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27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

communication on financial choices of married individuals in the Philippines. Making choices public moves men from putting money into their own account to consumption; communication with their spouse drives men to put income in their... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

November 2004 (Revised September 2019)
Background Note

The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004

By: John R. Wells, Gabriel Ellsworth and Benjamin Weinstock

In 2004, the $16.8 billion U.S. health club industry continued its strong record of growth. There were almost 27,000 health clubs in the United States, up from 6,700 two decades earlier, and these clubs claimed 41 million members, over 14% of the U.S. population.... View Details

Keywords: Health Clubs; Fitness; Gyms; Chain; Weight Loss; Obesity; Exercise; Personal Training; Bally Total Fitness; 24 Hour Fitness; YMCA; Gold's Gym; Curves; Franchise; Franchising; Subscription; Promotional Sales; Promotions; Fixed Costs; Body; Accrual Accounting; Revenue Recognition; Buildings and Facilities; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Trends; Customers; Demographics; Age; Income; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Employees; Retention; Human Capital; Working Conditions; Contracts; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Operations; Service Operations; Franchise Ownership; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation or Environment; Opportunities; Nonprofit Organizations; Welfare; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Customization and Personalization; Expansion; Segmentation; Hardware; Health Industry; United States

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31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

that was poorly conceived, inadequately reviewed, discriminatory, counterproductive, and fundamentally anti-American” After reading the petition and the news reports on the executive order, the decision was fast and easy. President... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

27 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

of dimensions, from leadership style to negotiation skills to work values, but neglects the organizational features that underlie such differences. This body of research runs the risk of reifying differences, of making them seem natural. If study after study View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

customers. Company Strategy: Business Model Reconfiguration for Innovation and Internationalization Authors:Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart Publication:In Competitiveness in Catalonia: Looking Ahead—A Report of the Center... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17

establishments in sparse regions, but both groups improve similarly in dense regions, suggesting that density mitigates the power of large establishments to resist institutional pressures. Finally, privately held firms' establishments outperform those owned by View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

Working PapersColonial Land Tenure, Electoral Competition and Public Goods in India Authors:Abhijit Banerjee and Lakshmi Iyer No abstract is available at this time. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-062.pdf... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

November 2017
Teaching Note

Reinventing Best Buy

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455. On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details