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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Research Brief: Unveiling the Truth about Transparency
Professor Zoë Cullen finds that the long-term effects of pay transparency reverse the winners and losers, with firms benefiting significantly more than workers. “This was one of the most counterintuitive findings I have ever discovered,”... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 20 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
How to be a Customer
How-to books targeting customers often focus on how to game the system, how to return the cocktail dress on Monday after you've worn it once on Saturday, how to exploit manufacturer warranties and satisfaction guarantees (often, ironically, at the expense of other... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 15 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing
access to our favorite things will make us keep appreciating them); Buy Time (focusing on time over money yields wiser purchases); Pay Now, Consume Later (delayed consumption leads to increased enjoyment); and Invest in Others (spending... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
- 21 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax
“Energy Sale” model in India. This model, also known as the “OPEX” model, shifts the performance risk of renewables from the corporations to CleanMax, allowing customers to pay only for energy consumed without upfront asset investment,... View Details
- Portrait Project
Qing Zhao
went. I chose to be in business to pay forward what he gave me. Management, at its noblest and purest, inspires people to realize their full potential. Every soul, however trampled, can blossom when given the courage. I will see beyond... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Internet Tsunami
system, much more so than in the United States," the New York Times (June 7, 2000) reported. Merchants, ranging from toy stores to fishmongers, pay a monthly fee to access Rakuten's e-commerce software and customer database. Merchants... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
MBAs take their business acumen on the road
few simple-to-implement recommendations,” explains Alaoui. This included creating a customer database to turn paying customers into evangelists for the shop, and working with Jackson to spread the word about what he was doing so that... View Details
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
bankruptcy calculations last week, most people were prepared for the $3.5 billion in unfunded pension liabilities. Many people were surprised, however, to see the much larger amount of $6.4 billion in other post-employment benefits ( OPEB )—primarily obligations to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
because they came easily to me. So, in RC Marketing, I was especially paying attention because I knew I had lots to learn! One simple lesson that I certainly did not appreciate before I took Marketing centered on how to price a product.... View Details
- 17 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
Podcast: Should You Consider the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program?
particular feature set of a product depends on both the business model, who's going to buy it, who's going to pay for all those things, as well as the technology, what can you really build, how much will it cost to build it. In many... View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
- Op-Ed
Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?
enrollees—delivers real efficiencies. Medicare spends as much as seven times less than private insurers on administrative costs. The program also pays hospitals 40 percent less and providers 2-3.5 times less than private insurers View Details
- 24 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends
ignores all costs associated with paying for the spending such as higher taxes or increased borrowing. From the perspective of the target state, the funds are essentially free, but clearly at the national level someone has to View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Case Study: Confidence Builder
differentiate the Confi program—most other prevention programs are designed to meet compliance standards, not foster conversation—but the marketplace is dominated by a few big companies. Schools pay about $1 per student each year for such... View Details
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
would not only create a level playing field, but also incentivize other countries to follow suit. “If they are going to pay the fee anyway, why not collect a fee themselves rather than have their exporters View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Righting the Ship
Stuckey. “They’ll execute their project and pay your division back the following year, interest free. Both divisions win, and we improve execution rates at the enterprise level.” Within the first year of implementation, the NAVSEA Warfare... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- Web
SMS Terms - HBS Online
Please review your wireless carrier’s policies and contact them if you have any questions. You acknowledge that you are at least eighteen years of age and you have the consent of the wireless account holder to sign up for Messages and pay... View Details
- 25 Oct 2018
- News
Bringing the Background into Focus
Murrell told the Times. “Would Manet really give all this pictorial space to someone he didn’t want us to pay attention to?” In a press release from Columbia announcing the exhibit, Murrell recalls her first time she viewed the painting... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
A Roadmap for Moms
relaunching a career? The need for money to pay the bills is obviously a powerful motivator. If it’s the only motivator, then it’s hard to muster the enthusiasm for the positions you’re competing for. You have to feel really passionate... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Lessons from the Tsunami Disaster
society actually works.” A more effective response, he contends, is a “strategy of emergence.” By this he means that relief agencies should first provide resources for survivors to manage their own recovery. For example, Curran helped direct a program that distributed... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- News
A Good Look
businesses but pays close attention to the marketplace. “We listen to the consumer and to our customers who are feeling pressure from consumers to not include certain ingredients in their formulas,” says Levy. The regulatory environment... View Details