Margins - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Aug 2007
Op-Ed

Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments

government as well as embezzlement. They might very well be willing to pay the same, or higher, taxes to finance good government, which would include a profit margin to the elected firm. Corporations might find that some parts of running... View Details

Keywords: by Eric Werker

01 Jun 2024
News

The Bookshelf: Try As One Might

A professor of management at the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia and a leading expert on design thinking, Jeanne Liedtka (MBA 1981) helps people make better decisions through experimentation. The concept sounds simple enough in the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; experimentation; innovation; process

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

16 Aug 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Introduces Marketing Analysis Tools for Managers

financial projections for the firm. Profitability analysis begins with calculating the revenue the firm will generate from sales of its products. Then, an analysis of variable and fixed costs is undertaken. Finally, these numbers are used to calculate the profit or... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

25 May 2011
News

Singapore Star

an example from his days as Trade and Industry Minister. “When we deregulated the energy markets in 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... View Details

01 Sep 2010
News

Becoming a VC Insider

recalls his first major pitch, made before no less than VC legend John Doerr (MBA ’76) and partners at Kleiner Perkins. In a scene guaranteed to produce an empathetic sweat, the author relates his fear while being peppered by “killer questions” on four-year gross View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

12 Feb 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

‘UpTick’ Brings Wall Street Pressure to Students

In a Harvard Business School classroom, students in the Dynamic Markets class may have one minute to make a decision in a pressure cooker one called "the most stress I've experienced in ten years." It's margin call time in a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services; Education

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

28 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Improving Accountability at the World Bank

establishing the range of issues under consideration. This includes identifying the specific interests and accessibility needs of various stakeholders, especially marginalized groups, and planning the outreach necessary for their... View Details

Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim

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

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

27 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Charting 'Cheapflation': How Budget Brands Got So Pricey

bills. They also point out other reasons, including targeted fiscal stimulus, which likely increased the demand for cheaper varieties, and the possibility that cheaper products tend to depend more on global supply chains, like the ones disrupted by COVID-19. At the... View Details

Keywords: by Ana Elena Azpúrua

25 Mar 2024
Blog Post

DC Alumni and BEI Present Talk on Inequality and Climate Change

marginalized communities. Spar and Choi touched on a range of issues, including the vital importance of trees for poor urban areas, the changing needs for insurance due to climate change, and the impact of climate change on the real... View Details

31 Oct 2014
Op-Ed

Ebola’s Call To Arms About Disaster Preparedness

lesson in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The risk-management tools and safety margins needed to manage normal disruptions in the market were completely inadequate to handle a major catastrophe. We got rid of the buffers against... View Details

Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda; Health

26 Aug 2009
Op-Ed

Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road

Chrysler once, have to do so again to the tune of $3 billion through the $3,500-$4,500 C4C incentives? This taxpayer money simply enabled the dealers to avoid having to offer discounts off sticker prices and to extract higher profit View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto

03 Dec 2001
What Do You Think?

What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?

Microsoft, as the leader in one generation of technology, becoming the dominant player in the next generation. As long as Microsoft continues to re-deploy the margins in its core business to explore new ones, chances are the market and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Web

Leading Race Work in Business Schools - Race, Gender & Equity

Courtney McCluney Courtney L. McCluney is an assistant professor in organizational behavior at the ILR School at Cornell. Dr. McCluney’s research investigates marginalization, or practices within organizations, institutions, and society that maintain inequality between... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

New Releases

mountaineer Yvon Chouinard, the company differentiates its clothing along environmental lines, using expensive organic cotton and polyester made from recycled bottles. Patagonia's margins shrank, but sales to its high-end retail clientele... 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

16 Aug 2016
First Look

August 16, 2016

ongoing need for shark conservation and management, prevailing negative sentiments marginalize these animals and legitimize permissive exploitation. These negative attitudes arise from an instinctive yet exaggerated fear, which is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

5 Lessons I Hope Marketers Don’t Learn from Donald Trump

be contempt for the whole category. Scorn the non-buyer. Trump alienated the marginal customer. He forgets that today’s brand rejecter may be tomorrow’s opportunity, but not if the marketing campaign has cruelly cut the market into... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Deighton

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