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- 24 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?
tasks and a final questionnaire, all on the assigned device. When the participants were done with the tasks, the researcher pointed to a clock in the room and said, "I will get some forms ready for you to sign so I can pay you and you can... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
privately owned, for-profit companies that guarantee mortgage-backed securities and pay the government to back those guarantees in case the companies themselves fail? That’s essentially the system we had with Fannie and Freddie, except in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Redefining Health Care
is not just the poor. In Massachusetts, state government discovered that a significant proportion of the uninsured had incomes of $90,000 a year or higher. Health insurance must become mandatory, to make sure that everyone pays their fair... View Details
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Phoebe Peronto
both my parents took jobs at a lower pay when they had a family to support is a big leap of faith. I’d be doing my past and my family a disservice, if I didn’t expand my view of the world and try new things and take chances.” Phoebe’s... View Details
Keywords: Tech
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Breakthrough International Negotiation
When the stakes are high - in business, politics, or everyday life - it pays to take a page from the playbook of the world's greatest negotiators. And if you want to learn how to be a world-class negotiator, consider how Richard Holbrooke... View Details
- 18 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon
more counterintuitive, says Ngwe. According to his research, VIP shoppers were less sensitive to paying a higher shipping fee, presumably because their desire for the products was stronger. "Whereas online sellers might think of a... View Details
- 28 Jul 2016
- Op-Ed
Where is TripAdvisor for Doctors?
to monetize this opportunity. But the medical profession, let alone consumers, might frown on doctor advertising and on doctors paying fees for referrals. 4. Restricted Choice. Many consumers are restricted by their health care plans to... View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Missing the Wave in Ship Transport
12-month contracts, where the lessor pays for fuel and insurance and the owner pays for the crew (about $6,000 a day), along with maintenance and depreciation expenses. Owners charter their ships for an... View Details
- 08 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Cost of Cutting in Line
standing in line at the airport, it occurred to me that waiting lines appeared to be another example for a missing-markets problem. Why do I have to wait at airports? Why don't the airlines offer a service that would allow me to pay $20... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
importantly, equality of pay between in-office visits and telemedicine visits. In the past, providers were paid at much lower rates for telemedicine visits. That sounds fair, but telemedicine is actually expensive. It can cost tens of... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
Case 319-046 The Weir Group: Reforming Executive Pay (A) In February 2018, the Remuneration Committee together with the full Board of Directors of the Scotland-based engineering company The Weir Group had to decide whether to seek a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Increasing Access and Expanding Opportunity
especially given the substantial investment the students are making in terms of their own time and money. For all three stages, we are deeply grateful to HBS alumni who generously support our financial aid programs as they pay it forward... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
you wanted to attract more! Q: In the late 1980s and early 1990s, many developing countries sought outside infrastructure investments and even privatization of these operations. These initiatives were encouraged by world development leaders who believed foreign private... View Details
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HBS - Financials | From the CFO
expenses, reduced overtime, and kept pay rates for faculty and exempt staff flat for the fiscal year. As a result of these initiatives, combined with the pandemic-related decrease in campus activity, total operating expenses for fiscal... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Making Sense of the Modern Startup
those traders’ companies were then paying $20,000 a month. Parker thought he could provide a better service for $500 a month. He was proposing to sell $100,000 worth of debentures and stock representing 10 percent of the company, giving... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank (PMD 51, 1986)
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
rural parts of the country. It provides workers with more highly trained supervisors, pays them a living wage, and coordinates with the existing health care system, mostly in urban areas. “In retail mall parking lots, you could imagine a... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
what’s a manager to do given the uncertainty of both predictions and prophets? Here’s some advice to CEOs, CFOs, sales managers, and others who allocate the major resources in most firms. Whatever else you do in thinking about the future of your business, View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
monetary theory maintains that even if a government can print money to pay for debts, the act itself creates inflationary pressures, increases interest rates, and fuels even greater deficits by increasing interest on the debt. If growth... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans
pay high coupons—typically, two-digit interest rates—for up to 30 years," Vallée explains. The researchers set out to find out why so many local politicians took out toxic loans in the first place—and whether they understood the stakes.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
invest only a small proportion of total R&D money. They therefore charge higher prices and pay lower average wages. An analysis of census data by economists Erik Hurst and Benjamin Pugsley found that companies employing fewer than 20... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett