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- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
e-commerce world is a brutal competitive environment,” says Harvard Business School marketing professor Thales Teixeira. “One of the biggest levers retailers have at their disposal to bring in customers is price.” More discounts, however, means reduced View Details
William T. Kerr
Kerr expanded Meredith Corporation by focusing on its core business and directly managing its financial performance. Over the last few years, the company compounded its earnings per share at 33% per year and tripled its profit margin to... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media
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Vicky Xu | MBA
into practice. Professional goals I know eventually I want to be involved in creating something that makes everyday life better for people (especially marginalized groups!). Perhaps this will take shape in working with cities, or perhaps... View Details
- 13 Apr 2021
- News
Face Value
Business School to avoid seeming boastful.” Today’s heightened awareness of marginalized communities offers an opportunity for change, says Tsai. “For a long time, I tried to ignore my heritage and become something else. I kept my head... View Details
- 28 Oct 2024
- Op-Ed
Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.
electorate projected to double to 15 percent by November from 7.4 percent in 2000, according to Pew Research Center. “A new New York Times/Siena College Poll showed a steady narrowing in Democrats’ margin within this important group for... View Details
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
here cover a wide range including outright sale, renting, charging by the transaction, advertising and subscription models, licensing, or even giving away the product and selling after-sale support and services. Having a sense of price and cost yields target profit... View Details
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Hidden Workers: Caregivers - Managing the Future of Work
childcare and eldercare, it's in the best interest of employers to invest in fostering a care culture—one that attracts caregivers on the margins of the workforce and helps current employees succeed. Read the Report Related Research... View Details
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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Margins and Modalities Laura Liswood, Lex Smith Washington, Laura Kray, Rachel Arnett, Lumumba Seegars Artist Performance Nadia Manzoor , Artist, author Burq Off: Breaking "Performance" Through Performance Apr 07 Friday, April 07, 2017... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Advancing Racial Equity
and—subsequently—address the needs of those underrepresented or marginalized because of gender, race, creed, nationality, sexual orientation, political beliefs, and socioeconomic background. This ongoing work follows the September 2020... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Bridging the Gap
Illustration by Chris Gash Long before “COVID-19” became a household word with grave implications, the education sector faced enormous challenges. Opportunity and achievement gaps marginalizing students of color and those from low-income... View Details
- Portrait Project
Val Mendeleev
I cannot stand still. Having moved across dozens of countries and industries, I want to continue discovering the world and not ever be bored or a marginal person. Professionally, this means launching and running successful businesses in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Research Brief: Pocket Change
that is good news for democracy in the United States.” Whereas small donors were previously on the margins of being able to affect the electoral process, technology now allows contributors to easily “donate repeatedly to the same... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Case Study: Sneak Peak
sell-through, then you may not fully understand the situation you are in. If you are really getting great sell-through and your margins are strong, the angels should be lining up to invest. There are plenty of people out there, both large... View Details
- Career Coach
Aaron Mitchell
inclusion and opened doors for marginalized communities to flourish. His work has led to features in The New York Times, CNBC, and Wired. Aaron currently serves on the boards of The Atlanta Music Project, The People Concern, and UNICEF... View Details
- Portrait Project
Rahima Dosani
telling people how I feel about them. I developed deep compassion for other marginalized people, leading me to pursue a career in health care for disadvantaged populations. And I gained the courage to stand strong in the face of... View Details
- 27 Apr 2017
- News
Enabling a Transformational Educational Experience
India that provided supplementary education, support for marginalized farmers, and vocational training. He earned an engineering and economics degree in 2011, was a consultant at McKinsey & Company in India, and led commercial operations... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- News
A Fresh Approach to Urban Farming
marginalized spaces in Singapore—rooftops—rather than farmland, which wasn’t available in the city. “The kind of technology we use—using hydroponics, but also stacking the pipes—means we’re getting around 20 to 30 times what a... View Details
- 08 Jun 2011
- News
George Yeo: A Matter of Degrees
Singapore, I remember the cases I did on energy deregulation in the U.S., the whole theory of marginal pricing, and so on. It was very helpful.” Summing up his HBS experience, Yeo told the Times, “I learned a lot about business, finance,... View Details
- 12 Jul 2022
- News
Expanding the Power to Prosper
Grant, Millicent is designed to make it easier for the world’s 1.7 billion marginalized and unbanked people to access financial services, according to a recent article in Forbes. Dyer moved to the United Kingdom as a refugee from Nigeria.... View Details
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Heritage & Identity Months at Baker | Baker Library
serve to acknowledge and surface the histories, contributions, and topics encompassing historically marginalized identities in business and the ongoing work to have their stories known and celebrated. This work is in partnership with... View Details