Willingness To Pay - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

Keywords: Roger Thompson; federal bailouts; Credit Intermediation and Related Activities; Finance

28 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

“In a lot of organizations, there are no recognition programs for employees whatsoever, so employers need to catch up.” People may prefer non-cash gifts because they often spend cash bonuses on basic necessities like View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Student Loan Debt Leads to Better Jobs, Stronger Consumers

more freedom to make a change with their careers and get their acts together financially. “We do see a risk-taking angle to this, where people are willing to pursue a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

07 Aug 2006
Research & Ideas

Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

the world. If my goal had been to explore the historical roots of consumer protection, the U.S. case would have been a natural focus. German companies have been able to excel in highly engineered products in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

15 May 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India

Keywords: by Shawn Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert Townsend & James Vickery

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

16 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Nonprofit Networking: The New Way to Grow

training, independent living skills, and communication skills, to improve services to communities. Peacock told them that Guide Dogs was willing to take on the mobility piece... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

How Numbers Talk to People

primary appeal of Expedia had become convenience—and change/cancel fees were not convenient. Analysts looked at customer satisfaction rates, and they were particularly low for customers who had to pay the... View Details

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

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

value created for shareholders. Agency theory ascends It isn’t much of an exaggeration to say that the “Friedman Doctrine” triggered a half-century of dominance for “agency theory” in corporate governance. Adherence View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

your goal is a great marketing plan or a brilliant idea for a software system, it doesn't matter if it took 2 hours or 20 hours. The client is paying for the quality of the solution. Q: What do you think about the issue of flexible work... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2016
News

Up to the Highest Heights

kiteboarding community—which includes Elon Musk and Richard Branson—is custom-made for startup culture, says Tai. “It’s work-hard, play-hard types with strength, stamina, and willingness to try new things,... View Details

Keywords: April White

12 May 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

levels of stress. In the words of John Kenneth Galbraith, renowned economist and diplomat, “All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: It was the willingness to confront unequivocally... View Details

Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley

31 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Transitioning From the Military to Business School

how much I was learning and if I was developing into the person I want to be after two years at HBS. It was simple yet transformative advice. And though I still have to work at it, I have a feeling that... View Details

29 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

lost critical people in the background who make this whole thing work. Gazette: Twitter has been under a consent decree for over a decade over data privacy and security violations. Back in May, the company had to View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology

18 Dec 2017
News

Hospital Giants Vie for Patients in Effort to Fend Off New Rivals

2023
Book

Move Fast and Fix Things: The Trusted Leader's Guide to Solving Hard Problems

By: Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss

Speed has gotten a bad name in business, much of it deserved. When Facebook made "Move fast and break things" an informal company motto, it fueled a widely held belief that we can either make progress or take care of people, one or the other. That a certain amount of... View Details

Keywords: Leading Change; Performance Improvement; Problems and Challenges; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture

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