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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
30, 1975). “In our very first class he opened my eyes to how people are motivated to make decisions. Before, I thought as an engineer — the best attributes and the best price sells the product. From that day on I focused my attention on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
entrepreneurs believe you can have an on-demand jet service, with fares about equal to a business class ticket,” Tripsas explains. “Regulatory, security, and infrastructure issues come into play here, aside from the challenges of figuring out approaches to View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
Capitol Hill. The Case for More Regulation Looking at the historical record, Moss makes a strong case that targeted government regulation of financial markets has worked in the past to lower risk and instill consumer confidence. “From the... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
of risk and released me from a personal prison of achievement. Some context: In 1999, I joined a large-scale startup providing a new consumer phone service in Brazil. We raised $2.5 billion, hired 4,000 people in two years, and... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 12 Jul 2019
- News
The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster
companies that can afford to buy that—but there aren’t millions. And it’s very difficult to price discriminate on something which is a physical asset that you sell. Because if you’ve got effectively the exact same box that you’re selling... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery
not knowing which offices are the most honest. To address that, Bantay has three main initiatives: City Watch recruits students and volunteers to grade government offices on everything from their air conditioning to the prices of bribes.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
would receive comprehensive treatment from a team designed to deliver it. Insurers would require that hospitals set fixed and transparent prices covering various ailments and their treatment. This approach, Herzlinger says, would produce... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
2022, it was heralded as a landmark investment in the environment. “This bill is the biggest step forward on climate ever,” President Joe Biden said when he signed the legislation, which included $369 billion for efforts such as advancing clean energy, curbing... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Financial Services 24/7
Professor of Business Administration. "There are many challenges for firms in figuring out how to position themselves," notes Crane, who has taught finance and banking at HBS for many years. As consumers get more accustomed to using their... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
She·sesh·un (noun) Ly·ing flat (verb) Post·cook·ie (adj.) Bi·o·rev·o·loo·shun (noun) Dig·i·tul no·mad (noun) Di·ver·si·ty wa·shing (verb) Meem Stock (noun) When the price of supposedly “dull” stocks like BlackBerry and GameStop hit the... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
restaurant Sonic—FirstBuild spent $600 to do a Google survey to gauge interest and then put out a design challenge to the FirstBuild community, collecting 29 ideas. Eventually, they’ll take the winning model to a crowdfunding platform to gauge View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
for the marketing industry lies in developing transactional-based models that enable consumer and client to work together more closely." HBS professor John A. Deighton agrees, describing the Internet as a multidimensional "total... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Producers
can rack up U.S. box office receipts of just over $380 million (not including consumer product tie-ins), and unexpected hits like Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ grossed $370 million in 2004, earning a respectable third-place... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Meal Plan
consumed outside of the home, we felt it was critical to continue to operate—our restaurants serve 4.3 million meals a day on average. With so many of our locations already set up for drive-in, drive-through, and takeout, about 97 percent... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
underpowered compact hatchbacks like the Nissan Leaf and the BMW i3, neither of which could go more than 100 miles without needing to recharge. But there’s a reason that so many auto executives are now pinning their hopes on that long-dormant middle market: the falling... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
is that bad guys have so much data that they just haven’t gotten to yours,” says Thomas. It’s easy to steal your credit card. “The only hard part is using it without tipping anybody off.” There is evidence of the relative ease of these crimes in the View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
athenahealth "Patients' health information is either on paper and isolated or electronic and isolated," Bush tells the assembled crowd, his voice rising. That this little thing remains so difficult in the Internet age, often because many providers are loath to share... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
as its discount prices and large selection of merchandise. As Sprint and Walgreens have shown, Porter notes, companies that invest in the inner city and entrepreneurs who start businesses there are well positioned to take advantage of a... View Details
- 03 Mar 2020
- News
Can This Man Change the American Diet?
average American consuming 3.1 servings of meat daily, Muir (MBA 2004) realized that food was a place he could make a difference. In 2008 he started Clover Food Lab with the goal of making vegetables irresistible for people who love to... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
infrastructure in the world. What are the implications for their ability to leapfrog content and technical developments in this sector in the United States? Internet development in China. Online marketing and consumer behavior in South... View Details