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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
delivery of goods and services and bottom-line results. Jim, welcome to the podcast. Jim Harter: Hi, Bill. Thanks for having me. Great to be with you today.Kerr: Jim, let’s begin with a little bit of your background and what brought you...
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- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
sites and perform other labor-intensive high-tech work. A year later, that company is up and running. CitySoft (www.citysoft.com), which harnesses the computer skills of young adults from low-income Boston neighborhoods, has just completed its eleventh View Details
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Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 06 Dec 2018
- News
Source Code
“I came to the conclusion pretty quickly that I’d rather be on the business side than on the lawyer side because the lawyer was essentially a service arm to the business side, and the business side was really making the decisions,” says...
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- 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....
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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;
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Income;
Private Equity;
Financing and Loans;
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Nutrition;
Business History;
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Working Conditions;
Contracts;
Business or Company Management;
Goals and Objectives;
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Markets;
Demand and Consumers;
Supply and Industry;
Industry Growth;
Industry Structures;
Operations;
Service Operations;
Franchise Ownership;
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Sales;
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Opportunities;
Nonprofit Organizations;
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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.)
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
business loans, has witnessed dramatic growth, reaching over 150 million borrowers worldwide. Much of its success has been attributed to overcoming the challenges of information asymmetries in uncollateralized lending. Yet, very little is known about the optimal View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
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Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
are going to keep and retain more than their fair share of the good talent. And that’s a winning proposition in a knowledge economy. Hittle: You know, it’s interesting that, in the social contract between employer and employee—and then,...
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America on the Move - U.S. Competitiveness
could afford the cost. The jobs most open to the least-advantaged are by and large face-to-face service jobs, jobs that require them to get somewhere other than their neighborhoods, which often have low car ownership and lack other...
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