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- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
complex. Which is literally the best training complex in the world. Which we just opened last year. So speaking specifically of Philadelphia, we decided to create an environment that was going to be fun, uplifting and an incredible place... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
investment attractive to Wall Street and Main Street. REITs take off. Starved for capital in an environment where all the usual money sources had dried up, many major commercial property owners took their companies public in the form of... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
what is widely regarded as a landmark deal for the NFL, its $780 million, four-year exclusive partnership with Verizon. Provides in-depth information on the NFL's digital media revenues and relates those to the league's overall media and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
you to consider which methods scale well in the modern workplace, and which will not. Let me give you an example. We used to talk about “managing by walking around.” This informal way of managing through observation and casual interaction... View Details
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
Leading a unit of over 100 soldiers on a successful overseas deployment. Bearing the solemn responsibility of informing four military spouses that their loved one would not be coming home. These are memories of my time in service that... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
information junkie, but I did generally know every answer to every nit-picking question that the higher-ups threw at me (e.g., the cost of capital at Playboy was 10 percent). I even developed a working knowledge of things as abstruse as... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 11 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 11
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/ August 2013 Computer Applying KISS to Healthcare Information Technology By: Herzlinger, Regina E., Margo Seltzer, and Mark Gaynor Abstract—Current public and private healthcare View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 8
to compete. Strategists have developed some well-known rules for navigating business environments with network effects. "Move first" is one, and "get big fast" is another. In a study of dozens of companies, however,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
emissions than were released by the company's operations and products. The case examines the controversies surrounding this program as well as the program's impacts on the environment and FIJI Water's brand image. The company also faced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
This is what recovery looks like. I'm not having the symptoms or behaviors associated with the eating disorder. But the thoughts still lingered. And so it was like it was leaving a window open for the eating disorder to come back. And so jump back into that external... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
participation have gained strong support among scholars and practitioners of development. Yet the questionable assumptions about culture and development that inform these initiatives render it unclear as to whether and how community... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
researcher-collected data, the Internet opens exceptional possibilities both by increasing the amount of information available for researchers to gather and by lowering researchers' costs of collecting information. In this paper, I... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
ten hours of the crisis. Amid the uncertainty of those first hours, the leadership team must make a range of decisions to orchestrate the company's response and manage the rest of its business. Describes the chaotic environment of a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
mixed-use residential, cultural, and business environment with no buildings taller than fifty or sixty stories. For his part, Bloomberg wants an "appropriate" memorial, but notes that the city's interest extends beyond the WTC site to all... View Details
- March 2017
- Case
Cantel Medical
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
Cantel Medical Corporation provided infection prevention and control products and services for patients, caregivers, and other healthcare providers. In 2016, Cantel generated sales of $665 million and net profits of $60 million, double the levels of five years earlier.... View Details
Keywords: Cantel; Charles Diker; Furniture Industry; Matrix Organization; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Units; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Chemicals; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Scope; Multinational Firms and Management; Health; Health Care and Treatment; Business History; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Research and Development; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Information Technology; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Health Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; New Jersey
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Cantel Medical." Harvard Business School Case 717-482, March 2017.
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
sometimes be skirted, frauds sometimes perpetrated, society’s resources misallocated, and the environment sometimes damaged. Managements are sometimes tolerated or even embraced who should not be—managements preoccupied with... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- October 2016
- Supplement
24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016
By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
In 2016, 24 Hour Fitness was the number-two fitness chain in the United States, generating revenues of $1.4 billion from 441 clubs serving 3.8 million members. Based in San Ramon, California, 24 Hour Fitness operated clubs in 13 states. Having grown rapidly to become... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Advertising Campaigns; Buildings and Facilities; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Satisfaction; Age; Training; Private Equity; Financing and Loans; Price; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Health; Nutrition; Business History; Human Resources; Employees; Employee Relationship Management; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Journals and Magazines; Human Capital; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Teams; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Social Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Market Entry and Exit; Media; Organizational Design; Private Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams; Sales; Salesforce Management; Situation or Environment; Welfare or Wellbeing; Sports; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Information Technology; Internet; Mobile Technology; Online Technology; Software; Web Sites; Value; Valuation; Health Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States; California; San Francisco
Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "24 Hour Fitness (B): Ownership Changes, 2005–2016." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-423, October 2016.
- Web
Seen and Unseen | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
and honor the land itself, which remains sacred to the Massachusett People. Click on the images below for more information about each work in the exhibition. The Ghost Dance . Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. Trade Card (verso). Advertising... View Details
- 21 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 21
executives, middle managers, and sales people from companies across a variety of industries. The survey focused on questions about how well their companies’ strategies informed six critical elements of their sales approaches. The results... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Lasting Impressions
institutions that gave me a chance along the way." "When I was at the Business School, I think I measured success in terms of how much money I was going to make," reveals Benton. "Now it is more important to provide a good environment for... View Details
Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg