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  • 10 Dec 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook

unprofessional, it featured red font and a pixelated cartoon devil. Other participants received a deliberately professional-looking survey titled "Carnegie Mellon University Executive Council Survey on Ethical Behaviors," which sported... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

stake. How should Rogers respond to these challenges? Allows for an in-depth examination of critical social marketing issues in the context of one of the world's biggest sports events. Provides rich data on the possible benefits and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Neuroeconomics: Eyes, Brain, Business

how we distinguish the cognizant from the mindless. "What I'm interested in is how and why the brain evolved to pay attention to other people," says Looser, a fellow at Harvard Business School who sports a PhD in cognitive neuroscience.... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Jun 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Industrial Giant

this same path again? GM does not believe that these new changes will repeat the 1980s debacle. Rather, their executives see the Internet as the way of the future. The 1999 annual report states that the company believes "... that the... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Davis Dyer & Frederick Dalzell; Manufacturing
  • 28 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 28

masculine leadership position compared to Whites. Study 6 analyzed the NCAA Student-Athlete Ethnicity Report and found Blacks were more heavily represented in masculine versus feminine sports relative to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

significant impact in the structure and interpretation of financial information of banks. This document explains the major changes on bank accounting, their purpose and structure, and discusses their impact on financial information View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21

(forthcoming) How do rankings affect demand? This paper investigates the impact of college rankings, and the visibility of those rankings, on students' application decisions. Using natural experiments from U.S. News and World Report... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 27, 2009

Carbonell-Nicolau and Diego Comin Publication:Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports (forthcoming) Abstract This paper designs and implements an empirical test to discern whether the parties to a contract are able to commit not to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

India's recently concluded key annual festive season sale, but it was too early to declare victory. Amazon continues to invest heavily in India. Competition from newer players is increasing. Media reports hint that Reliance Industries, a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009

the "opportunistic behavior" hypothesis, private equity firms have higher quality accruals and a lower propensity to manage income than public equity firms. We further find that public equity firms report more conservatively, in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 29

than people with less money, our research demonstrates that how people spend their money also matters for their happiness. In particular, both correlational and experimental studies show that people who spend money on others report... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Sep 2004
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Build Winning Streaks

company. Sports certainly produces a very high number of prima donnas and big egos, yet I was struck by how many of the winning teams were led by unpretentious people who boosted others. Larry Coker, who had one of the best records ever... View Details
Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
  • 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

Has Entered the Mainstream By: Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel Abstract—Leaders in all sectors, from business to sports to education, are increasingly wading into controversial political and social issues. Based on interviews... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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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Wells, John R., Gabriel Ellsworth, and Benjamin Weinstock. "The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-445, November 2004. (Revised September 2019.)
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