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- 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
- 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 Feb 1998
- News
Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96)
secured and the league is fully capitalized, and with additional revenues derived from television contracts and ticket sales, the NSA, Rottenberg believes, will be on sound financial footing from the outset, unlike most fledgling leagues. The NSA's eight View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 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
- 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
- March 2010 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
Boston Scientific Corporation (A)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Charlie Attlan
Boston Scientific Corporation just bought Guidant at a record breaking price to expand their cardiovascular franchise. They need to rationalize their product portfolio to make the acquisition work. What should they sell and why? View Details
- 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
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
School Case 217-059 A Note on Franchising (Abridged) Examines the motivations for franchising. Examines the academic literature in the area and draws implications for franchising patterns. Also provides data... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
Working PapersOrganizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry Authors:Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar, and Tatiana Sandino Abstract Many companies operate units... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Article
Enfranchisement of Service Workers
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger and James Heskett
Enfranchisement is achieved through an integration of empowerment with methods of pay for performance. Evidence from Ito Yokado Group in Japan and Nordstrom in the US demonstrates the positive effects of enfranchisement. Successful efforts to enfranchise employees: 1.... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Franchise Ownership; Employees; Compensation and Benefits; Service Industry; Japan; United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., and James Heskett. "Enfranchisement of Service Workers." California Management Review 33, no. 4 (Summer 1991).
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Down on the Farm: Frank Burke (MBA '87)
undisclosed sum in 1994 (at the time, Double-A teams were going for $3.5 to $4 million; last year, two new Double-A franchises were awarded for $4.5 million each). The Lookouts' revenues, divided roughly in thirds, stem from concessions... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Action Plan: Tapping into a Legacy
remodeled its franchise pub business. “It was around the time of the big recession, and our business partners were struggling to make ends meet,” he says. To help out, H&W dropped its rent and profit requirements, which Kearsey describes... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
The Next Big Swing
disappointing 71–91 season, it’s imperative for the franchise to stay at the cutting edge of the data wars. For Tippett, that means continuing to add to his arsenal: a massive database of baseball metrics and minutiae that he and the team... View Details
- Profile
Roniesha Copeland
It’s not hard to see where Roniesha Copeland’s interest in business has come from. Her father owned a plumbing company. Her late mother was a district manager for a large Burger King franchise group based in the Detroit area. When that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
The Western Front
tech industry. “I’m not saying that Silicon Valley owns the franchise on smart folks and innovative folks,” says Hendrickson. “But you’ve just got to start somewhere.” So how does the buttoned-up Pentagon introduce itself to the Bay... View Details
Keywords: Jason Feifer
- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
activities. Organizational Design and Control across Multiple Markets: The Case of Franchising in the Convenience Store Industry Authors:Dennis Campbell, Srikant M. Datar, and Tatiana Sandino Periodical:The Accounting Review (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
the (A) case. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808144 Rubbish Boys Harvard Business School Case 808-101 It looked like founder-CEO Brian Scudamore might not be able to pursue View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Amanda Pratt
test your hypotheses; you learn strategic thinking through practice." Last summer, Amanda went to Nairobi where she took an internship working on the supply chain and operations for a company that runs a number of American fast-food View Details
Keywords: Healthcare/Biotech
- 02 Oct 2016
- Blog Post
Peek Weekend: The Family Business Cohort
event. Elements of the weekend were tailored to the interests and knowledge gaps of those from family businesses. Cases focused on relevant topics like small scale franchising and analyzing family business success stories. Staying in the... View Details
- 05 Dec 2019
- Blog Post
Addressing Unmet Needs in Health Care Using an MBA
in this $3.2T sector are endless. We recently got the opportunity to chat with Rajit Kamal (MBA 2005), who is the Vice President & Global Franchise Leader for Knees at Johnson & Johnson (J&J), and learn more about his career... View Details