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  • 09 Feb 2024
  • HBS Case

Slim Chance: Drugs Will Reshape the Weight Loss Industry, But Habit Change Might Be Elusive

what may at first blush appear to be an easier fix: new drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro, says Harvard Business School Professor Regina E. Herzlinger, who has studied the American health care system for decades. Wegovy has been... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Health; Pharmaceutical
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Research Services - Faculty & Research

management. Services include fact checking, literature reviews, data source consultation and purchasing as well as data manipulation and analysis. HBS also hosts the world’s preeminent collection of unique Historical Collections related... View Details
  • 2024
  • Article

Half the Firms, Double the Profits: Public Firms' Transformation, 1996–2022

By: Mark J. Roe and Charles C.Y. Wang
The number of public firms in the United States has halved since the beginning of the twenty-first century, causing consternation among corporate and securities law regulators. The dominant explanations, often advanced by Securities and Exchange commissioners when... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Law; Securities Regulation; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Concentration Levels; Antitrust; Initial Public Offering; Public Ownership; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Monopoly; United States
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  • 06 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 6

Harvard Business School Case 308-022 CEMEX grew through acquisitions from a Latin American to a global company under the leadership of a CEO who believed in the importance of a "one enterprise" culture and benchmarking against... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

react to each politician's promises: If elected, I will do everything possible to ensure that all Americans will be treated by the doctor of their choice and receive as much medical attention as they require. If elected, I will do... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk
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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

well as the finding that central banks’ quantitative easing policies impact exchange rates. See Robin’s other research here , Sam’s other research here , Jeremy’s other research here , and Adi’s other research here . More Info U.S.... View Details
  • 02 Mar 2007
  • What Do You Think?

What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

microcosm of current concerns and suggested solutions, does it bode well for the formation of a consensus, political or otherwise, leading to progress? But a number of respondents raised the question of whether the most feasible solution... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
  • 28 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

motivators that will entice greater effort and loyalty out of workers. Turns out, using cash as a carrot isn’t always the best answer, according to new research by Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ashley V. Whillans. More than 80 percent of View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Aug 2022
  • HBS Case

Building an 'ARMY' of Fans: Marketing Lessons from K-Pop Sensation BTS

user-generated videos, cover dances, and remixes. Video: BTS teamed with American singer Halsey for their 2019 single "Boy with Luv." The song's video was viewed 75 million times on YouTube within 24 hours of its release. The ARMY flooded... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta; Media & Broadcasting; Music
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

revolution and the results are fairly damning. The Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well Professor Amy Edmondson (PhDOB 1996) + More Info – Less Info We used to think of failure as the opposite of success. Now, we’re often torn... View Details
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Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center | About

literature—are focused on education and US-China cultural exchanges. All six of Dr. and Mrs. Chao’s daughters received undergraduate and graduate degrees from prestigious American universities, including four who attended the MBA Program... View Details
  • 26 Sep 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates

the pseudonym ShopCo. Her ethnographic study of the company, which was regarded as progressive and engaged in DEI, is detailed in a new paper in the September issue of Administrative Science Quarterly. A progressive tech firm shuns a transactional platform By all... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
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The Canton Trade and The Hong Merchants System - A Chronicle of the China Trade

— John Heard referring to the hong merchants, from his diary, 1891 10 The Canton Trade and The Hong Merchants System During the period known as the Canton trade system (1757–1842), hong merchants acted as exclusive liaisons between View Details
  • 04 Jan 2017
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Bureaucracy is a Good Thing in Government and Business?

various comments on this web page is desperation when it comes to government. It seems like many Americans are just starting to give up, which is the absolute wrong approach.” Citing the Glass-Steagall Act in banking as View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
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HBS - The year in Review

Custom programs. And, while the HBS Online portfolio continued its rapid growth with four new certificate programs and three new Certificates of Specialization, it also hosted Connext, an annual gathering of learners, in a hybrid format with over 1,500 attendees, as... View Details
  • October 2016 (Revised January 2017)
  • Background Note

The U.S. Health Club Industry, 2005–2016

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2015, the U.S. health-club industry generated revenues of $25.8 billion, up from $14.8 billion in 2004. Members of health clubs accounted for 17% of the population, up from 14%. The number of clubs had grown from 26,830 in 2004 to 36,180. In the process, the list of... View Details
Keywords: Health Clubs; Fitness; Gyms; Chain; Weight Loss; Obesity; Exercise; Personal Training; Retention; Bally Total Fitness; 24 Hour Fitness; YMCA; Gold's Gym; Curves; Franchise; Franchising; Subscription; Promotional Sales; Promotions; Fixed Costs; Body; Business Ventures; Strategy; Health; Investment; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Health Industry; United States
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  • 30 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: October 30, 2007

are relevant to strategic choice, as well as how our model complements both other theories of choice that view the role of experience as central and recent work in population ecology that emphasizes cognitive processes. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Project at Harvard Business School, Michael Porter has leveraged his expertise on competition and strategy to analyze the disappointing performance of the American economy. Dr. Porter’s fact-based effort has identified the structural... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review

leading in the digital world, as well as elective courses, so that participants can tailor their learning to their professional needs. It concludes with a capstone project where participants can apply their learning. HBS Online Press... View Details