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- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
consider the life of a guy who was twenty years old and living in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Such a young man was facing a very different reality. Factory jobs had mostly disappeared and now he was looking at a life stocking shelves in View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
model that makes sense for retail operators without subsidy. Using a franchising model that relies on seasoned local entrepreneurs, communication technology that monitors flows and quality, payment technology that takes cash out of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
they teach. Once a week, a volunteer takes the donations, which manage to cover the $1,200 monthly rent, to the bank. Ironically, Vaccaro has had other studios seek him out about emulating his business model. He’s even been approached about View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 30 Mar 2017
- News
Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest
whenever you're going to build something that has never been built before. It's one thing to know exactly how something can work and to build the tenth franchise, or the hundredth, or the thousandth franchise restaurant under a model.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
operations in 2009, SHE, with a staff of 10 and aiming to reach 3,000 girls this year, has developed a franchise model to manufacture and distribute low-cost, eco-friendly menstrual pads by sourcing local, inexpensive raw materials (e.g.,... View Details
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
more localized products coupled with licensing agreements linked to specific movie franchises might be an option, but an expensive one. The company also had to consider that "diminishing play time and the threat of a disruptive... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
and Jenny EverettHarvard Business School Case 111-081 This case is a comparative analysis of the strategy, accounting, performance, and valuation for two restaurant chains alternatively having a company-owned versus franchising strategy.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2017
- Case
Pho Hoa Dorchester
By: Leonard A. Schlesinger, Michael Raiche and Roger Zhu
Pho Hoa is a traditional, family-owned Vietnamese restaurant in Dorchester, Massachusetts that opened in 1992. As he approached retirement in recent years, the founder/owner has scaled down his involvement in the day-to-day operations, leading to a number of... View Details
Keywords: Pho Hoa; Tam Le; Small Business; Restaurants; Dorchester; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; Family Business; Change Management; Transition; Diasporas; Cash Flow; Food; Employment; Wages; Working Conditions; Leading Change; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Structure; Ownership Stake; Franchise Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Food and Beverage Industry; Viet Nam; Massachusetts; Boston; Eastern United States
Schlesinger, Leonard A., Michael Raiche, and Roger Zhu. "Pho Hoa Dorchester." Harvard Business School Case 317-121, May 2017.
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
targets compared to dealers who also acquire brands outside of the franchise network. As a consequence the exclusive dealers receive a relatively bigger cut of the total amount of discounts that dealers are offered conditional on their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice
re-released, how many times does it get quoted on SportsCenter. It was an influence in Breaking Bad, which was apparently pitched to AMC as Mr. Chips meets Scarface. I mean, it is amazing to me the tentacles, the legs, this franchise... View Details
- 29 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rich or Royal: What Do Founders Want?
status. For instance, a current case I'm developing examines whether franchising might be a good "almost King, almost Rich" option for both the potential franchisor and the potential first franchisee, one in which they give away... View Details
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
years, the school filled a niche and met the demand of students who did not test into one of China's public institutions. In 2008, it was seeking to grow by aggressively pursuing opportunities in other provinces and municipalities. Huang's plan was to View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Local Hero
from a franchise on the brink of leaving town in 1992 to toast of the town in 2010 is the stuff of Hollywood scripts. And indeed, when the lanky, loquacious executive talks about his lifelong history with the team, his reminiscences are... View Details
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
Despite these changes, the stock market continues to undervalue Axis Bank compared with its chief rivals. In light of this, Axis Bank needs to figure out what more it needs to do to ensure that the market values the franchise correctly.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
I did. Frank Lorenzo, class of 63'. As a CEO of continental airlines, and before that Texas International Airlines, we faced airline deregulation, which was of course very tough thing since we had been in a regulated business where we had a protected View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
mutely pouting. I learned a lifelong lesson: When you don't know what to say or do, say or do nothing. Find Your Place Rusty McClure (MBA 1975) AS A MARRIED MBA STUDENT, in order to afford a better apartment, I applied for and was awarded the student View Details
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
franchise the NeuroLaunch model worldwide, and he’s already in talks with groups in London, Singapore, and Israel. Over the next year, the company will hold neuro startup forums in a number of cities to begin building a global community... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
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- 09 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace
Will Hurwitz. McDonald’s emerges from a slump With 40,000 mostly franchised restaurants across the world, McDonald’s serves some 63 million customers daily and employs more than 2 million workers. The brothers who founded the chain in... View Details