Costs And Consequences - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

of opportunity, America could instead be closing it down—unless we create a positive agenda to renew the American spirit," she writes in the book's introduction. Kanter believes America at the start of the 21st century has lost its way both as a beacon to the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Nov 2015
First Look

November 17, 2015

evolving structure of corporate debt markets—and given rise to new questions about the private and social costs and benefits of leverage and, in particular, the role of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Wrapping Your Alliances In a World Wide Web

planning, channel allocation, and the cost of returns. —Distributors, who provide pre- and post-sale technical support to their resellers on tens of thousands of SKUs, must... View Details

Keywords: by Andrew McAfee

13 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Improving Public Health for the Poor

low cost or a business providing goods or services that end or reduce respiratory ailments. Bringing together public healthcare and market forces "could have huge impact," says Chu. That feeling... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health

30 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 30

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-143.pdf Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act Authors:Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley, and Kristin J. Forbes... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 11

discounts and Amazon encouraged consumers to compare prices using smart phones, Best Buy was becoming a showroom for lower cost retail models. International expansion was struggling View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

Prescriptions: Free the Data! Build a Killer App Measure Health Care's Real Costs Make Medicine Personal Leverage Human Nature Integrate Preventive Care and Payment BUSH: A passionate advocate for improving... View Details

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

01 Nov 2024
In Practice

Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times

the layoff research of our colleagues as a touchpoint, we are troubled by the potential long-term costs of this trend, including reduced innovation, lower team engagement, and attrition of talented people.... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

13 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 13, 2008

procedures of Pratt (2007), including the Nash bargaining procedure, satisfy this. Other prominent efficient procedures do not. In two-agent problems, reducing the feasible set between the solution and one agent's maximum point increases... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Oct 2015
Blog Post

Why We Recruit: Bloom Energy

generation systems are helping businesses become more resilient and reduce uncertainty from grid dependence. Our technology, first developed for NASA's Mars Program, is among the most efficient power generation technology on the planet,... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

19 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf

delivering the goods and services to our customers more effectively than our competitors. Once we decided it was strategic, we had to fix it or suffer the consequences; and no one was willing to suffer the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer, Russell Eisenstat & Derek Schrader

07 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Pursuing a Deadly Opportunity

venture. In return for body donations, each organization offered comparable levels of financial assistance covering transportation and cremation costs and returning the ashes... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

31 Jul 2012
First Look

First Look: July 31

PublicationsFinancial Development, Fixed Costs and International Trade Authors:Bo Becker, David Greenberg, and Jinzhu Chen Publication:Review of Corporate Finance Studies... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

When CEOs Become Activists

gasoline rather than Mobil if they disagreed with the Mobil CEO’s views on a social issue that’s not directly related to the business? When do the costs of CEO activism outweigh the benefits? And when can... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Publishing

16 May 2011
Research & Ideas

What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee

service quality are more or less immune from the high-end challenger. These findings suggest that before mounting a counterattack on a competitor's incursion, it's important to understand your customer priorities and your business's place... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

07 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Three Steps for Crisis Prevention

South Africa over its attempt to reduce the cost of HIV drugs through parallel importation (buying pharmaceuticals in countries with lower prices and then importing them) and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman

February 2009
Teaching Note

Pitney Bowes: Employer Health Strategy (TN)

By: Michael E. Porter and Jennifer F Baron

Teaching Note for 709458. View Details

Keywords: Health; Employees; Cost; Policy; Situation or Environment; Innovation and Invention; Contracts; Programs; Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Service Industry; United States

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22 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

How to Build a Better Board

limited time, and they never stop to ask, "Can we do this better?" One of the pleas of our book is, "For God's sake, stop and design this stuff: It isn't rocket science once you stop to think... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Aug 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs

to get good feedback that would help us understand how VCs would be looking at our business model," adds Weng. (Battery Ventures and a few private investors bought into FashionStake's vision early on.) FashionStake View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Education

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