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- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
reassessment may be in order. Consider the conclusions from some recent research: Small businesses may not be a strong source of prosperity. Not only are they less productive than their larger counterparts, they have, according to a World... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site... View Details
- 04 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now
Gates, and ThorCon Power, whose lead investor is Acadian Asset Management founder Gary Bergstrom, have publically committed to goals on cost (< $0.07/kwh), availability (full-scale demonstration by 2025) and deployment rates (ramping... View Details
- Profile
Mi Zhou
lower savings rates and stimulate consumption? How do we make housing, reliable health care, and quality education more affordable to everyone?” Update: After graduating from HBS in 2011, Mi moved to Hong... View Details
- 05 Apr 2017
- Research & Ideas
For Women Especially, It Pays to Know What Car Repairs Should Cost
grant reductions—almost 75 percent of requests for a price break were denied.) “That’s a pretty interesting twist,” says Israeli. “We can’t really say for sure what the [shop reps] were thinking, but we can... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Straight to the Heart
first-time marriages among people over 30 (to which my clients skew) have a lower divorce rate nationally than those who marry under 30. The love business is not quantitative at all, actually. I don’t even... View Details
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
presented from the perspective of the company CEO and its global brand director who is also part owner. In 2015, Mavi had sales of $419 million, up 20% from the previous year. Growth View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2006
powerful actor a greater share of surplus, but it also reduces dyadic exchange frequency, which lowers the expected magnitude of that surplus. As mutual dependence increases,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
asymmetric equilibrium where only one retailer elects to operate an online arm but earns lower profits than its bricks-only rival. We also characterize equilibria where firms open an online channel, even though consumers only use it for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
episode of care is a vital component of improving the value of that care. Q: How does TDABC lead to lower costs? A: Conducting TDABC analyses... View Details
- 09 Aug 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation
customers by providing them adequate functionality in return for lower prices. The technology of this sort of disruptive innovation offers "good enough" performance... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
of 2,414 of those were randomly offered surprise expansions, while another 755 firms were not, serving as a control group. Companies that were offered increases were notified via phone or text. The increases... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
discontent for many American families. Bundled up in chilly homes, they see their heating bills cutting deeply into the rest of their household budget. Lowering the thermostat, they wonder when keeping warm... View Details
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
(0.74%). Even after controlling for filers' demographic factors and self-revealed savings intent, the likelihood of tax-site savings was 5.5 percentage points higher at treatment sites as compared with control sites. In contrast to the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
founders may feel that their cash-poor ventures will gain more from having a lower burn rate than they would gain personally from having higher compensation. On the other hand, the higher level View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
As wide and fractured as the partisan divide feels right now, the challenges to America’s underlying democratic systems cut deeper still: The productivity of Congress has declined steeply in the past 20 years. The country’s voting View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery
Very consumer focused,” says Motte-Munoz. “Say you need a driver’s license; the app will tell you where all the DMV offices are and tell you their rating on a corruption basis.” “People know there’s corruption,” Motte-Munoz adds. “We’re... View Details
- 11 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?
own scale, Wheeler intentionally has users distribute a fixed number of points among the different skills. A high self-rating in one area must be paid for by corresponding lower View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
seat. Campaign spending on both sides has flowed freely. As of mid-October, Edwards had raised about $2.8 million to Taylor’s $1.9 million, according to the New York Times. About half of Edwards’s... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Savings and Loam
interest rates and all the transactional features of a checking account, in addition to a compelling impact story. “The opportunity for you is to put your money where it’s... View Details