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- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
A. Desai, and C. Fritz Foley Abstract This paper examines how costly financial contracting and weak investor protection influence the cross-border operational, financing and investment decisions of firms. We develop a model in which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Sep 2024
- Cold Call Podcast
Fawn Weaver’s Entrepreneurial Journey as an Outsider in the Spirits Industry
- Web
FAQs - Alumni
& Protection of Minors . Evening social events are not appropriate for individuals under the age of 21. For off-campus childcare, please refer to the 'childcare resources' question below. What off-campus childcare resources are available?... View Details
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
Case 112-702 On November 15, 2006, German prosecutors raided offices and homes of Siemens AG staff as part of an ongoing investigation into bribery. The subsequent investigations covered business representing 60% of Siemens' revenues and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Unilever—A Case Study
The issue of control is examined, as is the related question of the "stickiness" of knowledge within large international firms. The discussion draws on a case study of the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods manufacturer Unilever, which has been one of the largest... View Details
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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research
competitive Darwinian contest. Instead, a few investors make decisions that are impacted by incentive, agency, and coordination problems, often before a new idea even has a chance to compete in a market. We contend that costs and... View Details
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Latin America - Global
Professor Joe Fuller , and Professor Jorge Tamayo , attendees’ engagement remained strong, both in discussions and in networking opportunities. For more details in Upskilling, Reskilling and Digital Transformation, click on the following links: Reskilling in the View Details
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
recovering value for customers, creditors, and investors and restoring confidence in this industry (and the financial sector more generally). Slides (pdf) Health Care Innovations in the Age of COVID-19... View Details
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California - Global
of Primetime Partners, was preparing to raise a second fund. Founded in 2020 with veteran investor Alan Patricof, Primetime was a horizontal fund focused on early-stage companies serving older adults, the fast-growing segment of the... View Details
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
Integrated Reporting and Investor Clientele By: George Serafeim In this paper, I examine the relation between Integrated Reporting (IR) and the composition of a firm's investor base. I hypothesize and find... View Details
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Skydeck - Alumni
Anne Morriss (MBA 2004) on how companies can tackle complex issues with essential speed The Musts of 2023 Alumni recommendations from the year in media So You Want to Join a Startup Investor and entrepreneur Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) on how... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
leaders, reinventing how companies and organizations will compete and thrive in the age of artificial intelligence. Based at HBS but open to all faculty across the University, the Institute will leverage and extend the School’s strengths... View Details
- 07 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success
digital-first incumbents struggle to make the necessary longer-term investments when their investors focus on shorter-term metrics, participants say. At the same time, companies must deliver value at speed. They’re cutting costs through... View Details
- 10 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle
The classic advice to investors is to diversify—put wealth into a combination of assets. Perhaps some cash goes into mutual funds, some in blue chips, and a little in growth stocks, spreading out risk as well as opportunity. What if... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In Harmony
Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... 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.)
- 18 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Your Best Employees Are Burning Out: A Framework for Retaining Talent
While gains were focused at the executive and investor levels, these cuts fostered a transactional relationship between businesses and their workers. So, it should be a shock to no one that in recent years, the power dynamic has switched... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
co-author of The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI. The case, and its reverberations as ChatGPT’s success escalates the AI race, offers lessons for those who are interested in AI... View Details
- 22 Nov 2023
- News
So You Want to Join a Startup
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: At age 29, Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) decided to leave consulting for a decidedly less glamorous life as an entrepreneur, working out of a storage room in the bowels... View Details