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- 21 May 2018
- HBS Case
How Would You Price One of the World's Great Watches?
to West Germany. Some 40 years later, following the country’s reunification, the then 66-year-old Lange returned to Glashütte and began again from scratch. “Lange started this at an age when most people in the world retire,” Thomke says.... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
the popularity of JALC's events, however, the U.S. audience for jazz is small and aging relative to other music genres. This case asks students to apply marketing principles to the challenge that JALC faces in seeking to expand the reach... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
activity and new venture financing is an age old question. Public promotion efforts are controversial, and in most cases they tend to fail. In the United States, debate about the role of government in these areas can be traced back to at... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 1982
- Article
Correlates of Deficient Consumer Environments: The Case of the Elderly
By: Rohit Deshpandé and S. Krishnan
Although much research attention has been given to the format of consumer information environments, there has been little study of the effects of consumer environments lacking in information. This paper describes an empirical study of elderly consumers functioning in... View Details
Deshpandé, Rohit, and S. Krishnan. "Correlates of Deficient Consumer Environments: The Case of the Elderly." Advances in Consumer Research 9 (1982): 515–519.
- 14 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Does December's Drug-Approval Dash Mean for COVID-19 Vaccines?
greater than that downside, justifying our potential need for emergency approvals.” Maybe even those emergency approvals could then be gradated by risk scale. So, for these types of people [of a certain age or with particular medical... View Details
- 05 Jul 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?
Summing Up Do We Need to Give More Attention to the Dark Side of Innovation? Innovation may be able to help us deal with problems such as famine, pollution, and even global warming. But unless it can prove to be just as effective in combating destructive human traits... View Details
- 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.
- 01 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718039 Harvard Business School Case 517-064 Note on the Impact of Millennials on the Food System In 2016, the millennial generation (those age 19 to 35 in 2016), the largest generation by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Global Poverty
resident Ronald ("Bobby") Escare is one of them. As described in a recent article in Harper's magazine, Bobby can make $3 on a good day foraging for copper wire and aluminum cans. During the eight years that Bobby has lived in Payatas, three of his... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 12 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 12
Grants David F. HawkinsHarvard Business School Case 111-087 Analyst questions the value of accounting measurement of earnings per share and stock option costs for equity valuation purposes. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111087-PDF-ENG Mittel... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- June 2005
- Article
This Old Stereotype: The Stubbornness and Pervasiveness of the Elderly Stereotype
By: A.J.C. Cuddy, M. I. Norton and S. T. Fiske
Americans stereotype elderly people as warm and incompetent, following from perceptions of them as noncompetitive and low status, respectively. This article extends existing research regarding stereotyping of older people in two ways. First, we discuss whether the... View Details
Cuddy, A.J.C., M. I. Norton, and S. T. Fiske. "This Old Stereotype: The Stubbornness and Pervasiveness of the Elderly Stereotype." Journal of Social Issues 61, no. 2 (June 2005): 267–285.
- 03 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The State of Customer Service Leadership
example, that company would not be selling a “lifestyle” so successfully on a global basis today to its customer base of students, younger singles, and married couples moving into their first apartment or house together. Aisner: We live in an View Details
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
Choices Lynda Clarizio, senior vice president, M&A/Corporate Development at America Online, has children ages eight and eleven and works full time. "I've been able to make this work," she said. "It's been quite... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- 12 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53200 September–October 2017 Harvard Business Review Managing Our Hub Economy: Strategy, Ethics, and Network Competition in the Age of Digital Superpowers By: Iansiti, Marco, and Karim R.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
coauthor, Steve Rosefielde, and I became interested in the impact of the media age on American leadership, especially as it relates to foreign policy. With respect to the American presidency, it involves economics, geopolitics, history... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
took out ads in major newspapers during the hearings. The results of the court case are still undetermined, but in November 2000, Napster took a step toward legitimacy by arranging a deal with media giant Bertelsmann AG to develop a legal... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
2019 HarperBusiness The Business of Platforms: Strategy in the Age of Digital Competition, Innovation, and Power By: Cusumano, Michael A., Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie Abstract—The Business of Platforms explores the strategic,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
Strategy for Small Fish
Welcome to the age of business interdependence, say HBS professor Marco Iansiti and collaborator Roy Levien, authors of the new HBSP book The Keystone Advantage: What the New Dynamics of Business Ecosystems Mean for Strategy, Innovation,... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 12 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization
globalization over the long run. Did globalization homogenize beauty ideals and practices? As the world globalized in the nineteenth century, there was an unmistakable homogenization of beauty ideals and practices around the world. In the View Details