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- 24 Mar 2016
- News
A Fitness Industry Innovator Powers On
rebranding the club, and those that followed, as 24 Hour Fitness—would alter the industry forever, with 24 Hour Fitness growing to 420 clubs, 20,000 employees, and over $1 billion in annual revenues. “In the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative
group observed the massive scale of its operations and gained an appreciation for these commercial hubs as bellwethers of the global economy.... View Details
Samuel H. Kress
Kress built a discount chain store based on an economies of scale model. He started offering fewer items than traditional 5- and 10- cent stores,... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
the time of writing. Discussion expanded beyond the case to include the current landscape of emissions tracking and the range of regulatory View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century
Leading in the 21st Century is an HBS Executive Education program being held in January 2000. Professors Gary Hamel and John Kotter talk about the course and the new realities View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
on a holistic treatment plan comprising one of eight "bundles." “If we can drive down costs while improving outcomes, that will be much more favorable to our economy View Details
- 22 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 22, 2006
Working PapersCartels and Competition: Neither Markets nor Hierarchies Author:Jeffrey Fear Abstract This article provides an overview on the rise and fall of cartels since... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Global Mission
scale and scope of HBS. To round out our global package, we profile three alumni who have had considerable success applying their MBA skills to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)
still have a number of manual processes here, so we see a lot of scope for more and more businesses in Jamaica to become technology-enabled,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- Profile
Marla Malcolm Beck
there.” At Berkeley, Beck majored in political economy and was enthralled by comparative economics. After graduation in 1995, she joined McKinsey & Co. where her leadership qualities flourished. On one... View Details
- 24 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
Managing Alignment as a Process
product category to attract the customer into the store (measured by the category market share); (2) sharing real estate in malls by building clusters of SMI stores and brands (measured by sales per square... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
worldwide are from HBS. One exciting challenge for us is the increasing pace and scope of innovation. The coming years will require both careful strategic investment View Details
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The Green Industrial Strategy Project | Institute for Business in Global Society
collaboration between the Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS) at Harvard Business School and the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative (BESI) at UC Berkeley, with... View Details
- Portrait Project
Annie Fulton
toolbox—filled with real tools—for Christmas. My project-rich childhood laid the foundation for a lifelong passion for envisioning and creating something out of nothing. With time View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
players, for whom an average career, their union asserts, lasts less than four years (the league disputes that). The players claimed the league deceived them about its knowledge of the severity and View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
could build on the cross-university success of the nearby i-lab in Batten Hall, expanding further the opportunity for collaboration, interdisciplinary research, and entrepreneurial innovation.” Crispi... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy
high-tech-driven economy and his role as president of the Harvard Business School Club of Taiwan. "If you have a good idea, there is venture... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
accusations of price gouging and calls for generic alternatives. The few big companies still investing in vaccines saw their fortunes take an upward turn in the mid-2010s, as countries with growing... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Inside the Revolution
right choices for themselves and for society.” That can be a tall order. The magnitude and scope of the life sciences revolution (and its... View Details