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  • 01 Jun 2004
  • News

Luxe Redux

refreshing their product lines and extending their brand to more affordable items. Pressure to innovate is intense, says HBS professor Nancy F. Koehn, a business historian and author of Brand New: How Entrepreneurs Earned Consumers’ Trust from Wedgwood to Dell. “People... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; luxury; Retail Trade
  • 15 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

forthcoming American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Using Online Prices for Measuring Real Consumption Across Countries By: Cavallo, Alberto, Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar, and Marcel P. Timmer Abstract—We... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

to improve resource efficiency, creating and discovering new game-changing planet-friendly raw ingredients, reducing waste across the value chain, and designing compelling brands to educate consumers and shift consumption behaviors. Or... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
  • 21 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

consumption fluctuations faced by individuals, households, and firms. Yet much of this promise remains unrealized. In this paper, we study the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product designed to compensate low-income Indian... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Syngenta Tomato Vision

when creating a new type of tomato with the right product-market fit. Syngenta also works closely with retailers and growers to develop new products to ensure it is not only meeting the needs of consumers, but also for the growers (for example, minimizing energy View Details
  • 04 Dec 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

periodically. We also document a benefit of consuming calls by finding that the consumption of calls is associated with more informed trading decisions. Overall, our investigation illuminates the actual View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

One-on-One with Carter Roberts

how over the next thirty years the world is going to go through a bottleneck because of population and consumption growth. If we don’t make commitments now to conserve endangered places, they won’t be here thirty years from now. But... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
  • 02 Feb 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

not going to compete by building a car manufacturing supply chain, a telephony network or a big retail footprint. We are going to use that available infrastructure to our advantage. These startups are like fleas on the backs of dinosaurs too big to do much about it."... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 12 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

example of IBM reducing electricity consumption significantly between 1990 and 2012 and saving $477 million in the process. The role of academics in this process, she said, is the traditional one: to think clearly, see what is true, not... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 18 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?

Although much of the globe is awash in it, the allocation of water for human consumption is anything but easy. As the planet's population grows, urbanizes, and is subjected to climate change, many experts foresee a global water crisis... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 19 Mar 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Handicapping the Best Countries for Business

(Italy), demographic and entrepreneurial problems (Japan), or excessive consumption and debt problems (USA). Q: One of the surprises I had in reading the book was your bullishness on Russia. Why the optimism? A: I am bullish on Russia... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Let Customers Call the Shots

concept to well-behaved consumption markets such as soft drinks. Consumer empowerment won't work there; empowering systems are most needed in situations where demands are fragmented and versatile. As these systems improve and succeed,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 06 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-046.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsBroadcast Television in the Broadband World Harvard Business School Note 707-486 What strategies have the top four (NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX) broadcast television networks tested in response to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 7

application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there are direct network effects, users prefer to consume the same applications to benefit from consumption complementarities. We show that the combination... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

consumption tax. The destination-based cash flow tax that was proposed in the summer was effectively that in disguise. I wasn't a terrible fan of that implementation of it, but I think there's something to be said for switching to that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25

that converts benefits reform first into changes to retirees' consumption paths and then into a net effect on social welfare. I calibrate that framework using recently produced data on Social Security beneficiaries by lifetime income... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 12

wearing gym clothes rather than an elegant outfit or wearing red sneakers in a professional setting. Nonconforming behaviors, as costly and visible signals, can act as a particular form of conspicuous consumption and lead to positive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing

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 to increased enjoyment); and Invest in Others (spending... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
  • 07 Aug 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

conducted in France and Germany to a comparative study of all of the advanced industrialized countries. My goal is to analyze the historical evolution of consumption in the advanced industrialized economies. Specifically, what role have... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 01 Mar 2019
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

sense of fulfillment and purpose. Her first law or principle is that stories matter. We are all living in the story of scarcity—the story that tells us we don’t have enough. We want more and more, perpetuating a vicious cycle of View Details
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