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- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
As economic turmoil continues, many companies are reconsidering their strategies with an eye toward going lean and slashing prices. And that might work for a few companies—but very few. Instead, companies should compete "on the basis... View Details
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Rob Casper
says, “and it turns out I was completely wrong. We were supposed to shadow them in the field, give them pointers. But within minutes, they had completely melted into the jungle – I had totally underestimated their ability. In fact, they... View Details
- 22 Feb 2017
- News
Funding Solar’s Future
War, the pair met at HBS and launched Double Time in 2013. The piece details the firm’s rapid growth: In just over three years, the firm has raised seven funds, totaling $80 million, from investors including Prudential Financial, Burt’s... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Research Online
advertising, particularly for determined adversaries. In this Q&A, Assistant Professor Ben Edelman, who designs electronic markets, explains how contract terms can be managed to both reduce advertisers’ risks of being defrauded and reward... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
so that it could attract and retain the best talent. The new strategy created a positive-sum game, increasing the size of the reward that could be shared between Mobil and its dealers; thus, the relationship... View Details
Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
- 03 Oct 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?
probably never again amount to more than about 10 percent of total employment in any of the world's developed economies and (2) the return of manufacturing activity to the US will have to be accompanied by increased productivity, probably... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn
reduced the deductible students have to pay before being reimbursed for prescriptions from over $700 to under $200. “This was a true team effort, with many students working together,” she notes. “It was rewarding to play a small part in... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Brill
- 06 Nov 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Top-Down Resource Allocation on the Rise?
the unit level." Saravanan introduced the old/new, product-market 2X2 matrix to argue that top-down resource allocation is most appropriate when both products and markets are new. But he reminded us that "The decision on the View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
in part, perhaps, to its tough, unglamorous realities. “Anyone who does a good job in the food industry and makes money works really, really hard,” says Keith Garner, owner of Pasta Cuisine, a restaurant and catering business in Oakland, California. Garner was employed... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 09 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
Warring Algorithms Could Be Driving Up Consumer Prices
to all personal care products sold online by the five firms implies that customers spent an additional $300 million annually as a result of pricing algorithms, out of a total of about $6 billion in e-commerce revenue for the category.... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- What Do You Think?
As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?
access to the methods used to hack the iPhone? Should he alter Apple’s well-known strategy of creating an essentially closed (vs. Microsoft’s more open) system, one that welcomes only outsiders that are willing to design apps for Apple... View Details
- 21 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store
Frequent shopping programs that reward customers with discounts or other perks are commonplace in grocery stores, but many are not as effective in influencing buying behavior as they could be, argues HBS professor Rajiv Lal. "The... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Students Assist Needy Family
$1,550 for the family in less than 48 hours. “It was a truly rewarding and meaningful experience for both of us,” said Simmons. SmallCanBeBig.org, created by Boathouse Group, a Boston communications firm led by president John Connors (PMD... View Details
- 06 Oct 2003
- What Do You Think?
Is “the Innovator’s Solution” to Sustained Corporate Growth an Unnatural Act?
too long a period of time for the disruptive growth engine to function. Can the appropriate culture be created and rewarded and the process—or as Patel terms it, the "pathways" —be designed and managed successfully over... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
in the standard of living. An individual company, though, can move assets anywhere. So companies can reward their shareholders regardless of what happens to the national economy. As a result, the interest of companies and the country have... View Details
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
to customer demand for inaccurate predictions. Taleb himself, in a new book, Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder, argues that organizations and individuals should build antifragile mechanisms, "anything that has more upside than downside from random... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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HBS - Financials | From the Chief Financial Officer
focus on educational program innovations, and other initiatives, in fiscal 2023, the School continued to execute its pedagogical mission: to educate the next generation of global leaders who make a difference in the world. For the first time in HBS’s history, View Details
- 26 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire
explains. "So you might get two totally different fMRI results that actually mean the same thing—or you may have two totally different stimuli create the desired effect of profound happiness, but for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Invest in the New Abnormal
need to adjust to the new reality that customers prefer not to come into their stores. B2C firms must enhance their delivery and pickup options and provide incentives [such as rewards points for using a mobile app] to customers to... View Details
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
Whereas the for-profit capital markets provide transparent objective criteria for making early- and later-stage investment decisions, balance risks with return, and create a "performance-driving cycle" by rewarding improvements in the top... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner