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- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987
population—including marginalized and underprivileged sectors—equal access to products and services, as well as a stake in the overall economy," he states. One example of this model is Ayala's Manila Water operation, which pipes water at... View Details
- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
current one. Some doodled their thoughts, some tried to look at a problem from the perspective of someone they admired or someone who might be badly affected by it, and some tried to see if they had feelings or perspectives on the margins... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Cut Salaries or Cut People? The Best Way to Survive a Downturn
because those agents deciding to leave had other options. For instance, customer service reps at a nearby call center for a global entertainment provider earned $15 an hour when first hired, and $.50 raises every six months. “While the average agent at the firm enjoyed... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Business History - Faculty & Research
margins of academic discourses and their own institutions. There was a constant struggle to define the borders of the field and the central research questions that it sought to answer. However, the commitment to engage with the... View Details
- 10 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men
instruct her to fix it, and tell her not to do it again. “But as he reflected on his behavior, he realized that his approach was probably demoralizing, especially to someone who may already have felt marginal in the firm,” Ely says. "Some... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Dec 2007
- Op-Ed
When Your Product Becomes a Commodity
commoditization is a customer relationship management system that permits computation of the profit margin associated with each customer, based on price-paid less cost-to-serve. Companies need to invest in these information systems early... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 14 Mar 2023
- In Practice
What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?
bank earnings or cash flows are relatively insensitive to changes in interest rates. Additionally, the stability of net interest margin (interest received minus interest paid) is pointed to as evidence that banks have little interest rate... View Details
- 11 Apr 2016
- HBS Seminar
Pian Shu, Harvard Business School
- 27 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Discretion Within the Constraints of Opportunity: Gender Homophily and Structure in a Formal Organization
- Web
Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online
performance using profitability, efficiency, leverage, and other ratios. Highlights Profit Margin Cash Conversion Cycle Show Hide Details Concepts Profitability Efficiency Leverage Other Ratios Impact of Policy Differences Featured... View Details
- 13 Sep 2013
- HBS Seminar
Nirupama Rao, NYC Wagner School of Public Service
- 13 Sep 2013
- HBS Seminar
Nirupama Rao, NYU Wagner School of Public Service
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Birth of the American Salesman
customers to buy their company's product rather than a competitor's, championing an Electrolux vacuum cleaner rather than a Hoover, for instance. Salesmen could be effective in this regard, pointing out marginal differences between one... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 21 Mar 2019
- HBS Case
The Ferrari Way
As the head of design told Thomke: “Form follows function, but there is always a large margin for artistic freedom. The difference between an efficient shape and a beautiful and efficient shape can be quite large.” Then there is that... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
from others seeking work. Many other restaurant employees, particularly front-of-house tipped workers, earned more while working than receiving unemployment compensation and want to return quickly, but are concerned their income will drop because of less-than-capacity... View Details
- 03 Jan 2023
- Book
Confront Workplace Inequity in 2023: Dig Deep, Build Bridges, Take Collective Action
workplace interaction. Digging requires those belonging to power-dominant groups to open up and learn more about the perspectives of marginalized groups. On a personal level, that may mean considering how one’s upbringing and environment... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 13 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Case Against Racial Colorblindness
policies, an issue Norton addresses in a recent working paper, Racial Colorblindness: Emergence, Practice, and Implications, cowritten with Evan P. Apfelbaum of MIT and Samuel R. Sommers of Tufts University. "Though once emblematic of the fight for equal opportunity... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Health Care - Faculty & Research
in which agents recruited by a public health organization to sell condoms are randomly allocated to four groups. Agents in the control group are hired as volunteers, whereas agents in the three treatment groups receive, respectively, a small monetary View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Seth Klarman, MBA 1982
President, The Baupost Group Download Klarman profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1957 Born, New York City 1979 Joins Mutual Shares full time 1982 Baupost is launched 1990 Creates Klarman Family Foundation 1991 Publishes View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
‘Chick Beer’ for Women? Why Gender Marketing Repels More Than Sells
than men because women have long been marginalized by negative stereotypes, so they’re more sensitive to marketing that tries to put them in a box, the research team contends. “These appeals can make consumers feel as if they are being... View Details