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- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
beneficiary was European banks that had big operations here. The globalization of the top end of the financial services industry means that the Fed is everyone's central banker. The reactions we've seen in developing markets recently to... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- Profile
Sheila Lirio Marcelo
and TheLadders.com. In 2006, she also did a six-month stint as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Matrix Partners, a venture firm in Boston. There, Marcelo received mentorship and a place to think about startup options. But Marcelo, intent... View Details
- 05 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders
During the pandemic and the disruption in business worldwide, the HBS Career & Professional Development team made an appeal to alumni and recruiting partners that resulted in nearly 1,000 new full-time and internship opportunities for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria
and a team of investors bought the shuttered plant and got it up and running again. Adopting a local word for "genesis," Okoloko would call his new company Notore Chemical Industries Ltd. Looking for professional managers two years later,... View Details
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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
company from 1957 to 1992. American Research and Development (ARD) provided the initial funding for the launch of Digital Equipment Corporation in 1957. Ken Olsen and Georges Doriot subsequently developed a lifelong personal and View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
Americans of the second half of the 20th century. But regardless of how history may judge his record, McNamara’s decades of service in the public and private sectors enable him to speak with singular authority about the strengths and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 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.)
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
eight major North American and European financial services companies as well as an international internet survey in collaboration with journals and organizations. The present paper gives an overview of the initial findings of 61... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
information technology companies, as well as in complementary areas such as marketing, branding, and design—all of which can help nascent businesses gain a foothold in the marketplace. Plus, the way fintech straddles the broader technology and financial View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
before moving on to join the newly-formed firm of Wasserstein Perella & Co. He names Joe Perella as an early sponsor and mentor in his career, and describes two moments of failure— one professional, one personal, in which Perella played a... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Hawes Hall Groundbreaking
will share architectural similarities with campus buildings designed by the firm of McKim, Mead & White in the 1920s. Hawes Hall will house eight classrooms equipped with state-of-the-art technology that will, in Clark's words, "stand the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
CEOs and Coaches: How Important is Organizational 'Fit?'
laboratory to study coach-team matching effects. Clear-cut measures of team performance and precise employment records are publicly available, and the set of teams vying for coaches’ services is comparatively small. Controlling for coach... View Details
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Past Issues - Alumni
and Again How rituals help us create order from chaos, affect performance, and ascribe meaning to the mundane details of our personal and professional lives Quantum Leap Quantum computing has revolutionary potential, but it’s been stuck... View Details
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
challenges business leaders face is The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, which is about an English butler, Stevens, and the decisions he makes while in service to his master, Lord Darlington, between the First and the Second World... View Details
- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
buy any service? I can basically rely on information provided by professionals and experts, and some people do that. I can rely on information provided by the company, and that’s advertising and PR and other things like that. Or I can... View Details
- 03 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017
powerful insights and practical guidelines that allow managers to bridge professional divides and organizational boundaries in order to work together effectively, this is a new exploration of the challenges involved in today's global... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Linking Donors, Students
Lee Fellowship recipient Shamika Lee (MBA ’08) spoke at the MBA Fellowship Dinner in mid-April, an annual event where fellowship students and donors get to know each other. “On behalf of all the students here tonight, let me say that we do not take your investment... View Details
- 03 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
NFL Black Monday: How Much Do Coaches Really Matter?
three decades: Bill Parcells, Barry Switzer, and Jimmy Johnson. In 2003 Bill Parcells unexpectedly returned to professional football as head coach of the Cowboys. Parcells had retired four years earlier to universal acclaim as a rebuilder... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
The Exchange: Chance Encounters
Assistant Professor Maria Roche and Associate Professor Andy Wu; image by John Ritter Late one day in the fall of 2021, as she was packing up to head home, Assistant Professor Maria Roche bumped into Andy Wu, a colleague in the Strategy Unit whose office is next to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
sexual harassment and double standards, the gender gap continues to hinder the advancement of women in the professional world. In Digital Goddess, Victoria Montgomery-Brown shares her story in an entertaining and educational light. Told... View Details