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- 22 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)
take what I learned from one situation and apply it to another while bringing people together.” While at HBS, Nneka naturalized as a US citizen and considered staying in the United States, which had also begun to feel like home. She explored consulting and View Details
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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
governance in strengthening private monitoring.” Michael W. Toffel : Winner of the Outstanding Conference Paper Award from the 2014 Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) Annual Conference... View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
make to a firm's return on equity (ROE). Using a sample of 51,866 firms from 69 countries, we find that financing activities contribute more to a firm's ROE in countries with higher domestic credit. The higher contribution of financing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
was undergoing the non-tradable share reform. Its current controlling shareholder, private equity firm Newbridge Capital LLC, needs to negotiate with its diverse minority... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
WE RISE
When Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) launched the beauty startup Birchbox in 2010, she expected fundraising would be a challenge. Every entrepreneur knows the long odds: By some estimates, less than 1 percent of new companies receive that coveted venture View Details
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Harvard Business School
director of Equity Group Investments. Walter Morris Jr. MBA 1975 A senior managing director at Brock, Walter Morris has broad executive management, lending, and advisory experience spanning more than three decades. Morris's career... View Details
- July 2005 (Revised September 2016)
- Case
24 Hour Fitness (A): The Rise, 1983–2004
By: John R. Wells, Elizabeth A. Raabe and Gabriel Ellsworth
In October 2004, Mark S. Mastrov, CEO of 24 Hour Fitness, reflected on how far his company had come in just over 20 years. From humble beginnings in 1983 in San Leandro, California, 24 Hour Fitness had grown to become the largest privately-owned health-club chain in... View Details
Keywords: 24 Hour Fitness; Mark Mastrov; Health Clubs; Fitness; Gyms; Chain; Weight Loss; Exercise; Personal Training; Retention; Sales Force Compensation; Incentive Systems; Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Private Equity; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Nutrition; Business History; Employees; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing; Operations; Service Operations; Private Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Salesforce Management; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet; Technology Platform; Web; Web Sites; Capital Structure; Performance; Organizational Structure; Organizational Culture; Health Industry; United States; California; San Francisco
Wells, John R., Elizabeth A. Raabe, and Gabriel Ellsworth. "24 Hour Fitness (A): The Rise, 1983–2004." Harvard Business School Case 706-404, July 2005. (Revised September 2016.)
- 18 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?
founder’s verbiage, speak for itself. About the Author Nori Gerardo Lietz is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance and Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School. She presently teaches Real Estate View Details
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
of technology, order, and modernity, not ancient disciplines involving hand-to-hand combat. At the time, Sityodtong was setting up the Asian office of Izara Capital Management, the $500 million hedge fund he founded in New York; Evolve... View Details
- 22 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 22
public research organizations, such as universities and hospitals, and private firms are an established policy tool around the world for the delivery of social or public services, and their use as a tool to foster the translation of basic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Harvard’s JD/MBA: Viroopa Volla (JD/MBA 2021) Answers Your Questions
limited to working at law firms, management consulting firms, investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, venture capital firms, Fortune 500 companies, government... View Details
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Involvement in Faculty & Student Ventures | About
student. These entities include all for-profit and nonprofit businesses and social enterprises, as well as venture capital funds, private equity funds, hedge funds, search... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
look at water as a critical asset that they want to invest in for the long term,” says Littlefield. Her hope is that cities might take a page from industry and see how private capital can work with... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
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Tyler Todd
personal stories in a way that forces you to challenge your preconceived beliefs. HBS cultivates an environment of openness that truly allows for self-exploration and personal growth. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your goals & career path? I never saw... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
reliably meet the demand generated by these evolving clean energy technologies. These are but a few of the many opportunities corporate leadership will need to bring into its deliberations on strategy and resource allocation. Also, in these 20 months we have seen donor... View Details
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
Incubators: The New Venture Capitalists?
staffing, services, physical space, strategic guidance and more — are popping up in the private sector almost as fast as the dot.com companies they hope to hatch. They're pulling in veteran entrepreneurs and established Internet players... View Details
Keywords: by Kenneth Liss
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Judges - Alumni
expertise with a start-up owner mindset and a bias toward action and outcomes. A trusted partner and “first call” to entrepreneurs, Tina currently serves on the boards of Arrae, August, and Dae. Tina is uniquely fluent across the languages of public and View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental
Ngoyi at the Fund for Export Development in Africa: creating sustainable development at scale. (Courtesy of Marlene Ngoyi) Born in Brussels to Congolese parents and raised in Gabon, Marlene Ngoyi (MBA 2009) has lived and worked in countries including Guatemala, the... View Details
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
the short-term have a more short-term oriented investor base. Moreover, we find that short-term oriented firms have higher stock price volatility, and that this effect is mitigated for firms with more long-term investors. We also find that short-term oriented firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Joseph Blair
Boston-based venture capital firm. How has HBS prepared you for your summer internship? I joined HBS Career Teams, a peer-to-peer workshop that helps students reflect upon what they want out of their future careers. I had an outstanding... View Details