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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
News in the News Biz
of wealthy individuals, then the newspaper business has to generate profit. Since 75 percent of newspaper revenue comes from advertising, and staff — at 16 percent of total cost — is the most important cost... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
product—your cost in producing the product is irrelevant. While we are often tempted to sell a product at a "reasonable margin," the more intelligent way to price a product is not based on what it cost you... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Making a Difference in the World
million would be saved in annual energy costs. If each household replaced its appliances with the most efficient available, $15 billion of savings in energy costs would result. The top 3,000 public companies cause over $2.15 trillion, or... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Setting the Legislative Agenda
assume trillions of dollars in liabilities spent to try to repair a broken system. The costs of regulatory failure and the urgency of regulatory reform could not be clearer.” Related Links Too Big To Fail View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Sustaining Business And Society For The Long Term
partnerships, values-driven leadership, fi duciary duties, and the blurring of lines between government and business. Three cases focus on issues encountered by Unilever—one of which examines how the multinational conglomerate deals with uncertainty, including... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Flight Path
remote-controlled quadcopter,” hitting 163.5 mph. September 2017 DRL High Voltage, a drone pilot simulator, graduates from beta testing. The video game hones skills in preparation for flying an actual drone. DRL drones cost between $500... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 26 Jan 2021
- News
Numbers Talk at Tesla
When Zachary Kirkhorn (MBA 2013) became CFO of Tesla in early 2019, few envied him. The electric carmaker had just reduced headcount by 7 percent. Tesla needed to cut costs and its vehicle prices to avoid bankruptcy, CEO Elon Musk told... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Faculty Research
How to Avoid a Price Increase Manufacturers usually pass on any cost increases in their materials to consumers. The result is often a price increase (gasoline) or, less often, a smaller amount of product at the same price (potato chips).... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Who, Me?
Is this a great country or what? Once upon a time, a journey of self-discovery usually involved biting insects, bouts of diarrhea, familial approbation, and staggering opportunity costs while one searched out a shaman or mystic to help... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Social Capital Markets: Creating Value in the Nonprofit World
which recruits at-risk youth to work in Ben & Jerry's shops). It monitors employee progress and tries to quantify the costs each represents to society. It then tracks how that cost structure changes due to... View Details
Keywords: Anne Kavanagh
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
noted that the President was focusing on trying to get more people covered and shifting more of the costs to wealthy people while reducing costs to those with lesser incomes. But there was much debate about... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference
between the high cost of developing prescription drugs and patient demand for lower prices. Speaking on “The Politics of Innovation,” McClellan acknowledged that many patients have resorted to buying drugs outside the FDA’s regulatory... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth
fundraising for its future. If the farm can produce 30 tons of tomatoes per hectare at a cost of $124 per ton, Tomato Jos will be ready to expand its smallholder program and take the next step into tomato processing. And Mehta herself has... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
unemployment. Nevertheless, a minimum wage increase is controversial. Why is that? Because the conversation is really about much more than a technical debate on the costs and benefits. Most people are aware that the long-term economic... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
The Kids Are Alright: Alumni Children Crack Case
part, found himself fielding some unexpected questions. “What’s a soap opera?” one boy asked during a discussion of ad rates for different kinds of TV programming. Mention of a $1.3 million cost provoked the query, “How much money is... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
No sector of our economy is more in need of innovation than health care, yet its many regulations handcuff entrepreneurs. A consumer-driven health-care system will unlock these shackles to bring about a much-needed entrepreneurial revolution. Health care’s $2.2... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
Illustration by Mercedes McDonald. Orchard Gardens photo by Ed Quinn/Saba In many parts of the country, housing costs and shortages have begun to show signs of adversely affecting corporations, workers, and local economies. Affordable... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
The second 90 percent that we are ignoring is the true cost of operating our buildings: the people inside. Most companies spend as much as 90 percent of their budgets on human resources, a figure largely driven by their salaries and... View Details
- 01 May 2013
- News
Michael F. Cronin, MBA 1977
of skills, imagination, and interests. Harvard needs to educate the very best MBA candidates from the widest possible applicant pool. That means we have to remove cost as a barrier.” A native of Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood, Cronin... View Details
- 16 Sep 2016
- News
Gaining Ground on ALS
Bucket Challenge to support the Phase 3 trial of a promising investigational drug that is designed to slow the loss of lung function and muscle strength in patients with ALS. “Clinical trials cost tens to hundreds of millions of dollars,”... View Details