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- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
advantages, great employee and customer loyalty, and a smoother on-ramp in leadership succession. A book excerpt from The Ownership Quotient: Putting the Service Profit Chain to Work for Unbeatable... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
in innovative capabilities, and increased employee engagement as a result. The programs vary but have seven major elements in common. Companies should 1) team with governments or nonprofits experienced in working with people with... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
by reading its patents. When the firm transfers this knowledge to local employees, there is a risk that these employees will defect to a local manufacturer, taking sensitive technology with them. These View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- January 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)
By: Tatiana Sandino, Jeffrey Rayport, Samuel Grad and Stacy Straaberg
In summer 2021, School of Rock was a youth-oriented music education company with 291 franchise- and company-owned schools globally. Before CEO Rob Price’s hire in 2017, School of Rock’s nonconformist rock ‘n’ roll culture led to variability in teaching styles,... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Plan; Change Management; Transformation; Communication Strategy; Decisions; Curriculum and Courses; Teaching; Employee Relationship Management; Knowledge Sharing; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Style; Marketing Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Franchise Ownership; Performance Expectations; Performance Improvement; Strategic Planning; Attitudes; Conflict Management; Corporate Strategy; Applications and Software; Technology Adoption; Education Industry; Music Industry; Massachusetts; United States
Sandino, Tatiana, Jeffrey Rayport, Samuel Grad, and Stacy Straaberg. "School of Rock: Tuning into Structured Empowerment (A)." Harvard Business School Case 124-043, January 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
consider supporting deposit insurance schemes and undertaking subsidised recapitalisations. Working PapersTrade Policy and Firm Boundaries Authors:Laura Alfaro, Paola Conconi, Harald Fadinger, and Andrew F. Newman Abstract We study how trade policy affects firms'... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
employees, rapidly rising health-care costs, and the likely loss of existing protection against lawsuits for pain and suffering from medical events. She then disclosed the results of a 1999 KPMG survey of CEOs and consumers about consumer-driven health care. The firm... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
These effects extend beyond long government bonds. Our results suggest that pension discount rules can have a destabilizing impact on bond markets that reverses once rules are changed. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54633 Does... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
their efforts often lack an overall strategy that dilutes their effectiveness. "Kash" Rangan and colleagues offer a pragmatic solution. Why Business Should Support Employees Who Are CaregiversShifting demographics are causing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
What’s Behind the Explosive Growth of Sustainable Investing?
shareholder engagement: How can shareholders move the needle? One example that Shawn and I worked on was with CalSTRS, the California pension plan for educators. Following the increase in school shootings, there was a lot of pressure on CalSTRS to get rid of its View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Drive for Excellence: An Interview with Jim Henderson
challenges and opportunities, and to tell them why you are taking the actions you must. Downsizing is a painful last resort. We try to do it as much as possible by attrition, but if we do have to let employees go, we believe it's our... View Details
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
and values. The CEO has set a goal of becoming a $1 billion company by 2014; to reach that goal, employees must create several new businesses. The head of knowledge management must decide how his function should change in order to become... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
restaurateur, broke, and with a wife and four young children at home, Rogers converted his aging Porsche into desperately needed cash to cinch the best deal he ever made — ownership of Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream. It’s one of the stories... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
weighs four options: continue expanding internationally to the U.S. and other distant markets, buy an ownership stake in Istanbul's other remaining airport, diversify into related businesses, or seek out large infrastructure projects... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
business administration cannot change the world. The recourse I see is to establish a level of supervision above the corporate world, either private sector or government. Of the two, only government is susceptible to opinion of mere citizens. The SEC could require that... View Details
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
specific mechanics, he is chosen directly or indirectly by the very people he is expected to lead. In addition, his peers also have an ownership interest in the firm. So unlike the senior executives in a corporation, who defer to their... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- November 2004 (Revised September 2019)
- Background Note
The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004
By: John R. Wells, Gabriel Ellsworth and Benjamin Weinstock
In 2004, the $16.8 billion U.S. health club industry continued its strong record of growth. There were almost 27,000 health clubs in the United States, up from 6,700 two decades earlier, and these clubs claimed 41 million members, over 14% of the U.S. population.... View Details
Keywords: Health Clubs; Fitness; Gyms; Chain; Weight Loss; Obesity; Exercise; Personal Training; Bally Total Fitness; 24 Hour Fitness; YMCA; Gold's Gym; Curves; Franchise; Franchising; Subscription; Promotional Sales; Promotions; Fixed Costs; Body; Accrual Accounting; Revenue Recognition; Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Trends; Customers; Demographics; Age; Income; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Employees; Retention; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Contracts; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Operations; Service Operations; Franchise Ownership; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation or Environment; Opportunities; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Expansion; Segmentation; Hardware; Health Industry; United States
Wells, John R., Gabriel Ellsworth, and Benjamin Weinstock. "The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-445, November 2004. (Revised September 2019.)
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
guidelines and encouraging employees to create value through long-term thinking - rather than by trying to follow the latest "flavor-of-the-month." "Predictability is not certainty," Stevenson emphasizes. "It isn't about having a lifeless... View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
reduced the temptation governments face to intervene in the operation of large strategic enterprises. In the Leviathan as a minority shareholder mode, governments have small equity ownership in corporations and in general do not intervene... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
rules, and agreements to the governance process. Discusses the roles of three structures in family business governance: the top management team, the family employee council, and the board of directors. Purchase this note:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
2013. The sudden price increase not only increased the likely acquisition price for an ownership stake in Hefei Sanyo, but also meant that Whirlpool had lost the luxury of both time and secrecy. Lee had to quickly decide how to structure... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne