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- 01 Feb 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Learning with People Like Me: The Role of Age-Similar Peers on Online Business Course Engagement
- 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.)
- Blog
How the Pandemic Changed Case Development in Latin America
At HBS, research and case development are tightly intertwined. Cases provide the opportunity for faculty to develop ideas, gain insight into nascent research questions, and illustrate theory in practice. In... View Details
- January 2024
- Case
Mariam Braimah: Designing a Career in Tech
By: Lakshmi Ramarajan, Hannah Riley Bowles and Michael Norris
In 2022, Mariam Braimah, a digital designer working at Netflix, is considering the next move in her career. She has spent several years at Netflix, and in her spare time, using her savings, has founded a design-focused fellowship program and a consumer insights company... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Interpersonal Communication; Entrepreneurship; Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Technology Industry; Nigeria; United States; New York (city, NY); San Francisco
Ramarajan, Lakshmi, Hannah Riley Bowles, and Michael Norris. "Mariam Braimah: Designing a Career in Tech." Harvard Business School Case 424-030, January 2024.
- 24 Mar 2021
- News
Clubs Reaffirm Equity in Community Partners Work; Alumni Angels Invest in Member Education
hold an angel investor orientation every quarter as well.” Klein says the focus on investor education has several benefits. “Startups and entrepreneurs find great value in working with us,” he says. “It’s incredibly hands-on. You’re... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss
New research suggests that if you break out in tears in front of supervisors or colleagues, you have a chance to recover. The key: reframe your distress as passion. Most people tend to apologize View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 23 Mar 2023
- News
Winners Crowned in 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition
ventures. The alumni event will be followed on March 30 by the student-centered New Venture Competition, taking place in-person in Klarman Hall. The remainder of the global finalists included: Haf Haf Inc. A fun, reliable, effective,... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
7 Resolutions for Recruiting in the New Year
talent. Looking ahead to the new year, as recruiters and hiring managers, you have the opportunity to build on the successes of 2022 and take your businesses to the next level. You may be actively recruiting or taking a step back to... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 24 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti
in rural Haiti. Using a costing system developed at Harvard Business School, researchers found that the cost of care varied dramatically from clinic to clinic. The research and the concerns it raises are... View Details
- 2007
- Book
From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession
By: Rakesh Khurana
Is management a profession? Should it be? Can it be? This major work of social and intellectual history reveals how such questions have driven business education and shaped American management and society for more than a century. The book is also a call for reform.... View Details
Keywords: Social History; Business Education; Moral Sensibility; Profit; Leadership; Managerial Roles; United States
Khurana, Rakesh. From Higher Aims to Hired Hands: The Social Transformation of American Business Schools and the Unfulfilled Promise of Management as a Profession. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. (Winner of Association of American Publishers Best Professional/Scholarly Publishing Book in Business, Finance and Management. Winner of Max Weber Award for Distinguished Scholarship for the book which makes an outstanding contribution to scholarship on organizations, occupations, and/or work presented by American Sociological Association.)
- 13 Mar 2019
- News
The supervision of listed companies: better out in the open?
- July 2008
- Article
Crime and Punishment in the 'American Dream'
By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
We observe that countries where belief in the "American dream" (i.e., effort pays) prevails also set harsher punishment for criminals. We know that beliefs are also correlated with several features of the economic system (taxation, social insurance, etc). Our objective... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Economic Systems; Values and Beliefs; Law Enforcement; Mathematical Methods; Personal Characteristics; United States
Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra. "Crime and Punishment in the 'American Dream'." Journal of Public Economics 92, no. 7 (July 2008).
- 23 Apr 2014
- News
A corporate leader’s legacy in India
When Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975) joined his family’s business in 1962, it was on the Tata Steel shop floor in Jamshedpur, India. From the ground up, Tata learned how to be an... View Details
- 06 Sep 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Mixing Students and Scientists in the Classroom
As an example, we had a discussion of medical ethics where I asked one of the physicians to role-play a doctor trying to convince a patient to enroll in a study. Not one of the fifteen physicians View Details
- 2015
- Article
Regulator Leniency and Mispricing in Beneficent Nonprofits
By: Jonas Heese, Ranjani Krishnan and Frank Moers
We posit that nonprofits that provide a greater supply of unprofitable services (beneficent nonprofits) face lenient regulatory enforcement for mispricing in price-regulated markets. Consequently, beneficent nonprofits exploit such regulatory leniency and exhibit... View Details
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
of balance when it is placed in the context of their personal values, interests, and stage of life." There were a few dissenters to these views. Tom Patterson characterized these View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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