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Rachel H Chung

stretch my ambitions. Being part of the HBS community is like Playing on a giant sports team, where your teammates are also your cheerleaders and coaches. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A race car driver! The mix of... View Details

December 2019 (Revised December 2021)
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Negotiating for Equal Pay: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (A)

By: Christine Exley, John Beshears, Manuela Collis and Davis Heniford

In 2019, members of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (WNT) filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. The case describes the history of the WNT's quest for equal pay leading up to this event. View Details

Keywords: Equal Pay; Negotiation; Compensation and Benefits; Equality and Inequality; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Negotiation Tactics; Corporate Governance; Lawsuits and Litigation; Sports; Sports Industry; United States

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01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2024
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Again and Again

we’re going to do this from now on,” I’m sure people have had the experience of really disliking that person. Duhigg: So let me ask you about some specific rituals that you discuss in the book, and let’s start with some fun ones, like sports. Norton: View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

23 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

How to Brand a Next-Generation Product

very deliberate effort to market the iPad as a sibling to the Mac. Macs keep their names with each successive upgrade, analysts noted, while iPhones sport sequential numbers and letters to indicate improvements. “Consumers don't... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

16 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

management and digital marketing tools for entertainment venues and sports teams (largely unused during the pandemic), switched to targeting small- and medium-sized traditional businesses struggling to survive. Fourth Quadrant: Firms... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service

03 Oct 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

7 Effective Ways to Lead Teams

following articles from our archive address several topics: why "teaming" is so important; the types of managers who make the best team leaders; temporary teams versus standing teams; what we can learn from sports teams; what... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Jun 2020
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It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

more included while making others at least feel the same, maybe even more included. Great leaders are great at increasing inclusion for all without a fixed pie. And this pandemic has made that just go to a varsity sport level because of... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Dusty Register

creativity. Most people claim to be “into” LEGOs as a kid. With all due respect to those individuals, they couldn't come close to a fraction of the time I spent with my plastic bricks. What is your favorite childhood memory? In eighth grade, I visited the largest View Details

Keywords: CPG

11 Oct 2023
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Soldier On

had said it's a sixth grader. And so I assumed, you know what? It's probably an accident. And she said, no, it's someone that is six years old, it's a first grader. And we think it was on purpose. And immediately I grabbed a sports coat... View Details

01 Jun 2023
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Pet Project

Illustration by Shane Cluskey Like pet owners everywhere, Katie Spies (MBA 2019) would do anything for her dog. In 2014, when her Italian greyhound, George, started experiencing seizures and other health problems that didn’t respond to medications, the vet recommended... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

27 Nov 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Secrets for Creating a Long-Lasting Brand

built from the ground up and rebuilt again when the competitive landscape shifts. A Good Place to Start Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?Super Bowl advertising is increasingly about using storytelling to sell corporate brands rather than products.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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General Management Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Natalia Rigol Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 The Business of Entertainment, Media, and Sports (also listed under Marketing) Anita Elberse Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Business Solutions for the Poor (Global and Local) (also listed under Marketing) Kash... View Details

October 2016
Case

The Quiet Ascension of LA Fitness

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

In 2016, LA Fitness was the largest chain of non-franchised fitness clubs in North America, operating 676 clubs, serving 4.9 million members, and generating revenues of over $1.9 billion. Founded by Chinyol Yi, Louis Welch, and Paul Norris in 1984, the privately held... View Details

Keywords: LA Fitness; Health Clubs; Fitness; Gyms; Chain; Exercise; Personal Training; Retention; Bally Total Fitness; 24 Hour Fitness; Planet Fitness; Buildings and Facilities; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Demographics; Age; Gender; Income; Residency; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Capital Structure; Cash; Cash Flow; Cost; Private Equity; Financial Condition; Financial Liquidity; Financing and Loans; Investment Return; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Employees; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Contracts; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Operations; Service Operations; Leasing; Private Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation or Environment; Opportunities; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Mobile Technology; Technology Platform; Health Industry; United States; California; Los Angeles

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Earl Sasser is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School and has been a member of the faculty there since 1969. He received a B.A. in Mathematics from Duke University in 1965, an MBA from the University of North Carolina in 1967, and a Ph.D. in... View Details

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17 Jan 2019
Blog Post

MBA Curriculum Spotlight: Short Intensive Programs (SIPs)

active participation of prominent African alumni, including Hakeem Belo-Osagie (HBS ’80), as well as others with expertise in the field, "Africa Rising" will offer big picture understandings of the continent, and the ways in which its past informs the... View Details

08 Apr 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It

subject of a case study showing that luxury and sustainability need not be mutually exclusive. The Ferrari WaySecretive sports car maker Ferrari opens up about how it bucked industry trends to achieve success. How Would You Price One of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Auto; Retail; Fashion

04 Nov 2009
What Do You Think?

What is the Role of Government Vis-à-Vis Capitalism?

sports analogy apply here, with government setting and enforcing the rules even-handedly through officials in its employ? Or is government's role instead to let market mechanisms and the "invisible hand" do their best? Have... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

August 2005 (Revised December 2005)
Case

Coach K: A Matter of the Heart

By: Scott A. Snook, Leslie A. Perlow and Brian DeLacey

Successful college basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski faces the decision whether to accept a lucrative offer to coach a professional basketball team or continue to coach at Duke University. Provides a context for discussing various styles of power, influence, and... View Details