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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
across the HBS enterprise. Over time, capital will be invested in talent and tools to advance the transformation. Plans include launching Centers of Excellence to cultivate expertise in areas such as digital marketing and View Details
- 13 May 2025
- News
If I Knew Then
1977. Here, he downplays the significance of that work, and his success in doing it: An early advocate for commercial indexing, Grantham has also identified market bubbles and investment trends with remarkable accuracy, predicting the... View Details
- 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.)
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
content of the work, the context in which I worked, the issues that I was dealing with, the unfolding of the global financial markets, as well as the political and economic situation that shaped especially the emerging markets of Latin... View Details
- 30 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers
communism as a result of too many layers of bureaucracy and not enough market (true enough). But I then tell students that I made a mistake and that this chart actually represents the managerial organizations of one of the most successful... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
Financial Economics (forthcoming). Abstract This study identifies the effect of a key cultural dimension—egalitarianism—on a set of international investment outcomes. Egalitarianism expresses a society's cultural orientation with respect to intolerance for abuses of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
they tend to be thematically the ways that really stand out in each of those periods. And then there's another set of innovations that are social and cultural in nature. They don't necessarily conform to the dominant narrative. Quite... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
seems to recover quickly as well, which in turn leads to further rounds of closures and social distancing, and further economic contraction. So, bottom line—and I think this is obvious—the pandemic has created tangible barriers on both... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
(Written and Oral Communication); and MC (Management Communication). For generations of MBA students indentured to a demanding Muse, the trials and tribulations of report writing became legendary. As far back as 1914, the HBS faculty voted to require a series of... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
Silicon Valley dot-comers. This seemed to be everybody's idea of success. A Nation Rethinks Success After the market crash in 2000, there was talk that Moore's Law had reached its theoretical limits and perhaps the pace of innovation... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
behavioral finance: How rational are individual investors? It touches on the quality of advice that investors get, and the relationships between investors and their financial advisers. As we potentially shift our Social Security system... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
vision," they say, "is to be the preferred provider of food for West Africans." Ndidi and Mezuo, both children of university professors, approach the ambitious challenge with a combination of academic rigor and devotion to social justice.... View Details
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
corporate environmental ratings that guide investors to select "socially responsible," and avoid "socially irresponsible," companies. We examine how several hundred firms respond to corporate environmental ratings issued by a prominent independent... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
essential volume look squarely at how normative and positive questions about political economy interact with each other—and from that beginning, how to chart a way forward to a just economy. A Political Economy of Justice collects 14 essays from prominent scholars... View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
can not always be positive. No rose gardens. So this experience of mine helped me very much. JH: Depelsha Thomas McGruder (MBA 1998) is treasurer and COO at the Ford Foundation, enabling the organization's grantmaking program as it leverages a $16 billion endowment to... View Details
- October 2019
- Case
GRIT Fitness
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Olivia Hull
In December 2018, GRIT Fitness was a growing chain of boutique fitness studios offering a variety of workout classes, including weightlifting, high intensity interval training, and cardio dance. With 400 members and three Dallas studios, CEO Brittani Rettig believed... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Plan; Trends; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Health; Selection and Staffing; Leadership Style; Leadership Development; Management Style; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Motivation and Incentives; Sports; Competition; Diversification; Expansion; Value Creation; Health Industry; Sports Industry; Texas
Applegate, Lynda M., and Olivia Hull. "GRIT Fitness." Harvard Business School Case 820-016, October 2019.
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Art Nature Business
the case, "The Ice King," Professor Tom Nicholas illustrates how Tudor pioneered anew industry, creating a global market for a natural resource once considered worthless, and became a key figure in the history of American... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
each one of us receives from this community are very important. I want to thank all of you for participating in this support system and for sustaining the unique set of values that defines HBS. "Stacey M. Childress (MBA '00), director of the HBS Initiative on View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg