Profitability - Publications - Faculty & Research

November 2018
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The Global Challenge to Become Profitable in E-Commerce

By: Thales S. Teixeira, Donald Ngwe, Leandro A Guissoni and Samy Dana

June 2017
Case

MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid

By: Lynda M. Applegate, José Antonio Dávila Castilla, Sarah Mehta and Aldo Sesia

In January 2016, Guillermo Jaime had just returned home to Mexico City after attending a Harvard Business School executive education program. Jaime was the founder and CEO of Mejoramiento Integral Asistido (MIA), a company providing affordable housing to low-income... View Details

Keywords: Base Of The Pyramid; Social Capitalism; Housing; Emerging Markets; Social Enterprise; Society; Wealth and Poverty; Social Entrepreneurship; Construction Industry; Mexico

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28 Aug 2008
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When CSR is neither profit nor public good

06 Nov 2008
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Wal-Mart reports profits while other retailers report losses

07 Nov 2011
News

Lutte contre la pauvretÃ© et recherche du profit

20 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

As entrepreneurial rocket companies come closer to shooting the first space tourist into the void, perhaps even this year, another reality is dawning: The business of space is no different than new industries everywhere else. It’s tough to launch. Up until now,... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

October 2013 (Revised March 2015)
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Kiehl's Since 1851: Pathway to Profitable Growth (B)

By: Robert J. Dolan and Leslie K. John

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Sep 2012
Keynote Speech

Modularize—Allocate—Protect: How Firms Profit from Open Modular Systems

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin

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12 Jun 2014
News

The Power of Profit in Advancing Systemic Change

10 Mar 2011
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Warren Adams: Searching for profits and saving Patagonia

09 Jan 2023
News

The Pursuit of Profit with Purpose Requires Patience

12 Oct 2020
News

CEOs Increasingly See Sustainability as Path to Profitability

01 Sep 2017
News

Read All About It: Journalism Can Be Profitable

(above: photo by Mary Rajkumar/Mint/Getty Images) When the New York Times introduced its paywall in 2011, few people believed that readers would pay for the news online. Today, the newspaper has more than 1.6 million digital subscribers—a number that is growing rapidly... View Details

Keywords: April White; New York Times; newspapers; Google; Wirecutter; social media; Facebook; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

March 2016
Article

To Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts

By: Benjamin Edelman, Sonia Jaffe and Scott Duke Kominers

We examine the profitability and implications of online discount vouchers, a relatively new marketing tool that offers consumers large discounts when they prepay for participating firms' goods and services. Within a model of repeat experience good purchase, we examine... View Details

Keywords: Voucher Discounts; Groupon; Experience Goods; Repeat Purchase; Internet and the Web; Marketing Strategy; Marketing Communications

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