Corporate Reporting - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

help a lot through modifying and extending key policies, particularly in the area of results information and removing restrictive and unnecessary impediments to competition. The corporate practice of medicine law is a perfect example. The... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

needs. We conducted a field experiment in a retail chain, based on a registered report accepted by JAR to test whether an information sharing system recording employees’ creative work affected the quality of creative work, job engagement,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 18, 2009

reporters about how Sony planned to respond to Nintendo's Wii console, which was dramatically leading Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 consoles in sales. The Wii's supremacy was especially disconcerting to Hirai, given that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 28, 2007

Describes how Royal DSM NV, an $8 billion dollar global corporation, leveraged information technology to enable a major corporate portfolio transformation between 2000 and 2006. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 5, 2008

operations traditionally specialize in portions of the planning activities, which results in conflicts over expectations, preferences, and priorities. We report findings from a detailed case analysis of a successful supply chain planning... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2024
News

Next Level

In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details

Keywords: Maggie Mertens; photos by Cameron Karsten; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Apr 2001
News

New Ventures New Gains

business plan for Exchange.com, an online marketplace for rare and hard-to-find items he founded upon graduating and sold to Amazon.com for a reported $200 million in stock seven months later. Leschly counts himself among the new network... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna and Susan Young; Martin Dubilier (MBA 1952); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

include the World Economic Forum, IDEO, airlines, and many government and border operations. SEPTEMBER 18 Sara Vicente Barreto (MBA 2009) is a corporate strategist whose blog, “Make Space for Growth,” offers insights on personal and... View Details

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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14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

learning of the entrepreneur and building the business, but it's controversial because some people say Acumen should be measuring outcomes. Ultimately, it does want a sense of those outcomes—but building the organization is the high priority now. The second is the... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

November 2017
Teaching Note

Reinventing Best Buy

By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth

Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-455. On March 1, 2017, Best Buy Company, Inc., North America’s largest retailer of consumer electronics and appliances, announced a third year of comparable-store sales increases and a 20.8% increase in domestic comparable online sales.... View Details