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- 18 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon
price remains a primary determinant of whether a consumer will buy a product, free shipping provides an added enhancement for online merchants to consider. Shoppers are only one-tenth as sensitive to... View Details
- 29 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Research Symposium 2014
status quo will put their jobs or reputations at risk, even if that fear is unwarranted. "We're all especially hard-wired to be wary in hierarchies," said Amy Edmondson. "Nobody woke up this morning and jumped out View Details
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
energy is also often quite a profitable thing to do." On the topic of consumer marketing, Henderson acknowledges that the majority of shoppers still aren't willing to pay a... View Details
- 23 Jul 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
Innovation Is Magic. Really
"A magician has to be very much aware of the emotional state of the audience to get that emotional buy-in," Thomke says. "You can take a trick and do it very clinically and people View Details
- 20 May 2016
- Op-Ed
World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics
public advisories, and it is regarded as more of a policeman than a partner by national governments. Its many dedicated scientists produce useful reports on the global state of public health, but the WHO's... View Details
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
with insurance provider UnitedHealthcare to test a fixed-payment structure for a select group of head and neck cancer patients. Rather than receiving separate charges for every test, treatment, and appointment, patients in the three-year... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
participation is critical to prosperity because the more people who work as a proportion of the total working-age population, the higher per capita income will be whatever the wage level. All View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS
partners: the company's own employees. Figure out how to involve and motivate them. "That will vary depending upon the degree of unionization of the industry, View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 08 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Bold Proposal for Investment Reform
out of the rut we're currently in, both the suppliers and those demanding information have to be willing to consider radical ideas in terms of reform. What radical measures... View Details
- 28 Oct 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Can We Expect in the Other War?
is really important to them. The implication is that this will lead to different behaviors and perhaps even different endeavors in the future. The first impulse for many has been to vow to spend more time with family and activities that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks
principles in a way that matches the context of the particular company, industry, and supply chain. EE: How would you summarize the program's takeaway value to participants? Or stated another way, how will... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
15 minutes. As a result, any rival has less of an incentive to lower its price, because it knows that the sophisticated company will quickly undercut any price change it might make. Further, rivals have less... View Details
- 17 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?
and national changes will be immediate regardless of the wide range of possible responses to the terrorist attacks suggested by respondents. Examples from other countries were... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Ray A. Goldberg
genome, Goldberg has focused his most recent efforts on explaining the impact of this revolutionary discovery on the agribusiness system. "All industries that deal with living things or organic compounds View Details
- 02 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Trump’s Tariffs Could Harm Allies as Much as Opponents
investors perceive as a move that will have more disadvantages than benefits for the economy as a whole. Uncertainty ahead More broadly, Trump’s actions pave the way for much uncertainty ahead, since the long history View Details
- 19 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India
space in retail is coming through new malls being built." There are currently five malls in India, with four hundred more in the planning stages. Raheja guessed that about two hundred will be built, and that 10 percent View Details
- 26 Oct 2009
- Lessons from the Classroom
The New Deal: Negotiauctions
asset that it was willing to buy, and then the banks that held that class of asset would bid the price down in an effort to sell their toxic assets back to the government. Auctions work great when the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
heard. But a significant number supported Bill Gates and the board and weren't even sure that, when the final result is known, it will be a net minus for the company. They generally took issue with one or more premises including: (1) that... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Business and the Environment
Governments, business, and consumers must act to address climate change. The actions must deal with resource supply issues and renewable energy, as well as with demand issues. Ultimately, these actions will lead to a transition from a... View Details
- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
very presumptuous for business schools ... to feel they should 'weed out' or 'license' the moral credentials of students." Alexander Magoun echoed this view when he asked, "Would it not benefit society and corporate culture as a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett