Willingness To Pay - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know

should be careful to respect a range of religious expressions. Take the case of auto parts retailer AutoZone, which agreed to pay $75,000 for telling an employee he couldn’t... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage; Apparel & Accessories

22 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make

about speaking up at work, incidents in which catastrophe is narrowly averted rise to the surface, spurring important growth and systems improvement. “People don't pay enough attention, especially in the... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Health

01 Dec 2010
News

How to Survive Past Start-up

consulting firm used to be as good as it gets: a six-figure starting salary, a $30,000 signing bonus, a pledge to pay some or all of their B-school tuition — which amounts... View Details

Keywords: Bill Murphy Jr.; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

October 2015 (Revised September 2016)
Case

Whirlpool Corp.: Structuring the Deal to Acquire Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Company

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Nancy Hua Dai

Ian Lee, Whirlpool's VP for North Asia, had been negotiating a possible acquisition with Jackie Jin, the chairman of a leading Chinese appliance manufacturer named Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Company (Hefei Sanyo), for almost six months when suddenly Hefei Sanyo's... View Details

Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Regulation; Cross-border Investment; Brand Names; State-owned Enterprise (SOE); Appliances; White Goods; Consumer Durables; Negotiation; Valuation; Mergers and Acquisitions; State Ownership; Foreign Direct Investment; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; China

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18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet

includes more firms, the researchers note. Strategy yields dividends for companies and new CEOs Choosing an external CEO seems to pay off for both the executive and the private equity firm itself, the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

12 Jul 2022
News

Expanding the Power to Prosper

could to relatives back at home—a process that opened Dyer’s eyes to the ways in which the financial system, with its long delays and steep fees, often winds up being most costly for those who have the... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

21 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change

Public trust in business remains relatively unshaken amid economic turbulence and a lingering pandemic, even as faith in the media and government falters, but leaders could do more to address social issues, a new global opinion survey shows. However, not everyone... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

22 Feb 2022
News

Ink: Bringing Purpose to Life

In his new book, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High Performance Companies, Professor Ranjay Gulati makes the case that it is indeed possible to serve two masters—profit and social purpose—at the same time. But in order View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2009
News

Faculty Responds to Financial Crisis

Global Failures Create a “Lodestar” for HBS Research and Teaching From new cases to new courses and research projects, the HBS faculty’s response to the global financial crisis has been “quite... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 1998
News

A Career to Smile About

of acquired knowledge and experience across regions and nations is a key to business success. And with dozens of wildly different markets and ongoing geopolitical rearrangements, she knows that, be it toothpaste or any other consumer... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

01 Sep 2009
News

How to Fix Wall Street

"I'm making this decision on principle, just to see how it feels." ©The New Yorker Collection 2003 Leo Cullum from Cartoonbank.com. All Rights Reserved. Another bubble is brewing. Only this time it is a regulation bubble. As agencies and... View Details

Keywords: Lynn Paine; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

money and are more likely to want to help their community than men and women. They were also less likely to want children than men and women. Expressed lower degrees of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Jun 2000
What Do You Think?

What’s Happening to Our Patience?

front of the pump instead of paying in slower, more conventional ways, did 2.7 million people sign up for the program and increase their loyalty to Mobil by one extra visit to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2018
News

Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers

incomes are under enormous pressure, making it critical that farmers find ways to save money,” Baron says. “They all knew they had something to learn by sharing.” After pooling their data, Baron saw that... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

01 Dec 2012
News

Taking Time to Make Time

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. What do you think about the issue of flexible work hours?... View Details

Keywords: Time management

19 Jun 2014
News

Turning "Black Gold" to Green

calling for using city investments in energy efficiency to generate savings that would be reinvested in solar power. Inspired by their success, Dawe took an 80 percent pay cut and moved View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

29 Nov 2022
Cold Call Podcast

How Will Gamers and Investors Respond to Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard?

Keywords: Re: Joseph Pacelli; Technology; Media & Broadcasting

20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

employees depends on its willingness to listen to them and act on what is learned. “Allowing employees to safely speak truth View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

more balanced and comprehensive if management believes that directors might seek an independent opinion. It should be noted that there is a precedent for providing directors with independent funding: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires that audit committees have their own... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

08 Feb 2021
Book

How to Make the World Better, Not Perfect

matter of dumping his work on others. “Some people actually view this as a good opportunity, not a burden,” he says. “So how do we get this away from a 50-year-old and onto the desk of a 27-year-old who will pay more attention and also... View Details