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Contracting for Servicizing
Servicizing, a novel business practice that sells product functionality rather than products, has been touted as an environmentally beneficial business practice. This paper describes how servicizing transactions mitigate some problems associated with sales... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Contracts; Market Transactions; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Sales
Toffel, Michael W. "Contracting for Servicizing." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-063, February 2008. (February 2008.)
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
Boston City Hall Vet Named New Chief of Staff
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Push the system to see where it breaks
Anthony Priest (MBA 1996), program specialist at Washington, DC Public Schools, talks about his move from teaching to working to improve the school system. “The idea is to understand the education system,” he says, “and the first thing you do is be a teacher. So I’ve... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with James Andrew Miller
James Andrew Miller (MBA 1988) James Andrew Miller (MBA 1988) James Andrew Miller (MBA 1988) wrote his first bestselling book before coming to HBS: Running in Place, a behind-the-scenes look at the function—or dysfunction—of the US Senate based on his time as a... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing the challenge of teacher retention in public schools
Melissa Wu (MBA 2008) explains her work with TNTP to research teacher retention patterns and best practices for America's public schools. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
year at Georgetown Law School, where he enrolled after completing a Fulbright in the Philippines. Republicans whose rise to power was dependent on ties to Nixon were implicated for their actions; others, such as Melvin Laird View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
Could Kurt Summers Jr. Be Chicago’s Next Mayor?
Summers as a potential 2019 challenger to current mayor Rahm Emanuel or a contender for the Illinois governorship. Summers, who aspired from a young age to be an investment banker and worked at Goldman Sachs before joining the public... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Sister Soldier
Author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006) has been here before—speaking with palpable enthusiasm and urgency about women who have defied cultural norms and changed the world around them through acts of bravery... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: A Nation Transformed by Information
States was founded, a postal system (including roads) for the distribution of mail, copyright laws to protect intellectual property, and a plethora of newspapers and books were... View Details
Keywords: Information
- Fast Answer
Sustainability in the Transportation Industry
converging with dramatic technological advances. Although these changes – including shared mobility and automation – are rapidly altering the mobility landscape, predictions about the future of transportation are complex,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Pearson Hunt Remembered
Hunt was born in 1908 and raised on Staten Island, New York. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University in 1930, completed the first year at Columbia View Details
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
The Credit Suisse/Gerson Lehrman Group Alliance (TN)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Teaching Note for 409046. View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Sending a warning about climate change dangers
Dan Abbasi (AB 1986, MBA 1998) has produced “Years of Living Dangerously,” a Showtime TV series about the impact of climate change. (Published April 2014) View Details
- 14 Nov 2024
- Blog Post
Weekend Sprint: Accelerating Climate Solutions
investors. The Sprint was made possible by a partnership with climate-focused organizations across Harvard University including The Harvard GRID, The Salata Institute, and HBS’s Business and Environment... View Details
- 02 Mar 2010
- News
Alumna Appointed to National Fiscal Committee
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- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
If companies and regulators are ever to learn from the collapse of Enron—and prevent similar corporate debacles in the future—they must look more closely at the relationship between auditors, managers and... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
Asia Business Conference: Is the Miracle Over? The annual Asia Business Conference, organized this year by the HBS Asia Business Club and Harvard Law School's Asia Law Society,... View Details
- 12 Feb 2013
- News