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- 23 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers
airlines increase their retail prices. So all buyers essentially end up sharing the fees, even if they choose to forego the intermediary. Thus begins a vicious cycle of increasing costs. With price coherence in place, intermediaries need not worry that buyer View Details
- 08 Jan 2007
- What Do You Think?
Neuro Economics: Science or Science Fiction?
restrict the validity of findings for some time to come." Biju Dominic offered the opinion that "I strongly believe that fMRI-led research into the brain is a top-down, far-too-simplistic approach . But a bottom-up approach that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- Career Coach
Anne Marie Checcone
consulting to product management, part-time employment that balanced the demands of family and career, and an international job search when her partner’s career moved the family overseas. Leveraging HBS’s career visioning and... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble
look, I decided that something here is interesting—and probably sustainable. Bitcoin feels increasingly mainstream. What’s behind the lingering skepticism? I think the question is whether there is a fundamental use case. If somebody can demonstrate that, then it’s... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
outcome, even though that was the effect you wanted in a Western market. On the other hand, a sense of peace might be misconstrued as a failure." Valid Concerns For businesses looking to enlist the services of a neuromarketing... View Details
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412066-PDF-ENG Customer Discovery and Validation for Entrepreneurs Frank V. Cespedes, Thomas R. Eisenmann, and Steven G. BlankHarvard Business School Note 812-097 Provides practical... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Aug 2006
- First Look
First Look: August 29, 2006
patent holder are zero, and an "aggressive" form where they are strictly positive. Even though the patentee's profits are protected with the lost profits damage measure, innovation incentives are reduced relative to a regime where infringement is deterred.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
that these are the most difficult times in memory for many, if not most people. Parents struggle to balance the demands of remote work and homeschooling. Employees who live alone strain to stay focused while isolated from loved ones and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- Web
Field Course: Ideation and Prototyping for Innovation - Course Catalog
will find IPI to be complementary. These courses will help you validate demand for a venture concept, but they also support aspiring entrepreneurs in developing their business model, evaluating go-to-market... View Details
- 20 Aug 2018
- Research & Ideas
Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All
valid and do their own independent assessment of what an item is worth to them. For retailers, Ngwe’s research shows that fake original prices could be a strategy to increase sales—but only if regulators don’t crack down harder on the... View Details
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
program like Groupon? What steps can they take to mitigate those risks? A: Stories abound of consumers who try to game the system. Consider a customer who wants to dine on a weekend using a voucher valid on weekdays only. Some consumers... View Details
- Web
Lessons from the 2025 Race, Gender & Equity at Work Symposium - Blog: RGE Report
many institutions and structures, often the very same ones we use our own hope to challenge. Our panelists showed us how hope alone is insufficient for radical change. When hope is expected or demanded of someone struggling against... View Details
- 22 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 22, 2016
the complex regulatory environment that governs Indian gaming. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51932 Fall 2016 Manufacturing & Service Operations Management The Impact of Supplier Inventory Service Level on Retailer View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Following My Dream: Launching a Venture
product (MVP) one could imagine, and I’m very grateful for the advice. Our extensive MVP testing at corporate offices allowed us to validate key assumptions of our business model and value proposition, e.g. more than 70% of our users... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- Web
Tracking Tariffs: Are Retailers Passing Costs to Consumers? | Working Knowledge
more demand for domestic goods, notes the paper. Different countries, different responses The team dug further into daily prices for more than 300,000 products, using data from four large retailers to identify where the products... View Details
- 20 Feb 2013
- News
Thanking Veterans Online
from fraud, yet simple enough for users to validate their status in a matter of seconds. Hall and Thompson's solution to this problem is Troop ID, a digital ID card that links an email address and password to a person's military... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
A Perfect Fit: Aligning Organization & Strategy
"Our process is a structural mechanism that alleviates the problem by getting information into the open and helping managers discuss the undiscussable." But "getting in shape" involves several demanding exercises... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Primer on Patents
annually soared from 62,000 to 177,000. Swamped with about 350,000 patent applications each year, examiners are overwhelmed and unable to devote enough time to check out the validity of each one. And thanks to the CAFC, once a patent is... View Details
- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
companies must serve a social purpose. “Society is demanding that companies, both public and private, serve a social purpose,” Fink wrote. “To prosper over time, every company must not only deliver financial performance but also show how... View Details
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
allocation." The detailed work was still bottom up, but true change had to be driven by the top in a sustained entrepreneurial effort. Bower teamed with Clark Gilbert and others 37 years later to report studies suggesting that while the initial ideas were still... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett