Costs And Consequences - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

When the FBI charged Shawn Hogan and two others with defrauding eBay of about $21 million in affiliate marketing sales, Benjamin G. Edelman was watching closely behind the scenes. Edelman's name rarely came up at the time of the 2010... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

08 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?

relatively cost efficient and scalable source of electricity. The reviews will happen across the world and each country will consider their own energy mix characteristics... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Energy; Utilities

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Studying Japan from the Inside

political leaders in the country are wrestling with the question, what comes next? Will Japanese companies adopt western business practices, and at what cost to its own uniqueness? As with the School's four... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

users are the opposite; they are looking for variety and willing to pay extra for it. "Many recreational users come in from out-of-state and enjoy the novelty of the shopping experience—and the View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

09 Dec 2015
Research Event

When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms

categories, they found that, on average, the products Amazon chose tended to have higher retail prices and lower shipping costs than those it didn’t choose, which makes sense because Amazon offers free... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Technology; Web Services

05 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?

infrastructure; and soaring costs all threaten to detract from the good vibes of the Games, which begin Friday. As of two weeks ago, Sochi had sold only 70 percent of tickets—compared to 97 percent for the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising

17 Sep 2001
What Do You Think?

What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?

personal levels—needed to achieve the "peace of mind" with which we did business on September 10? How will they and other changes affect business and consumer costs... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Sep 2003
Research & Ideas

Pride Goeth Before a Profit

delivered $20 million or more each year in cost savings, with capital expenditures of less than $500,000 total. "We're talking $80 million out of a $400 million cost structure," says Sutton,... View Details

Keywords: by Theodore Kinni

25 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future

"You have to be realistic," said Newman. "You also have to understand that there will be a cost for corporations that don't participate in this market. The key is to invest prudently, and to... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia

Belarus, on the other hand, has tried to draw itself closer than any other former Soviet republic to Russia. Belarus is, as HBS Professor Rawi Abdelal writes in a new working paper, "the quintessential status quo state in Eurasia." View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

16 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Can Applied Economics Save Homeless Puppies?

has more information on that dog than you do as a potential buyer or pet guardian, and that can lead to adverse situations,” Exley says. “The information asymmetry and search View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’

have been slower to that realization, and tend to view governance as something that the lawyers are driving. And therefore it is something that, at the attitude level, slows things down; it's a View Details

Keywords: by Jay Lorsch

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

inside the firm to create subunits that define the operating core. As you will see, responsiveness is the critical objective for units close to the customer; economic efficiency and cost control are more... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

04 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

Their self-interest—specifically, the need to maintain their moral and literal licenses to operate in these countries—requires it. "Although it may increase their cost of doing business, businesses have... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

17 Apr 2013
Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

that women often leave client service to work in industry where they experience better work/life quality but limit their ultimate career progression. Her team focuses on creating policies to influence the costs View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

08 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model

the value chain framework to define the set of activities through which products and services are created and delivered to customers.6 Once activities are defined, it is then possible to analyze the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

lower level. Finally, executives can use accounting and control systems to adjust the span of influence. For example, the span will be wider for managers who are forced to bear the burden of indirect cost... View Details