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Alumnae Circles - Alumni

STRUCTURE Groups meet monthly, at a location of their choosing, to talk about their lives in an atmosphere of intimacy and trust. Meeting structure and topics of discussion vary greatly from group to group, but they can include issues such as: Work/Life Balance... View Details
  • 09 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

industries—forget about across industries—in agreeing on what is appropriate. I don't think it's because they don't want to; it's because they have different values, which in the end come down to details: What is child labor? What types of factory jobs, if any, are... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 25 Jun 2018
  • Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

helps drive innovation and growth—and could even become more vital to global competitiveness in the future. “The debate is red-hot right now, but in the background, the workforces are rapidly aging in most advanced countries, and public... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service
  • 19 Sep 2023
  • Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

the age of fossil fuels. Heavy industry accounts for more than 30% of global emissions that cannot be mitigated by today’s technology. A complete energy transition will require sustainable hydrogen to power heavy industry and beyond.... View Details
  • March 2014
  • Case

Babcock International Plc

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2013, Babcock International Plc (Babcock) was the largest engineering services provider in the UK with sales of over £3 billion. Under the leadership of CEO Peter Rogers, Babcock had grown revenues and profits nearly tenfold over the previous decade as it benefited... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Change; Strategy And Leadership; Diversification; United Kingdom; Military; Nuclear Power; Nuclear; Engineering And Construction; Conglomerates; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Construction Industry; Energy Industry; United Kingdom
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Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "Babcock International Plc." Harvard Business School Case 714-496, March 2014.
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Events - Creating Emerging Markets

to generate new repositories of primary data in the current age of digital media and audio-visual technologies. A Panel was devoted to showing how the CEM database was generating new insights into entrepreneurship, economic growth, and... View Details
  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

Understanding the Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard

design and software engineering capabilities to enable faculty research, and administrative services to launch and run labs efficiently and to coordinate relationships with external partners. REINVENTING THE FUTURE OF BUSINESS Harnessing the Tools of the Digital View Details
  • 22 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

pricing. The September 14, 1998 issue of Advertising Age reports that the percentage of marketers who compensate agencies on billings (media purchases) dropped from 71 percent in 1983 to 35 percent in 1997. Furthermore, the average profit... View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing
  • October 2016
  • Case

The Quiet Ascension of LA Fitness

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2016, LA Fitness was the largest chain of non-franchised fitness clubs in North America, operating 676 clubs, serving 4.9 million members, and generating revenues of over $1.9 billion. Founded by Chinyol Yi, Louis Welch, and Paul Norris in 1984, the privately held... View Details
Keywords: LA Fitness; Health Clubs; Fitness; Gyms; Chain; Exercise; Personal Training; Retention; Bally Total Fitness; 24 Hour Fitness; Planet Fitness; Buildings and Facilities; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Demographics; Age; Gender; Income; Residency; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Capital Structure; Cash; Cash Flow; Cost; Private Equity; Financial Condition; Financial Liquidity; Financing and Loans; Investment Return; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Business History; Employees; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Human Capital; Contracts; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Operations; Service Operations; Leasing; Private Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation or Environment; Opportunities; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Mobile Technology; Technology Platform; Health Industry; United States; California; Los Angeles
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Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "The Quiet Ascension of LA Fitness." Harvard Business School Case 717-424, October 2016.
  • 05 Mar 2009
  • What Do You Think?

How Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be?

responses to these questions? Do leaders face special challenges in an age of, in her words, "Twitter Congressmen and Senators, Facebook, DIGG and other social media in undoing all the mistrust that has surfaced as a result of all of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett

    PRESENCE

    New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller, Washington Post bestseller, Chicago Tribune bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Amazon "Best Books of December" pick and... View Details

    • 16 May 2024
    • News

    On the Job

    of the world. Desiree Rogers: I feel that it’s so important to have multiple voices across races, socioeconomic, and also age at the table. Gerald Schwartz: Don’t do anything in your life that you don’t like doing or be with people you... View Details
    Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade
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    David Velasquez

    expert juggler. There are so many opportunities to engage. It’s really a “choose your own adventure” place, which allows me to prioritize what matters most. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? At age 6, I wanted to be... View Details
    • 01 Jun 1999
    • News

    Allison Hughes

    By age three, Allison Hughes loved playing blackjack with her father and routinely cleaned him out of M&Ms and pocket change. One afternoon, after having won an especially large pot, she vowed to become either a banker or a card dealer.... View Details
    Keywords: Charlie Hogg
    • 01 Dec 2006
    • What Do You Think?

    How Important Is Quality of Labor? And How Is It Achieved?

    Philippines, or Brazil, companies should consider knowledge capacities and not price whenever they decide to use such ('cheap') labor . The only companies that still look at labor through the same eyes as during the industrial age are... View Details
    Keywords: by by Jim Heskett
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    Media Coverage - Managing the Future of Work

    Media Coverage Media Coverage 12 Jun 2025 HBS Working Knowledge ‘Misfits’ in Power: When a Company Needs a Leader CEO, But Gets a Manager Re: Raffaella Sadun 06 Jun 2025 CBS News Experts Offer Advice to New College Grads on Entering the Workforce in the View Details
    • August 2021 (Revised November 2021)
    • Case

    The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant

    By: Sandra J. Sucher, Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta and Fares Khrais
    The case opens in 2019, five years after, Sarah Al Suhaimi, CEO of NCB Capital (NCBC), the investment arm of Saudi’s largest bank, NCB, took the helm. Having successfully turned the business to make it the market leader, she was contemplating her next steps as... View Details
    Keywords: Turnaround; Investment Banking; Financial Institutions; Change Management; Leadership; Business Model; Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Management Teams; Asset Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Saudi Arabia
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    Sucher, Sandra J., Gamze Yucaoglu, Shalene Gupta, and Fares Khrais. "The NCB Capital Turnaround: Waking the Sleeping Giant." Harvard Business School Case 322-043, August 2021. (Revised November 2021.)
    • 11 Oct 2023
    • News

    Soldier On

    quite figured out how to put all the pieces together. Our population's been sort of stagnant and flat for a couple of years. It's an aging population. And so when you go back to HBS and you think “you have one wild life, how are you going... View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Jeff Barkas

    good days were spent signing legal and financial documents. Their passing has given me a new sense of purpose — to ensure that other families avoid a similar experience. I’m starting a company that helps families prepare for aging so that... View Details
    • 04 Mar 2019
    • What Do You Think?

    What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism?

    control of human behavior by totalitarian government, replacing human hopes, emotions, and even relationships with an “inside out” dominance over human thought and behavior by an all-seeing entity called Big Brother. In the recent book The View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Advertising; Consumer Products
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