the Japanese attack... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Radical Change, Entrepreneurial Opportunity
management team and bring in a whole new team, but rather add key outsiders—who don't have the same history and the same biases—to the mix. So, one issue is: How does our prior thinking about an industry constrain the way that we might... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Porter’s Perspective: Competing in the Global Economy
Rica, for instance, with a long history of investing in education, began developing a cluster in information technology some years ago and eventually convinced Intel to build a plant there. Related actions followed, including supplier... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter
- October 2016 (Revised January 2017)
- Supplement
Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
By many measures the largest health-club chain in the United States in the early 2000s, Bally Total Fitness sold most of its remaining fitness clubs to 24 Hour Fitness in 2014 and disappeared from the industry top 100 rankings. After Bally was bedeviled by accounting... View Details
Keywords: Bally Total Fitness; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Business Earnings; Revenue Recognition; Financial Statements; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; For-Profit Firms; Crime and Corruption; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Capital Structure; Cash; Cash Flow; Public Equity; Financial Condition; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; Investment Activism; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Business History; Executive Compensation; Resignation and Termination; Annual Reports; Contracts; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Health Industry; Accounting Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-422, October 2016. (Revised January 2017.)
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
marketing agency, from a product-focused business to a relationship-oriented one as clients seek deeper and more meaningful long-term partnerships. The 15-year-old company had already evolved multiple times over its history as new... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
the management and business history literatures that entrepreneurship needs incorporating more strongly as an explanatory factor. This working paper argues that Koç acted as both a Kirznerian and Schumpeterian entrepreneur to build his... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
Khaire Publication: Business History Review (forthcoming) Abstract Identity is an important resource for firms, since it is a critical precursor of an important strategic resource—legitimacy. However, identities of new firms in new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 3, 2008
a comprehensive history of the evolution and IT enablers of Hilton's CRM Initiative, as well as the proprietary OnQ enterprise system. The case thus offers a rare opportunity to engage in a longitudinal evaluation of the firm's CRM... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 29, 2008
view. It also reshapes what firms can use to build competitive advantage, or it necessitates a rethinking at least. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608121 Sealed Air China Harvard Business School Case 308-051 With a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?
financing. A great number of studies and researchers have documented such effects. Professor Geoffrey Jones’s new book, Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship, documents systematically some of the early business... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 26, 2016
Mela, a three-month-long Hindu festival. We estimate that the festival was attended by 61 million people, making it the largest gathering in the history of humanity. While we find strong overall evidence for both types of homophily for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
against governments and corporations and accepts funding only through individuals and foundation grants. Explores the detailed history and business models of both organizations. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
Company Harvard Business School Case 307-093 Digital China is the largest Chinese independent systems integrator (IBM and HP are larger). Describes their history and their current strategy and invites the student to advise them as to how... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Much Is Enough?
lives we must continue to push for more." But Mal Watlington poses perhaps the most challenging question: "The history of philosophy is filled with great thinkers who advise us to seek balance in life, yet the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett