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  • 06 Aug 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

assets, people assets, or relationship assets—that they find difficult to change and that creates a structural inertia. Ultimately, it's the people in a company who are intrinsic to both developing and executing good strategy, so I called... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 31 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 31

developed economies historically, and even today. In analyzing this historical evidence, the chapter first shows how organizational forms of business groups were employed over long time periods to control large and diversified... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

The de Gaspé Beaubien Reading Room | About

research papers, rare books, ephemera, and visual materials—provide the documentary evidence that allows scholars to investigate firsthand the important business theories, organizations, movements, and individuals that have shaped our nation’s history and globally... View Details
  • 29 Oct 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

Americans don't know how lucky they are." Q: You explore in detail his early years growing up a Hungarian Jew who was threatened not only by the Nazis but also by the Soviet invasion of his country. What do you think this upbringing contributed to his View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer
  • 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
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  • 20 Nov 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

School Case 919-403 Philanthropy and Brand Building: Jeff Vinik and the Tampa Bay Lightning Owner Jeff Vinik and top management of the NHL Tampa Bay Lightning are reviewing their strategy and progress in achieving their goals of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Online Business in Society Courses | HBS Online

develop your own to gain influence and make an impact within your organization and society. 6 weeks, 6-7 hrs/week Pay by August 14 $1,850 Certificate Global Business Professor Forest Reinhardt Understand how decisions affect markets and... View Details
  • 29 Nov 2023
  • News

A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway

there.” When they met up at a Global Networking Night in 2019, the two agreed they could combine Ayengar’s experience with launching the Singapore club with Weintraub’s business development skills to reboot the Seattle club. After an... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

  Working PapersCorporate Social Entrepreneurship Authors:James Austin and Ezequiel Reficco Abstract Corporate Social Entrepreneurship (CSE) is a process aimed at enabling business to develop more advanced and powerful forms of Corporate... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Apr 2023
  • Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

e-methanol) by buying 19 massive ships that will be powered on green methanol over the next three years. This sends a signal to suppliers to develop more of the fuel by guaranteeing that they will purchase it. One of our speakers... View Details
  • 20 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Getting the Marketing Mix Right

to the effectiveness of their marketing instruments” Thomas J. Steenburgh, an associate professor in the Marketing Unit at Harvard Business School, has developed a new analytical tool that more accurately measures the effectiveness of... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 8, 2016

and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model responds to the twenty-first century requirements for excellence and relevance in undergraduate education, contributors examine if... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2024
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books

systematic underpayments and overcharges. This wealth was wrongfully accumulated using many forms of the abuse of dominance. Accounting for Colonialism provides estimates that will be helpful to understanding the growing debate on reparations; it also contributes to... View Details
  • Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

process to foster meaningful progress for individuals, using new research conducted over the past 15 years. He will provide strategies for employers, managers, and mentors to retain and develop talent effectively, aligning individual... View Details
  • 17 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 17

Samuel G., and Adi Sunderam Abstract—We develop a novel methodology to infer the amount of capital allocated to quantitative equity arbitrage strategies. Using this methodology, which exploits time-variation in the cross section of short... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

bigger than just creating the market. They need to epitomize the market. “If they become the cognitive referent, they gain an unequal share of the gains from doing so” “The goal is not only to make sure that the product category takes... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail
  • 06 Sep 2019
  • Blog Post

The Business of Medicine: MD/MBA Students Having an Impact

change both small and large: improving how operating rooms function, and “instituting changes from an administrative perspective” that would address socioeconomic inequalities. All with the goal of changing how health care is delivered. A... View Details
  • Blog

What Black Executives Really Want

information that might later be used against him. Safety in the workplace comes when your colleagues feel engaged with you, listening, communicating, understanding, and acknowledging you. Another aspect of safety came from seeing others like yourself in senior... View Details
  • 29 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 29

survival. Publisher's Link: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/336/6083/907   Working PapersDefense Acquisition Reform, 1960-2009: An Elusive Goal Authors:J. Ronald Fox, David Allen, Thomas Lassman, Walton Moody, and Philip Shiman Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

managers contemplating the use of performance goals or targets within nonprofit organizations, our results suggest careful consideration about the extent to which they may render other incentives less effective. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne