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- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
protagonist. Specifically, because it was intersectional, it wasn’t obvious what she should do or what success meant, because she fit into two marginalized groups. The classroom discussion was fantastic. Moreover, the case involved HR and... View Details
- 15 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax
rich. We ask the highest earners among us to pay a greater share of their income than the rest of us. But, despite the well-known fact that inequality in incomes is now at levels not seen since FDR's time, President Obama faced stiff opposition in Congress when he... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl
- 22 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Can Amazon Remake Health Care?
care. It’s all the other expensive stuff that we need when we’re really sick. And Amazon is no expert in managing any of that. “Because Amazon might be able to introduce supply-chain disruptions that increase its profit margin does not... View Details
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
there is anything illegal about what Carrier, or many companies before it, is doing. It is carrying out the wishes of shareholders of its parent, United Technologies. As UT’s CEO, Greg Harris, put it in explaining his company’s continued high profit performance, “what... View Details
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Climate Impact - Business & Environment
Agarwal MBA 2010 | Founder & CEO, Mati Carbon Removals “Mati uses enhanced weathering in agricultural fields for doing scalable, permanent carbon removals, with co-benefits to marginal farmers. Leveraging our proprietary technology, we... View Details
- 31 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator
indifferent to waiting for greater commissions and closing the deal now and getting inducted into the club. The willingness-to-pay statistic at the software firm is calculated to be nearly $30,000, or approximately 5 percent of take-home pay. "My research shows that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know
Kimberlé Crenshaw, can help to think about environmentalism as well. Intersectionality is the idea that individuals exist in a crossroads of all their identities, with privilege and marginalization in the intersection between their class,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan
saffron to wider markets and realized it represented a compelling value proposition. “Farmers could make more money, especially as it’s a very high-price crop, and because saffron is so light, it’s easy to transport by air. The margins... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
marginalized racial and ethnic groups were 54 percent less likely to be promoted than whites, and women were 36 percent less likely to be promoted than men, despite diversity efforts by advocates and government regulators. Bias-driven... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value in Your Business Ecosystem
need for eBay to maintain expensive centralized monitoring and feedback systems. The company can charge commissions that are no higher than 7 percent of a given transaction—well below the typical 30 percent to 70 percent margins most... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien
- 06 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Innovator’s Battle Plan
least attractive. Sales can go up (high price points replace low price points). Margins typically go way up. The incumbent stops worrying about disloyal, dissatisfied, low-paying (overshot) customers whom outsiders may term... View Details
- 18 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?
require them to allocate all of it in an EBIDTA calculation. If these items are included, WeWork’s contribution margin becomes substantially negative. Ultimately, the metric WeWork proposes to use is of View Details
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?
returning citizens, we are leaving a lot of talented but undervalued people off the table.” It is also important to keep in mind that, when we talk about returning citizens, we’re often including other marginalized and stigmatized... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 08 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder
different position,” the authors write. “This phenomenon may explain why the gender wage gap is large in the vertical [top-to-bottom] margin but small in the horizontal [peer-to-peer] margin.” Social forces may not be as effective as... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information
generated by margin contributions from the School’s competitive business units—HBP, Executive Education, and HBS Online—as well as generous giving to the School by alumni and friends of HBS. In addition, depreciation is a non-cash item... View Details
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Reverse Innovation
VG and Chris Trimble reveal a bold discovery with far-reaching implications in REVERSE INNOVATION: Create Far From Home, Win Everywhere (Harvard Business Review Press; April 10, 2012;... View Details
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
different in any way from running a private enterprise. That's your job, if you're building a happy family: to realize that they need to be motivated and that there's a clear way to motivate them." The Perils Of Assessing Costs Marginally... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Portrait Project
Rishon Benjamin
Profit Margin. Asset Turn. Leverage. Three simple ingredients that have become near daily fixtures of my MBA experience. Is this the education that is supposed to help me make a difference in the world? Can it really be so easy? Profit View Details
- 08 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: A Sense of Urgency
create the sense of urgency needed to perform better. An example. At a major European retailer, margins were shrinking year after year because fashionable boutiques were taking its top-of-the-line business, and discounters were taking... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter
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Banking System - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
Income The net interest margin (NIM) peaked prior to the financial crisis and has been steadily increasing in recent years. NIM is defined as interest income minus interest expenses, divided by assets. Source: Bank Holding Company Y9C... View Details