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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
Airlines. Evolving Ourselves: How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation Are Changing Life on Earth by Juan Enriquez (MBA 1986) and Steve Gullans (Current) The authors survey how humans are changing the course of their evolution,... View Details
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V Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits Venture Capital and Private Equity Entrepreneurial Management Jo Tango , Archie L. Jones Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 ^ back to top W Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits War & Peace: The Lessons of... View Details
- 29 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 29, 2008
Business School Case 508-028 Lincoln Financial Group (LFG) reorganizes its business in order to improve customer intimacy. However, to implement the strategy, they need to effect significant changes in the skills of their salespeople. This case series straddles View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
entrepreneur into a successful business leader. In this book, Jan Simon, Managing Partner of Vonzeo Capital and Academic Director of the International Search Fund Center at IESE Business School, presents a best-practices-based roadmap for... View Details
- 17 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 17, 2006
production strategy (it plans to start in India and then expand to the United States) and its long-term viability. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307035 Teena Lerner: Dividing the Pie at Rx View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 1, 2008
team-specific human capital by investing more in the internal networks and unique capabilities and resources of their own companies. Second, women took greater care when assessing a prospective new employer.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Jan 2015
- Op-Ed
The Fall of Greece
cohesiveness, freedom of speech, and non-violence. Greece badly needs the creative destruction brought by the forces of competition—not a destruction brought by outdated and failed political views. However, with both financial and human... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 29 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
Why CEOs Are Not Plug-and-Play
investment against cash flow to survive in a highly cyclical business. Such skills are usually transferable to new environments—and are the most portable type of human capital other than general management... View Details
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
director at Summit Partners, says her connection to the contemporary art world began casually. The mother of four had taken a break from real estate development (Rouse & Associates, then AEW Capital Management) after the birth of her... View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
across countries. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52239 2018 The Nature of Human Creativity Creativity and the Labor of Love By: Amabile, Teresa M. Abstract—This book provides an overview of the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 May 2025
- News
Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte
HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 22 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 22
Experimental Psychology: General The (Perceived) Meaning of Spontaneous Thoughts By: Morewedge, Carey K., Colleen E. Giblin, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Much human thought arises unbidden, spontaneously intruding upon consciousness.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31
People Express Airlines Thomas R. Eisenmann and Lauren BarleyHarvard Business School Case 812-134 Recounts the history of People Express Airlines, which grew rapidly after its inception in 1980 then failed spectacularly in 1986. Profiles People's aggressive strategy... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?
Rings'—capital T, capital R—are arguably one of the most recognized brand symbols in the world. By definition, companies want to cobrand with the Olympics, at least when they aren't laden with problems. Big names such as Coca-Cola (an... View Details
- October 2016 (Revised January 2017)
- Supplement
Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
By many measures the largest health-club chain in the United States in the early 2000s, Bally Total Fitness sold most of its remaining fitness clubs to 24 Hour Fitness in 2014 and disappeared from the industry top 100 rankings. After Bally was bedeviled by accounting... View Details
Keywords: Bally Total Fitness; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Accrual Accounting; Business Earnings; Revenue Recognition; Financial Statements; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; For-Profit Firms; Crime and Corruption; Borrowing and Debt; Capital; Capital Structure; Cash; Cash Flow; Public Equity; Financial Condition; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financing and Loans; Investment Activism; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Business History; Executive Compensation; Resignation and Termination; Annual Reports; Contracts; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Marketing; Market Entry and Exit; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Health Industry; Accounting Industry; United States; Illinois; Chicago
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Bally Total Fitness (B): The Fall, 2005–2016." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-422, October 2016. (Revised January 2017.)
- 15 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 15
PublicationsDo Strong Fences Make Strong Neighbors? Authors:Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala Publication:National Tax Journal 63 (December 2010) Abstract Many features of U.S. tax policy towards multinational firms—including the governing principle of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 1
chief supply-chain management officer, chief human resources officer, and CEO. It offers a road map for ambitious managers who want to know which skills they should focus on developing in order to rise up the chain of command. Read the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
site. “We believe that increasing the availability of capital in underserved areas can contribute to a virtuous cycle of job creation, wealth-building and other new opportunities for economic development, while also providing a return to... View Details
- 04 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 4, 2008
"improbable" emergence and expansion of that business to investigate the challenges and opportunities faced by an individual who seeks to build an enterprise around his own human capital. It includes background information on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Global Activities 2020-2021 - Global Activities 2021
and three previous recipients had their funding extended. Moni Alli (MBA 2021) , founder of Front Edge, a lending platform in Lagos, Nigeria, that provides access to affordable working capital solutions. Nelly-Ange Kontchou (MD/MBA 2018)... View Details