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- 17 Jan 2024
- HBS Case
Psychological Pricing Tactics to Fight the Inflation Blues
Many consumers recovering from the worst inflation in 40 years continue to closely watch their spending—they want to know that every expense is worth it. Now companies must confront a major challenge:... View Details
- 23 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings
existence since 1694 and are currently in use in a host of countries around the world. They blend elements of lotteries and savings programs. In particular, these products offer savers protection against principal loss and liquidity, but instead of View Details
A New Approach to Building Your Personal Brand
For better or worse, in today's world everyone is a brand. Whether you're applying for a job, asking for a promotion, or writing a dating profile, your success will depend on getting others to recognize your value. So, you need to get comfortable marketing yourself. In... View Details
- 13 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions
economics," says Shawn A. Cole, an associate professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. "A frequent criticism of bankers in the recent crisis is that they took a lot of incentive pay in the years leading up View Details
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From C-Suite to CEO - Alumni
a troubled division to prove your impact. These riskier career moves can pay off large dividends and prove your ability to lead at the highest levels. Board Experience A key... View Details
- 29 Jan 2021
- News
Holding Business to Account
competitors had recently been forced to pay a record $108 million to settle a class action suit brought by female employees who had been denied advancement opportunities. Aiyer... View Details
- 21 May 2015
- Blog Post
3 Ways to Fund Your HBS MBA
at HBS. Many students, myself included, aren’t able to pay for business school out of their savings and instead utilize a combination of financial aid, scholarships, and loans View Details
- 03 Dec 2018
- News
Young Americans need to be taught skills, not handed credentials
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
voluntarily pay more to the U.S. Treasury and also move from Florida (his residence as listed in the HBS directory) to New York. Roberts W. Brokaw III (MBA ’74) Wilmington, DE... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
possible time. Perhaps they make a contribution, but the process seems close to plain old “pump and dump,” hardly my idea of long term. Professor Salter offers several thoughtful recommendations to improve... View Details
- 28 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Making the Decision to Franchise (or not)
decentralize their operations more; or they may provide more variable pay to employees when operating across diverse market types," Campbell continues. "Reporting structures, performance measurement systems,... View Details
- July 2, 2020
- Article
How to Build a Life: A College Degree Is No Guarantee of a Good Life
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Higher education is often described as an investment. But it’s still unclear if it pays off in happiness. View Details
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: A College Degree Is No Guarantee of a Good Life." The Atlantic (July 2, 2020).
- 19 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control
Thanks (or no thanks) to social media, brand managers have lost the power to control the perception of their products through carefully orchestrated advertising campaigns. These days, consumers are in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
should bear the cost of insuring against it, just as commercial banks pay into an FDIC insurance pool. And the government should insist on appropriate capital standards and liquidity requirements to limit... View Details
- 15 May 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India
- 11 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Adding Time to Activity-Based Costing
time-driven ABC projects pay back in less than a year. It's quite impressive to take companies with millions of transactions and customers, and be able to prepare detailed and... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 05 Aug 2013
- Research & Ideas
To Buy Happiness, Purchase an Experience
Make it a Treat (limiting access to our favorite things will make us keep appreciating them); Buy Time (focusing on time over money yields wiser purchases); Pay Now, Consume Later (delayed consumption leads... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
business will pay for the services of your graduates if they don’t ask the hard questions? Meeting others who can advance your career isn’t all there is, maybe that is what “nobody really understood.” Timing is everything. Light, “an... View Details
- 22 Nov 2023
- News
So You Want to Join a Startup
become an instant millionaire, chances are that's not going to happen. And that's really why I called it The Startup Lottery, right? Because there's a high degree of risk and the chances of it paying off may... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
agree that it’s unfair for a secretary to pay taxes at a higher rate than an investor. So let’s bring everyone’s rate down to a flat 15 percent. There’s no reason View Details