• 22 Mar 2011
• First Look

First Look: March 22

insulted because he is given a monetary incentive to join the company more quickly than originally planned. The case provides an opportunity to analyze negotiation strategy and the importance of emotional intelligence and effective interpersonal View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 24 Nov 2008
• Research & Ideas

Harvard Business School Discusses Future of the MBA

Light continues, are found in the changing nature of business itself. It's more global, more technology dependent, and less hierarchical. Knowledge-based industries are overtaking older, more basic industries. And the pace of change is... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson & HBS Bulletin; Education

• 08 Aug 2017
• First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, August 8, 2017

reality technology to treat amblyopia (more commonly called “lazy eye”), the single biggest cause of visual disorders among children. By February 2017, the three founders had raised $950,000 in angel funding and developed a prototype of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 21 Feb 2017
• First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

explores how language shapes the ways in which employees who work in global organizations communicate and negotiate linguistic and cultural differences. Bringing together 650 interviews conducted across Rakuten’s locations in Brazil,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

• 08 Oct 2013
• First Look

First Look: October 8

Japan-such as obtaining corporate sponsors, advertising signage at the home field, and visiting Japanese fans traveling to the U.S. to see these stars perform. In addition to treating team efforts at growing local Japanese community... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 16 Jul 2013
• First Look

First Look: July 16

investors and entrepreneurs need, optimize both technological sophistication and financial sophistication-approaches designed to attract capital by offering different levels of risk and return, different cash-flow priorities, and... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

• 15 Jun 2021
• News

June 2021 Books and Podcasts

the science behind trust, grounding our understanding of why we humans trust in the first place, and describing how customers, employees, community members, and investors decide whether an organization or a person can be trusted. Creating... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

• 10 Mar 2021
• News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

workplace relationships, sharpen their communication skills, improve their personal brands and, ultimately, make an impact. The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: 10 Facts in 10 Minutes about CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

• 01 Sep 2017
• News

History’s Lessons

Southern leaders. On August 19, he drafted a potentially momentous letter to a Democratic politician and newspaper editor, ending the communication with this proposition: “If Jefferson Davis wishes...to know what I would do if he were to... View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

• 19 Jan 2011
• First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

information and communication technologies (ICT) to better manage complex urban systems. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-062.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsZespri Jose B. Alvarez... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 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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Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-423, October 2016.

• 20 Feb 2008
• First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

Clarksville, Indiana, the community where the program was launched. This preliminary data suggests that low-to-moderate income Americans may have substantial demand for prize-linked savings, with a majority of survey participants... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace