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- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
the economics, management control, and organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019
recognition over its contract life (for HMM12). As Bills and Wan discussed the accounting change, they recognized that its impact on Corporate Learning’s and HBP’s performance could be material and would have to be reflected in the...
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Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Podcast - Managing the Future of Work
increased the appeal of temporary and part-time jobs. The model helps businesses deal with economic uncertainty, and individuals handle non-work obligations. Kelly Services, the 75-year-old firm that is synonymous with temporary work, has filled many essential...
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- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
Ganesh Natarajan (AMP 169, 2005), Chairman of 5F World, Lighthouse Communities Foundation, and Honeywell Automation India. Navaldi’s highlighted contributions include “delivering medicines, oxygen concentrators, and medical supplies to...
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- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
by deviating frequently and in predictable ways from the recommendations offered by a centralized capacity planning model. Finally, we document that these discretionary capacity supply decisions exhibit a strong learning effect whereby...
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Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
plant stock, fertilizers, and pesticides; and began directly paying them a premium for better beans. Higher yields and quality increased the growers' incomes, the environmental impact of farms shrank, and Nestlé's reliable supply of good...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
What theory did you just use? News brief — week of Apr 4 2016 - Forum for Growth
displays, or OLED screens. This next-generation technology is dominated by Samsung, which makes more than 95% of the world’s supply of OLED displays, according to Beijing-based display research firm Sigma Intell. These displays are...
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- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
Much of the success of microfinance has been attributed to attempts to overcome the challenges of information asymmetries in uncollateralized lending. However, very little is known about the optimal contract structure of these loans, and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
more Americans were willing to borrow. Chimerica, in other words, was the underlying cause of the surge in bank lending, bond issuance, and new derivative contracts that “Planet Finance” witnessed after 2000. It was the underlying cause...
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- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
don’t tell you until you sign your contract that the world is 70% covered in water! Having grown up in a family with many veterans and yet in a fairly homogenous and quiet New Jersey town, I felt the call of adventure that the Navy...
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- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
country, manufacturing capacity, supply chains, and money, lots of money. As the head of the United Kingdom’s new Vaccine Taskforce, Kate Bingham (MBA 1991) has a bird's-eye view of the whole process. A life science venture capitalist...
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- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
proxy for incentive conflict) impact the use of a subset of available performance measures. Consistent with a signaling model of the allocation of contingent control rights, we find that contracts involve fewer contingent control rights...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 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;
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
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.)
- 15 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 15, 2015
compensation incentives for CSR. We test our predictions using novel executive compensation contract data and find that firms with more shareholder friendly corporate governance are more likely to provide compensation to executives linked...
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Carmen Nobel
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
innovation and the opportunity to participate in the "white coat" economy and life sciences revolution of the 21st century. Writes a new social contract based on real family values, creating fair and flexible workplaces that are...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
fundraise, honestly. So we raised a bit of money in 2015, just a friends-and-family round. We raised from an angel in 2016, and we closed a seed round in 2020, after a pretty long slog of raising money. Morrell: Without an influx of VC money, Energicity grew...
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- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
Teaming at GE Aviation Khurana, Rakesh, Jeffrey T. Polzer, Willy Shih, and Eric BaldwinHarvard Business School Case 413-074 Describes the challenges and successes encountered by GE's Aviation business in implementing a teaming work structure and culture in plants...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer
individuals would ever want to share content in p2p networks when sharing is more costly than freeriding. The key to solving the puzzle in a world where individuals are selfish is the following. In addition to offering content, sharers also View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412053-PDF-ENG Samasource: Give Work, Not Aid Francesca Gino and Bradley R. StaatsHarvard Business School Case 912-011 Samasource sought to use work, not aid, for economic development. The company secured View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
expenditures under the entry of new generation lab managers. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=46697 Executive Education in the Digital Matrix: The Disruption of the Supply Landscape By: Moldoveanu,...
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Dina Gerdeman