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- 19 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 19, 2007
operations? 2) What might be the intellectual added value of such a perspective? 3) What are the basic elements of behavioral operations research? Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-096.pdf Film Rentals and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 5, 2010
delivers in the current period conditional on a stockout in the prior period. We also provide a method for estimating the impact of changes in supplier performance along these two dimensions on customer demand. Using data from Hugo Boss, a manufacturer of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11
effect of efficiency wages on employee behavior and social norms. Working PapersSpatial Organization of Firms: Internal and External Agglomeration Economies and Location Choices Through the Value Chain Authors:Juan Alcácer and Mercedes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2016
- HBS Case
Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'
case of hotels, professionals tend to not be as well-regarded anymore. Why? Because they have different values of what they consider important than [the average consumer does]. If I have a family and [experts] start talking about how... View Details
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
that has borrowed freely from others around the world. "With the United States accounting for approximately 30 percent of the world's GDP and as the home to 62 out of the 100 most valuable brands in the world, it's not surprising... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- October 2016
- Supplement
24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million members. Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness operated clubs in 13 states. Having grown rapidly to become... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Buildings and Facilities; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Age; Training; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Journals and Magazines; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Market Entry and Exit; Media; Organizational Design; Private Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation or Environment; Welfare or Wellbeing; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Software; Web Sites; Value; Valuation; Health Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; California; San Francisco
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-423, October 2016.
- 08 May 2012
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First Look: May 8
brand in the U.S.; a competitive offering of private label and exclusive brands; and, following the execution of One Macy's and My Macy's, a fresh, unique foundation for future growth. However, the company still faces significant... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
demonstrates the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of an intervention even without perfectly predicting a firm’s response still has enormous value for setting policy. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55959... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 29 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 29
despite the limited powers of central authorities. We also offer a framework for reasoning about future prices of IP addresses and then explore the role of rentals in sharing information about the value of IP address and assuring... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17
Business School Case 912-408 The case depicts a mission and values driven firm, how it was turned around, and its unique strategy of enabling others to succeed. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/912408-PDF-ENG The Agnellis and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708429 MINI USA: Finding a New Advertising Agency (A) Harvard Business School Case 508-041 Selling an intangible like advertising services is a difficult task. The first step is to understand how View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Sep 2011
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First Look: September 27
model for explaining how network resources contribute to organizational performance. Reach is the extent to which an organization's network connects it to diverse and distant partners. Richness represents the potential value of the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 20
rights on firms' external finance constraints via generalized method of moments (GMM) estimation of an augmented investment Euler equation developed by Whited and Wu (2006). Using a large sample of U.S. firms during the period from 1995 to 2002, we find that the shadow... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 14
http://hbr.org/2014/01/can-a-strong-culture-be-too-strong/ar/1 January 2014 MIT Sloan Management Review Strategic Decisions for Multisided Platforms By: Hagiu, Andrei Abstract—Multisided platforms such as eBay and Facebook create value by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing: A Practical Guide
within stores. Align incentives within your organization and in the supply chain. Use technology judiciously and pay attention to emerging new technologies, whose value might still not be apparent. Explain the changes you are making to... View Details
- 21 Jun 2011
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First Look: June 21
foundation for being a leader and the effective exercise of leadership can also be seen as the foundations not only for great leadership, but also for a high quality personal life and an extraordinary organization. One can see this as a "value free" approach... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 2
manage an online community for the sole purpose of fostering word-of-mouth for a new brand it was launching. Should Communispace take on this assignment? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/510018-PDF-ENG Hulu: An... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 15
decisions from descriptions were obtained with a stochastic variant of prospect theory assuming that the sensitivity to the weighted value decreases with the distance between the cumulative payoff functions. The best predictions of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace