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- 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.)
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
the financial analysts, and the commercialization of academic knowledge. Noncompetes and Inventor Mobility: Specialists, Stars, and the Michigan Experiment Authors:Matt Marx, Deborah Strumsky, and Lee Fleming Abstract Several scholars have View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
1990, 1998, and 2005, we document substantial caste differences in entrepreneurship across India. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are significantly under-represented in the ownership of enterprises and the share of the workforce... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2017
- First Look
January 3, 2017
pay out capital also initiate debt or equity issues in the same year, resulting in 32% of aggregate payouts being externally financed. Most firms with simultaneous payouts and security issues do not generate enough operating cash flow to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
guidelines for when to use each strategy. Purchase this note: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808004 ABRY Partners and F+W Publications Harvard Business School Case 207-010 After acquiring F+W Publications from a rival View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Dec 2021
- News
Higher Returns
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Parsec Ventures CEO Richard Steel (OPM 45, 2014) has had a wide range of professional experiences, including everything from running both View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
privately for a talk about why the behavior isn’t OK. “If you can tell your friend that he’s drinking too much and you need to drive, you can tell someone if they persist in making comments that make women uncomfortable,” Kanter says.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Career Coach
Jill Huggett
Jill Huggett (Carroll '00), Principal, Bridgepath Career Advisors, is a certified professional career coach and certified professional resume writer. Jill combines professional coaching theory with her previous experience as a financial services management executive... View Details
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- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
Marketing—and a longtime attendee of the School’s Agribusiness Seminar—has closely tracked the industry’s ascent. He estimates that there’s some $2 billion invested in the space right now, with money flowing in from VCs, sustainable View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
the organization for which that person is responsible. Government leaders make choices affected by laws and the founding documents of a nation; judges issue decisions anchored in precedent; CEOs consider the values and mission of their... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
the inception of the company in 1999. eClinicalWorks was a privately run business in the healthcare information technology field that took in $25 million in revenue in 2005. Revenues for 2006 were projected to reach $40 million. This... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
documenting quality grassroots music from all around the world, has greatly enhanced its operational efficiency, a key to its competitive health as a small but highly regarded independent label. Knutson, who still keeps in touch with his... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
billion or $2 billion back in the early 1980s—“kind of a rounding error,” Sahlman observes—whereas today, it’s a hundred times as big, with additional trillions of dollars sloshing around in private equity... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 22 May 2012
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First Look: May 22
responsibility of business leaders increases. We also document that both sustainable development and employee training become a higher priority for companies and that corporate governance improves. Furthermore, we find that companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
Working PapersThe Seer of Wellesley Hills: Roger Babson and the Babson Statistical Organization Author:Walter A. Friedman Abstract Roger Babson was a pioneer of the business-forecasting industry in the United States in the early twentieth century. He built the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
systems built by our forbearers and work toward a more just future. Marketing Alternative Investments: A Comprehensive Guide to Fundraising and Investor Relations for Private Equity and Hedge Funds By Hemali... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
Working PapersSell Side School Ties Authors:Lauren H. Cohen, Andrea Frazzini, and Christopher J. Malloy Abstract We study the impact of social networks on agents' ability to gather superior information about firms. Exploiting novel data on the educational backgrounds... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
election of more conservative legislators, higher support for anti-immigration legislation, and lower public goods provision. Exploring the causes of natives’ backlash, I document that immigration increased natives’ employment and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
within markets: When sentiment is high, future returns are low on relatively difficult to arbitrage and difficult to value stocks. Private capital flows appear to be one mechanism by which sentiment spreads across markets and forms global... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne