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- 06 Sep 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations
ripple through the balance sheets of businesses and households alike. Indeed, after years of debate, Congress recently took aim at drug prices through provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act. But there are many systemic factors leading... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- Op-Ed
'Dear Working Knowledge'--Our Favorite Reader Comments of the Year
They are often born of deep business experience, delivered with great style, wit, and humor. Here are some of our favorite comments in 2017. Some have been edited for clarity. Want to be Happier? Spend Some Money Avoiding Household Chores... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
via the widely accessible WhatsApp social media platform with some 100,000 teachers in India's Anganwadi network, the world's most extensive government-run-and-funded daycare system. In addition, bite-sized videos that use everyday View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 28 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Novo Nordisk
sustainability. Our research had not captured how important symbiosis has become for the entire Kalundborg region—businesses and households alike. Symbiosis is a real-life example of “one man's trash is another man's treasure.” To learn... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
States when he was about two years old. “Growing up in Brooklyn in an immigrant household felt much like what entrepreneurs do every day. You’ve got to learn as you go, and everybody has to pitch in,” says Wu. “That was ingrained in me,... View Details
- 26 Aug 2009
- Op-Ed
Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
families that traded in their old SUVs for high mpg sedans may later trade in the existing family sedan for another SUV, resulting in minimal mpg improvement on a per household basis. “Each clunker required dealer salespeople to complete... View Details
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
Nepal, households headed by women with digital savings accounts increased their education spending by 20 percent. On the other side of the equation, digitizing teacher salary payments in Liberia reduced the time and cost of collecting a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
resurgence of interest in promoting value-chain development as a way to add value, lower transaction costs, diversify rural economies, and help increase rural household incomes. Using real examples, mostly from African countries, this... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
twenty-first century, the distribution of both wealth and income became increasingly unequal. The top 5 percent of the income distribution saw their fortunes rise as both their livelihoods and assets grew. At the same time, real wages for middle- and lower-income View Details
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
PublicationsBarriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India Authors:Shawn A. Cole, Xavier Giné, Jeremy Tobacman, Petia Topalova, Robert M. Townsend, and James Vickery Publication:American Economic Journal: Applied Economics... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
Development at the Base of the Pyramid" explores a 2012 sanitation initiative in which Indian Union Minister Jairam Ramesh advised women not to marry men whose houses lacked toilets. (As of the 2011 census, only half of households in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
- 05 Jul 2004
- What Do You Think?
Work-Life: Is Productivity in the Balance?
of work is going to ... increase morale." Faisal Shaheen takes the matter one step further by asserting that "If not supported and recharged, households will not be able to add productive talent to the future labor force."... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Dec 2016
- HBS Case
Business Lessons from Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson
forward to today. The Rock has become a household name as both a wrestling legend and a global movie star. Perhaps less well known is that Johnson and his business partner, Dany Garcia, have quickly gained ground in Hollywood as... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
Being a Mom and a Founder at HBS
focus on while pursuing my MBA. I now know from personal experience how similar being a mother and an entrepreneur can be. It Takes a Village – Resources for Moms at HBS Managing a household with kids, having a spouse that works... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Meg Whitman, MBA 1979
firms that are American household names—Disney, Stride Rite, Procter & Gamble— and then applied her multifaceted talents to a fledgling start-up auction site. During her ten years at the helm, eBay grew from a small operation where... View Details
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
change the design of decision-making environments to influence the decisions of customers and employees. In recent work, he has examined participation in retirement savings plans, household investment decisions, and health care choices.... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 23 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 23, 2008
Working PapersIf You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? The Effects of Education, Financial Literacy and Cognitive Ability on Financial Market Participation Authors:Shawn A. Cole and Gauri Kartini Shastry Abstract Household financial... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
items and are affected by them. For their 1996 study, "The Paradoxes of Technology," HBS assistant professor Susan M. Fournier and David Glen Mick, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, interviewed 29 households about their... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 26 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
organic and indulgent items. Photo: iStockPhoto Looking at loyalty card data from a large grocery chain in California, Karmarkar and Bollinger tracked and analyzed 936,232 purchases by 5,987 households across two years. To assess organic... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?
including regulating the leverage used in securitization. Q: What are the options for replacing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and which approach do you favor? A: At one extreme, the government's role would be limited to supporting mortgages to lower income View Details