Willingness To Pay - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2011
News

Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

situations," says Klarman. Also at HBS, Klarman met Professor William Poorvu, who recruited him to manage a pool of capital in the newly formed Baupost Group. While the job initially didn't pay particularly... View Details

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad

clients.— Bazerman, Loewenstein, and Moore Familiarity. People are more willing to harm strangers than individuals they know, especially when those individuals are paying clients with whom they have ongoing... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, George Loewenstein & Don A. Moore; Accounting; Financial Services

08 Sep 2008
HBS Case

The Value of Environmental Activists

There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

pandemic. An increase in risk perception makes consumers more willing to pay for safety features, which, in turn, provides producers greater incentives to develop and... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

01 Jun 2004
News

Runner-Up and Lovin’ It

Jackson Photo courtesy NBC Sometimes losing really pays off big time. Just ask Kwame Jackson (MBA ’00), runner-up in reality TV’s latest hit series, The Apprentice. Jackson chucked his job at Goldman Sachs View Details

Keywords: The Apprentice; Corporate Services

01 Jun 2023
News

Buy Big, Sell Small

conversations about layoffs and pay cuts we discussed in The Founder’s Journey course at HBS weren’t theoretical anymore. I wasn’t sleeping at night.” Scrambling for another small business–oriented tech startup idea—one that might take... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; retail; supply chain management; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

25 Aug 2014
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Ashraf M. Dahod, MBA 1981

communication (Altiostar). “I look at where customers are and where they will be three to five years from now,” he says simply. “I try to be objective and analytical as I look for market and technological... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Hedge Funds

fund for management. For a percentage of the assets managed, or a percentage of the investors' gain, the bank places investors' money in other funds for management. The fee the investor pays the bank is for expertise the investor lacks in... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

15 Jun 2021
News

Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

difference,’” says Dave Bangert (MBA 2005), who became CEO of the company shortly after the program was introduced. Some employees were able to pay pressing bills, while others invested in cows for their... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

some, the military was the best and only option. Many others forgo better pay and more comfortable lifestyles to serve. Military families are often overlooked as they sacrifice alongside their service... View Details

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Strategy & IT - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Technology Three waves of IT-driven competition have radically reshaped competition in the past 50 years. The first wave of IT, during the 1960s and 1970s, automated individual activities in the value chain, ranging from order processing and bill View Details

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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online

a purpose-driven leader by learning how to influence key stakeholders and integrate values into your work to catalyze system-level change. 3 weeks, 7-9 hrs/week Pay by August 7... View Details

Portrait Project

Ratnika Prasad

me achieve my goals. As I consider what’s next, I remain strong in my willingness to try to mold reality to match my ideals, to compromise... View Details

01 Feb 2023
What Do You Think?

Will Hybrid Work Strategies Pull Down Long-Term Performance?

generations of entrants to the workforce who have become accustomed to study and work from home, if not from anywhere. Bloom estimates that working from home is equivalent to a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online

13 $15,000 (four installments of $3,750) Credential Leadership Principles Professors Joshua Margolis & Anthony Mayo Learn to bring out the best in others by applying and adapting your leadership style and managing the conditions that... View Details

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Presentations - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

W.J.W. Bos Jan 2019 Paying for Health Care, VBHC Intensive Seminar by Mary Witkowski & Harry Wolberg Jan 2019 VBHC Systems Integration and Growth, VBHC Intensive Seminar by Michael E. Porter Jan 2019 Why VBHC is Important View Details

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

examples the fact that few people pay to have their name not listed in the phone book and the popularity of "free" computers—where consumers get a computer in exchange for giving out personal... View Details

Keywords: by Susan Young

01 Nov 2022
What Do You Think?

Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?

gets lost in this conversation is the extent to which the US needs immigrants. We need their youth, their willingness to work at any job, their productivity, their... View Details