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- 01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
forward-thinking companies that have adopted radical new approaches to talent, this book shows leaders how to bring the rigor they apply to financial capital to their human capital, elevating HR to the same level as finance in their...
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- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
shrouding risk. We find four empirical results consistent with this view. First, we show that structured products with complex payoff formulas offer higher headline rates, and that they more frequently expose investors to a complete loss...
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Carmen Nobel
- 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23
supplying superior bottleneck components while outsourcing non-bottleneck components. I show that a firm pursuing this strategy will have a higher return on invested capital (ROIC) than competitors with a less modular design. Over time,...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
and pursue my personal passions of women's economic empowerment and education. I began at Merrill Lynch, but in pursuit of independence, I eventually became an entrepreneur, founding and building a venture capital firm. I still enjoy...
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- November 2004 (Revised September 2019)
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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....
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Wells, John R., Gabriel Ellsworth, and Benjamin Weinstock. "The U.S. Health Club Industry in 2004." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-445, November 2004. (Revised September 2019.)
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Dispatches from the Global Classroom
have education, and some don’t even realize they’re entrepreneurs.” Sahlman remarks on the fact that it takes thousands of 400-person companies to change the structure of a country’s economy; Àlvaro Rodríguez-Arregui (MBA ’95) agrees. As...
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
line and on improving the quality of patient care. In 2005, Porter developed a multiyear learning partnership with MD Anderson, regularly ranked as the top cancer treatment center in the United States. The organization radically reconfigured its View Details
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
with vaccination requirements, that was obviously, thankfully, going to pass. But what are the long-term issues affecting human resources and human capital management? And I heard artificial intelligence. And I didn’t really understand...
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- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
real-time connections with colleagues, but will prefer to maintain their at-home work lifestyle. I suggest managers put some structure in place to ensure that time in the office is optimized for face time. For example, make a team...
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compelling. But there are very, very powerful forces arrayed against it—everything from the way companies structure their hiring process and the responsibilities they’re prepared to accept in terms of talent development, to the very, very...
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
research on the effectiveness of state systems, policy options, and the structural challenge of underemployment among graduates. Bill Kerr: As job openings consistently outnumber the unemployed, attention is focused on how the labor...
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- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
others,” Nwuneli said, according to a report in Nigeria’sThe Nation. A native Nigerian who lives in Lagos, Nwuneli noted the importance of “reimagining how our market is structured to allow social distancing, [and] thinking through our...
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