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  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

organizations and in the right locations to deliver high-value care. The strategy for moving to a high-value health care delivery system comprises six interdependent components: organizing around patients' medical conditions rather than... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2018
  • News

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half-time. The return to research was fueled by a breakthrough from the team—a new theory arguing that the cortex is not only processing all the information our senses are collecting but processing locations too. “Each little part of the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg
  • 06 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

Airbnb on travelers, hosts, and hotels. The welfare gains from Airbnb are concentrated in locations (New York) and times (New Year’s Eve) when hotels are capacity constrained. This occurs because peer hosts are responsive to market... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

counterparties located in the same city. Further analyses suggest that location-specific goods such as opera tickets, cultural factors, and the possibility of direct contract enforcement in case of breach may be the main reasons behind... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

controlled Mittelstand (small and medium-sized firms) that remain very entrepreneurial, though in a quiet fashion. Germany remains an export leader today because of those secretive firms. They have made widespread adjustments because of globalization, especially taking... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

located in larger cities. We argue that despite the ex-ante higher search costs associated with hiring from smaller towns, firms can benefit from such hiring. In this study, we explore the relationship between an employee’s hometown and... View Details
  • 15 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

Go Mobile stores were located in higher-income neighborhoods and focused primarily on selling phone handsets, Phirbol stores could be found in less—developed areas—most were not accessible by car—and focused on selling service connections... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

Industry Location Author:Arthur A. Daemmrich Abstract A consumer-oriented model for drug development and use has attracted attention in recent years as an alternative to the much-maligned approach of mass-marketing blockbuster drugs. In a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

enact the scenario exercise themselves, devising their own scenarios, and deciding whether the LEGO Group should build a factory in an Asian location in the next five to seven years. In order to facilitate a discussion about the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

across space and over time, several patterns are documented. Conflict-related deaths are significantly higher in poorer districts and in geographical locations that favor insurgents, such as mountains and forests; a 10-percentage point... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • September 2020 (Revised February 2023)
  • Teaching Note

Uber: Competing Globally

By: Alexander J. MacKay
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-404. View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Geography; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Strategy; Globalization; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Law; Management; Growth and Development; Growth Management; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Market Entry and Exit; Market Participation; Supply and Industry; Industry Structures; Planning; Strategic Planning; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Networks; Adaptation; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Transportation Networks; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Ghana; Asia; China; Shanghai; Shanghai Shi; India; New Delhi; Europe; United Kingdom; London; England; Latin America; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US); South America; Colombia
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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... 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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  • 10 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace

required to enhance human connections and promote a sense of belonging. A large technology company whose remote work teams were scattered across numerous distant locations invented a new role to boost sagging morale: “mayors,” volunteers... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • Web

Print View - Course Catalog

Moreover, the ubiquity of IT is facilitating the growth of global trade and redefining the nature and location of work. As future managers, it is crucial to develop a comprehensive understanding of modern IT, gain practical experience in... View Details
  • 12 Jul 2021
  • News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

have been economically impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Using two of the organization's locations to serve as pop-up takeout operations, the Clubs are serving more than 2,000 free meals a night. Those receiving the food—at least half of... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2018
  • News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

managing some of the most dangerous mercenaries in Africa, battling rebels with a crew of anti-Castro Cuban exiles, and learning what the rest of the intelligence world was dying to know: the location of Che Guevara. He describes how he... View Details