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- October 2019
- Case
GRIT Fitness
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Olivia Hull
In December 2018, GRIT Fitness was a growing chain of boutique fitness studios offering a variety of workout classes, including weightlifting, high intensity interval training, and cardio dance. With 400 members and three Dallas studios, CEO Brittani Rettig believed... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Forecasting and Prediction; Business Plan; Trends; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Training; Health; Selection and Staffing; Leadership Style; Leadership Development; Management Style; Management Teams; Brands and Branding; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Motivation and Incentives; Sports; Competition; Diversification; Expansion; Value Creation; Health Industry; Sports Industry; Texas
Applegate, Lynda M., and Olivia Hull. "GRIT Fitness." Harvard Business School Case 820-016, October 2019.
- April 2025
- Case
Thrivent: From Insurance Agents to Financial Advisors
By: Hubert Joly, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Tom Quinn
Thrivent, a midwestern financial services company with a centuries-long history rooted in Lutheranism, had reached $10 billion in revenue mostly by selling life insurance. In the 2020s, however, CEO Terry Rasmussen began a transformation process centered around the... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Transformation; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Forecasting and Prediction; Employee Relationship Management; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Job Design and Levels; Human Capital; Leading Change; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Insurance Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States; Minneapolis
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
iPhoto This weekend the NFL is concluding its annual draft. Up to 255 college football players will be distributed over three days across the 32 NFL teams. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell made the View Details
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
The case explores Thakkar's decision on which African markets to expand operations. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/mara-group/an/114060-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
cultural fit with JLL. Staubach paid its brokers with a commission model, which accelerated JLL's decision to let go of its long-standing salary and bonus approach. The merger also surfaced two interesting business opportunities. First,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
characteristics enhances investment performance, collaborating for affinity-based characteristics dramatically reduces the probability of investment success. A variety of tests show that the cost of affinity is not driven by selection into inferior deals; the effect is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
individual pieces. My critical decisions at the earliest stage were thus to focus on themes such as Wall Street, leadership, consumption, the workplace, communications, and transportation that added up to a credible (and relevant) set of... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
September 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) launched an investigation into ExxonMobil’s accounting treatment of its oil and gas reserves. The SEC questioned the company’s decision to record no impairments of its... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 11 Aug 2016
- Cold Call Podcast
Why College Rankings Keep Deans Awake at Night
challenge anywhere. It's not talent. A place like China has extraordinary talent in every dimension. It's governance. Who makes the decision of what you invest in for research? Who hires the faculty? How do you bring in the best students?... View Details
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
provider must decide whether to IPO or accept an offer to be acquired by Euromoney, a global publishing and information content provider that is eager to launch an Internet information service. The case contains a term sheet that can be reviewed to support analysis and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
Cialis's hard-won brand equity with physicians and patients? With the final stages of clinical trials for the new indication, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), soon to be carried out, the team had to make a decision soon. On its face,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
technologies to drive experiments and make decisions more centrally. The note highlights important tradeoffs in achieving control and maintaining flexibility across multiple units. It describes how some companies mitigate some of these... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- July 2024
- Case
Wizards of the Coast and Magic: The Rebounding
By: Boris Groysberg and Tom Quinn
This case traces the history and growth of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. From its development in 1993 by tiny studio Wizards of the Coast, to Wizards’ acquisition by toy giant Hasbro in 1999, to its evolution into a billion-dollar brand in 2023,... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Change Management; Transformation; Cost vs Benefits; Business Cycles; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Global Strategy; Growth and Development; Selection and Staffing; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Intellectual Property; Job Design and Levels; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Growth Management; Management Succession; Risk Management; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Mergers and Acquisitions; Product Development; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; United States; Washington (state, US); Seattle; Japan
Groysberg, Boris, and Tom Quinn. "Wizards of the Coast and Magic: The Rebounding." Harvard Business School Case 424-047, July 2024.
- February 2022 (Revised September 2022)
- Case
Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff
By: Navid Mojir, Vincent Dessain, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej and Emer Moloney
Lilium is a German company focused on developing electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) that can be used to offer air taxi services. The company went public in September 2021 through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal, raising more than... View Details
Keywords: SPACs; Business Model; Forecasting and Prediction; Green Technology; Capital Markets; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Rural Scope; Urban Scope; City; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Technological Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Market Timing; Industry Growth; Infrastructure; Logistics; Product Design; Product Development; Production; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Strategic Planning; Partners and Partnerships; Risk and Uncertainty; Urban Development; Sustainable Cities; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Air Transportation; Aerospace Industry; Air Transportation Industry; Green Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Germany; Munich; Brazil; United States; Florida
Mojir, Navid, Vincent Dessain, Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej, and Emer Moloney. "Lilium: Preparing for Takeoff." Harvard Business School Case 522-084, February 2022. (Revised September 2022.)
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
under construction in Boston, Massachusetts, but before going any further, the two leaders plan to discuss what they have learned so far from their U.S. experience and how that should inform their strategic growth decisions moving... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
Advancement and Human-Capital Development By: Chattopadhyay, Shinjinee, and Prithwiraj Choudhury Abstract—We develop and test predictions on how early-career challenges arising from the workplace context affect short- and long-term career advancement of individuals.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
variation in European immigration to U.S. cities between 1910 and 1930 induced by World War I and the Immigration Acts of the 1920s, and instrument immigrants’ location decision relying on pre-existing settlement patterns. I find that... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
mainstream (i.e., not SRI funds) investment organizations, we provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. The primary reason survey respondents consider ESG information in investment View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
Conconi Abstract—In recent decades, advances in information and communication technology and falling trade barriers have led firms to retain within their boundaries and in their domestic economies only a subset of their production stages. A key View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- January 2022 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Hello Heart: The Next Generation of Chronic Disease Management Apps
By: Ariel D. Stern and Danielle Golan
Hello Heart, a hypertension management app debated whether to go deep and cover other heart conditions, or to expand its solution to other chronic conditions. View Details
Keywords: Health; Health Care and Treatment; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Analysis; Business Startups; Transition; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Demographics; Design; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Launch; Product Design; Product Development; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Customization and Personalization; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Strategy; Applications and Software; Health Industry; Technology Industry; Israel; United States
Stern, Ariel D., and Danielle Golan. "Hello Heart: The Next Generation of Chronic Disease Management Apps." Harvard Business School Case 622-061, January 2022. (Revised August 2022.)