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- 08 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?
trade to the Patriots and play for Belichick. In 2004, playing for the Patriots, Dillon rushed for 1,635 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns, setting career highs and franchise records. Dillon played a major role in New England’s victory in... View Details
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Africa - Global Activities 2020
generosity shown to them is evident through one key aspect of their work. Yeboah and Kyei started the company’s leadership development program, where they train students from top colleges in the region to succeed in operational leadership positions in the local View Details
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Systems for Scaling Ventures (SSV) - Course Catalog
of growth—organic, inorganic (through M&A), franchising or licensing, and so on. Our discussions will highlight the core tension of this course for high-growth organizations — between empowering employees or teams to adapt to new markets... View Details
- 31 Mar 2022
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
community. “Every night, 365 nights a year, he’s out there,” says Neel Ghose (MBA 2019), cofounder of the Robin Hood Army. “For him, it’s his own baby. It’s a platform for goodness.” This platform for goodness—which operates like a View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
An Authentic Leader
inspires the innovative products and superior services that create lasting shareholder value. Did we expect too much from CEOs over the past decade? During that period, we saw the rise of the imperial CEO. They were treated like rock stars, or like a View Details
- 16 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
existing franchises to build those required for tomorrow's success. The goal for managers, then, is to sustain current success while simultaneously building new products, services, or processes for the future. To do this, organizations... View Details
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- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311049-PDF-ENG Vitalia Franchise Regina E. Herzlinger and Beatriz Munoz-SecaHarvard Business School Case 311-035 Cathy Hoffmann has rapidly grown her novel facilities for day care... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608170 Kenny Kahn at Muzak (A) Harvard Business School Case 408-057 Founded in 1934, Muzak pioneered the industry of background music. Equipped with propriety technology and a vast music library, over the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
her devotees books on pies and wreaths, the king of hip hop has published a best-selling biography of slain rap star Tupac Shakur and will soon release an illustrated history of hip hop. Both multimedia franchises are continually finding... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
One-on-One with Peter Cuneo
comic books at Marvel? They will always be very important. In a sense, comic books are our R&D function. What is unique is that we have a very profitable R&D effort with triple-digit ROI and net margins of 30 to 35 percent. We can take creative risks with new or... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Straddling Two Worlds
extends beyond the business world and onto the soccer field. In 1994 he invested in the new Washington, D.C., Major League Soccer franchise — D.C. United. While the team did extremely well on the field, it suffered financially. Tierney,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 07 Feb 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course
in the course also look at the case of Brian Scudamore—who dropped out of high school to start the successful junk removal company The Rubbish Boys (now 1-800-GOT-JUNK), —as he reconsiders his decision to pursue franchising as a growth... View Details
- 10 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
How Restaurants in Lima and Copenhagen Became Best in the World
franchises to different cities, or are there places he's run into difficulty? Keinan: The challenge he has had is educating consumers who are not familiar with Peruvian food. He's been successful in Latin America and in Miami, but the... View Details
- 08 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
NFL Head Coaches Are Getting Younger. What Can Organizations Learn?
the downside and risk of choosing a young, unproven, and inexperienced candidate to run an NFL team. For instance, when highly coveted 31-year-old Lane Kiffin was hired by the Oakland Raiders in 2007, he was expected to turn around a View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018
meaningful overlap between the two franchises the potential for cost savings and synergies is significant. However, the risks involved are also significant. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/218012-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 10, 2015
matching estimations, and regression discontinuity designs. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50067 Harvard Business School Case 315-049 Cravia: An Entrepreneurial Endeavor in Dubai Walid Hajj (HBS '95), CEO of Dubai-based restaurant... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
innovations may have been -- whether it was Ray Kroc's refinement of franchise economics or Henry Ford's perfection of assembly line production -- every organization faced the key business problem of determining where to place the... View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
learning concepts tested at its Cuicuilco (Mexico) kids’ edutainment park. As part of an effort to build a global network of such ventures, proposals for new franchises in Doha and London as well as the format for the first KidZania to be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
reasons, Gilson says. First, most of Realogy's operating cash flows were from franchise agreements with local real-estate agencies, and a Chapter 11 filing could have critically damaged relations with the agencies. Second, its workforce... View Details