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- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
pharmacists did, their cut-rate prices on popular brand-name packaged goods posed a major threat to mom-and-pop businesses like Gleason’s. So she and other traditional retailers began arguing that pineboards practiced predatory pricing, selling View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- News
BioMine Strikes Gold
Fellowship winner. The organization is based in New Delhi, India, where it provides economically viable housing solutions for under-served populations, starting with India and for communities around the world. (Watch Mehra explain how... View Details
- 25 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 25
reduction in monopoly price leads to the production of units that cost less than their value to consumers (standard channel); (ii) regulation calms down existing consumers because a reduction in the profits of an "unkind" firm... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 3
profitability. Using a sample of 42,337 unique firms from 49 countries, we find that corporate profitability mean reverts faster in countries where product and capital markets are more competitive. Moreover, holding constant product,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Telling Your Story: How to Create a Powerful Personal Digital Brand
regular habits. "I recommend a minimum of 15 minutes a day, or 1.5 – 2 hours a week," she says. The "how long" and "how often" of your time commitment will vary based on your own rhythm and availability, but... View Details
- 04 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy
short time ago is that there is now no room for error. You need real businesses, real revenue, real profits, and real cash flows." Yoffie asked the panelists to consider three questions: Since click-through rates on Internet ads have been almost non-existent, is... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- Web
Design: At, Into, & Beyond - Race, Gender & Equity
Design The thoughtful measures taken to consider how products and spaces will be experienced by many stakeholders. Job Training The resources and tools provided by organizations to equip productive team... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
being described is the savings bond program." Unfortunately, recent changes to the program have made it a less attractive, less accessible product for LMI families. In January 2003, for example, the Department of the Treasury... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
arena, for example, Forest Reinhardt has found that when companies see environmental regulation as an opportunity to look critically at their production processes — not just to figure out the minimum they... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2024, over 100 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some of the types of companies that students worked at this summer... View Details
- 04 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment
line.” Bernstein believes the key to breaking that cycle may lie in research partnerships that help organizations conduct more field experiments. Just as many companies test out new products with “a/b” testing, they might also take an... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
deciding in large numbers not to donate. Rather, they are not thinking about it. In other countries (e.g., Belgium), the default is that unless you specify that you do not want to donate your organs, you become a viable donor at death. In... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
votes to more popular candidates, a phenomenon often called strategic voting. For other parameters, the model predicts "vote-stealing" where the addition of a third candidate robs a viable major candidate of electoral support.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
How Scott Linzmeyer Crafted a Business He Loves at Reveler Beverage
down to write his admissions essay, one thought continued to bubble to the surface, craft beer. Linzmeyer saw a viable business opportunity in an industry he was passionate about and wanted to learn more about the manufacturing,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
manufactured consumer goods first used the union label as a way to show solidarity through their purchases. One hundred years later, men and women, and even teenagers, organized to protest sweatshop production in various countries around... View Details
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
business is simplistic, said Reinhardt. Companies always operate based on imperfect information about their competitive arena. To succeed as a viable concern with an environmental conscience, "you have to look deeper. And look... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
conversation in the industry." There was a less hopeful tone to some comments. Peter Maxson said, "... we don't have a common vision of where we need to go as a global society, and even if we did, we don't have a viable means of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
the doubt as it progresses with the IPO, GM must not only follow through with products that deliver higher quality and reliability but also clearly communicate these advances to consumers, even If that means focusing on just a small... View Details
- 16 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Weighing Digital Tradeoffs in Private Equity
When private equity (PE) firms buy a company, they typically follow a standard playbook to create value—streamlining operations, restructuring debt, changing management, and cutting costs. However, as digital technologies and artificial intelligence allow companies to... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution
sell these products online, in the store, or both, and how? Take lighting as an example. Home Depot asked: How do we best help customers with their lighting needs? What knowledge, products, and services do they need and in what form? What... View Details