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- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
development of Kvadrat's retail sales operations, the implementation of new Human Resources practices, and the execution of a new organizational design. Was such an extensive growth, turnaround, and internal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 24, 2008
Working Papers Firm-Size Distribution and Cross-Country Income Differences Authors: Laura Alfaro, Andrew Charlton, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract We investigate, using firm-level data for 79 developed and developing countries, whether differences in the allocation of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 16 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
The Rituals of Case Method Teaching
him to every class he has ever taught at the School. It’s a tool that helps Norton center himself before he digs into a lively case discussion—a reliable ritual that ensures a successful session. The role of such a device is one he recognizes from years of research on... View Details
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Preface - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
artist access to the collection. All of the resources in the Bleichroeder Collection are available for use in the de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room at Baker Library. Researchers who are interested in planning a visit to use the collection... View Details
- November 2019
- Supplement
Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.
By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah Mehta and Matthew Preble
This video supplement pairs with “Kids & Company: Entering the U.S.” (case no. 418011). It contains eight individual clips that range in length from 5 to 12 minutes. Instructors can use the videos, either in whole or in part, as an additional teaching... View Details
Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Leadership; Marketing; Product Marketing; Brands and Branding; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Product Design; Product Development; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Selection and Staffing; Customer Focus and Relationships; Entrepreneurship; Service Industry; Canada; United States
Groysberg, Boris, Sarah Mehta, and Matthew Preble. "Kids & Company: Entering the U.S." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 420-704, November 2019.
- August 2014 (Revised August 2015)
- Supplement
Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (B)
By: Ethan Bernstein, Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats
Valve, one of the world's top video game software companies, has also become an iconic example of an organization with virtually no hierarchy. A 400-person organization, Valve's unique organizational form (described in detail in the case and accompanying employee... View Details
Keywords: Valve; Self-Managed Organizations; Organization Design; Strategy; Flat Organization; Video Games; Organization Alignment; Family Business; Steam; Steam Machine; Design; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Human Resources; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Leadership Style; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Groups and Teams; Alignment; Software; Hardware; Video Game Industry; Seattle
Bernstein, Ethan, Francesca Gino, and Bradley Staats. "Opening the Valve: From Software to Hardware (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 415-016, August 2014. (Revised August 2015.)
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
Abstract This paper examines the impact of the deregulation of compulsory industrial licensing in India on firm-size dynamics and the reallocation of resources within industries over time. Following deregulation, we find that the extent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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.)
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS
That approach is obviously critical to an understanding of how businesses work, but equally important, as Professor Koehn has indicated, are the human beings who make the decisions that create and sustain enterprises. I wanted to use a... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
between communities, and voting and civic engagement. AUGUST 28 After participating in and leading numerous conversations about race, social justice, and racism, CEO and Chief Rioter of Rioting.co Sarah Endline (MBA 2001) was eager to broaden the discussion, share the... View Details
- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
whereas if you're a kind of a single-purpose performer, if you change the play, you're in trouble. Sahlman: It's an interesting human resources strategy to try to make sure that you don't have people who... View Details
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
out (1) Roots of high achievers' anxiety: fear of being wrong, lack of a sense of purpose, and a craving for human connection; (2) Destructive behaviors we adopt to relieve our anxiety: busyness, comparing ourselves to others, and blaming... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
innovations. Ceteris paribus, the share of resources spent on development of general innovations, increases with the stability of the market share of the industry leader. As market shares become less persistent, the model predicts an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
human capital are also important for the effect of FDI on economic growth. Download working paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-013.pdf Architectural Innovation and Dynamic Competition: The Smaller "Footprint" Strategy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
faced the challenge of convincing buyers to pay a premium price. Their products originated from a wild resource under government regulations which limited the size of the catch by both the industry and Clearwater. In recent years,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Shaping the Future of Business: Entrepreneurial Evolution at HBS
that focus on entrepreneurship as an ongoing process, not just the launch of a new venture. Concurrently, he has developed a model of entrepreneurship that describes the process as "the pursuit of opportunity beyond resources currently... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
Blackstone Group, estimated that in the next four years this would result in Intelenet losing $160 million of revenue and $48 million of EBITDA. Blackstone could either channel large amounts of capital and human View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Empire By Caroline M. Elkins, Professor of Business Administration Alfred A. Knopf Sprawling across a quarter of the world’s landmass and claiming nearly 700 million people, Britain’s twentieth-century empire was the largest in human... View Details
- Career Coach
Martha Tassinari
Martha (HBS '94) has been an executive coach and career counselor at HBS since 2007. She has helped thousands of MBA students, Alumni and Executive Education participants (GMP, PLD, OPM, New Path) identify and reach their career and professional development goals.... View Details
- 25 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
An Organization Your Customers Understand
(in which service provision is mandated by law) as well as monopolies (in which customers have no real alternatives).6 Also excluded are internal business functions (e.g., human resources and information... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons