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22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

widespread data about companies’ climate risks, rising insurance costs offer a valuable bellwether, said Luca Albertini, CEO of Leadenhall Capital Partners, during a panel discussion. If the cost to insure a... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

in the demand response space, and Johnson Controls, in the energy performance contracting space, are business that create financial value from stretching resources farther. Everyone benefits. E1: Economic Development. Economic development is accelerated in areas where... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities

21 Jun 2017
Blog Post

Agricultural Investing: Where Boots Meet Suits

investment standpoint, the cost of emissions and resource scarcity, particularly water, is largely yet to been priced in, and I believe there are plenty of strong buying opportunities in many markets. Real assets, such as farmland, can... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

Portrait Project

Dominique Baillet

I've always had a big mouth. In third grade, I informed my teacher, Mr. Rogers, that the design for recess line-up was flawed: We kids spent disproportionate time organizing alphabetically at the cost of the very freedom recess was... View Details

29 Aug 2024
News

A Kick Start for Latin American Startups

When Monica Saggioro Leal (MBA 2018) and her business partner, Lara Lemann, started MAYA Capital, a tech-focused, Brazilian VC firm launched in 2018, they wanted to take a hands-on approach with their startup investments in their first 12 months. They wanted to support... View Details

29 Jul 2021
News

A Clean Start

economic, we want to become economic by the scale of mass production.” Rather than scaling up the electrolyzers at OCO, Brix and his team hope to scale out. “Our long-term vision, really, is to dramatically reduce the cost of producing... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: Ruling the Waves

onset of creative anarchy and the activities of "pirates" who commandeer the new technologies for their own profit, "even the pioneers begin to realize the costs of chaos. Once they understand that a lack of rules can diminish their own... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

February 2003 (Revised April 2004)
Case

Pharmaceutical Industry, The: Challenges in the New Century

By: Stephen P. Bradley and James Weber

Provides a broad overview of the numerous internal and external forces that were driving change in the global pharmaceutical industry in 2003. These forces--including downward price pressures, political and social pressures, increased development costs, new... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Change; Cost; Price; Globalization; Government and Politics; Brands and Branding; Industry Growth; Society; Competition; Consolidation; Technology; Pharmaceutical Industry

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31 May 2016
HBS Case

Who Owns Space?

Development program (CCDev), where it would partner with private New Space companies to share the cost burden of near-Earth activities like supplying the International Space Station. NASA has always had private sector partners. But its... View Details

Keywords: Re: Matthew C. Weinzierl; Aerospace

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

wrote the note, Mental Health and the American Workplace, exploring the extent of the phenomenon, its cost to organizations and employees, and some managerial responses. In some ways, it makes sense that mental health issues get buried.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

28 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How to Harness Auction Fever

little about why this sale surprised the auction community? Deepak Malhotra: Auctioneers are often able to predict selling prices pretty accurately. In this particular auction, actual prices were approximately seven times initial estimates. Furthermore, the View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Web Services; Technology

24 Jul 2007
First Look

First Look: July 24, 2007

production quantities of the two products based on the characteristics of both markets. We find that increasing disposal cost increases the cost of the primary product, but decreases the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

up to the point where the benefit of the marginal project is just equal to the cost. Because labor is a key input to innovation when the opportunity cost of time is lower, such as during school breaks or time off from work, we find that... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 5

governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to advance their financial self-interests-at great View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

low cost or a business providing goods or services that end or reduce respiratory ailments. Bringing together public healthcare and market forces "could have huge impact," says Chu. That feeling was underscored by Chu's own... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

01 Jul 2019
What Do You Think?

Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?

adding the software was very large. The engineers undoubtedly felt the pressure of a long-standing culture comprising equal parts of pride, arrogance, and fear. The Company is still recovering from the costs of enormous government fines,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Mar 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 21

largely emphasizes the collective benefits of market creation and overlooks the costs borne by individual evangelists. Through an inductive multiple-case study of five startup competitors, we traced firms’ efforts to stake out a new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

they are able to extract for themselves. Jet engine manufacturers, for example, typically sell their wares at little or no cost but generate substantial revenue from lucrative maintenance contracts. Monitoring relationship health, the... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

Fast Answer

Advertising: rates/costs

Where can I find typical advertising costs in various media? Use the View Details

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

purchasing departments. The process transforms these from functionally oriented cost centers into strategic partners with the line-operating units and the company. This alignment is often accomplished with a service agreement that defines... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

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