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02 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t

Australia, charges customers $5 for "just looking," refunding the fee if an item is purchased. "The problem with this approach is that it's trying to build a dam around your consumers and force them to do something they are not naturally... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation

Allen’s closing remarks at the end of the course emphasized adaptation as a multi-stakeholder problem that requires a systems thinking approach: “What if my house survives because I raised it, but neighbors don’t is that adaptation? If Boston reinforces View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

Covering the Issues

one-bedroom apartments renting for $260-$300. A 1977 Bulletin feature titled "Five Decades at Soldiers Field" marked the 50th birthday of the campus. "Looking at the HBS campus today with its 25 buildings and park-like setting, it's hard to visualize the tract as it... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

shared #MeToo stories of abuse after Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault in October 2017. “With the Weinstein story, a dam broke,” says Colleen Ammerman, director of Harvard Business School’s Gender... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

gap” was a problem in Nigeria as in many parts of the world. Infrastructure projects like power plants and dams were very large capital investments that could generate long-term consistent cash flows, but their financing and delivery... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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