Consumer Power - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2000
News

The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

will soon move from HTML programming language to XML. Ballmer stated that this shift would alter the current Internet balance of power in which consumers are in a reactive position as they relate to company... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources

Glen. Financing the American Dream: A Cultural History of Consumer Credit (Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1999). Chutkow, Paul. Visa: The Power of an Idea , 1st ed. (Chicago, IL: Harcourt,... View Details

14 Feb 2019
News

Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change

change, he said, is the central problem of government—interference from deep-pocketed special interest groups. “You can’t get a bill through Congress today if the rich and powerful hate it,” he said. “We need to get the money from fossil... View Details

13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

energy is also often quite a profitable thing to do." On the topic of consumer marketing, Henderson acknowledges that the majority of shoppers still aren't willing to pay a premium for sustainable products. However, the environmentally... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

08 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 8

necessity of maintaining control over high-performing team members to the importance of observation and the inevitability of change. The approach that brought Ferguson's team such success and staying power is applicable well beyond... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 29, 2007

the (A) case. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407071 Free the Grapes—Direct-to-Consumer Shipping in the Wine Industry Harvard Business School Case 707-472 While wine tourism in the United States was booming, the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Aug 2020
News

What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic

basically doing nothing else except for fighting the pandemic is pretty amazing. And specifically where that comes from, we think about carbon footprints in four categories, at least at the consumer level: travel, food and drink,... View Details

02 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Digital Initiative Summit: The Business of Crowdsourcing

client to draft a challenge focused on getting consumers excited about the product. Community Members Are Eager To Participate Tongal, whose client list includes Lego and Colgate-Palmolive, said "the client is coming back because it's... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jan 2002
News

Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)

Dubbed by Fortune as one of the most powerful businesswomen in the world, Margie Yang is proud to be part of an ever-growing number of Asian-born female executives and entrepreneurs. But she prefers to put the spotlight on The Esquel... View Details

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

better to manage these programs in-house or to use outside experts. . Power Of The Network Affiliate networks slash the cost of buying ads for sellers through the use of advertising marketplaces. In essence, sellers are able to place... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

22 Feb 2022
News

A Focus on Latinx Entrepreneurs

business community who recognizes its growing potential in the US economy. Avance’s focus on lower middle-market business services and consumer sectors that often correlate to the types of companies founded by Latinx entrepreneurs meant... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008

countries in 1900 and 1913. The evidence presented does not yield robust results that can sustain the hypothesis of persistence effects of legal origin, but it is not powerful enough to reject it either. Then the paper examines if there... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Renewable Energy - CleanMax

“Energy Sale” model in India. This model, also known as the “OPEX” model, shifts the performance risk of renewables from the corporations to CleanMax, allowing customers to pay only for energy consumed without upfront asset investment,... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

On Eve of Transition, Alumni Conference Set for Hong Kong

Myths, Realities, Opportunities," the conference will be held in Hong Kong April 5 through 8 on the eve of the official transfer of power in June. "We timed the conference to coincide with the transition," says David B. Yoffie, Max and... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb

01 Apr 1999
News

Short Takes

facilitated by the Internet." In addition to the evolving corporate conscience, many companies are seeing human rights as an issue that affects their bottom line. They see consumers balk when news hits the street that a product is made at... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

Profile

Jonathan Evans

to connect people” by joining Means For Dreams, an early independent offshoot of DonorsChoose.org, a consumer website that pioneered peer-to-peer philanthropy. “I joined as the first employee, when it was a brand-new startup,” says... View Details

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Business of Ideas - Course Catalog

recent memory, future business leaders must understand how ideas shape individual and public perceptions of the world. This course will introduce students to the creation, monetization, and distribution of ideas, how individuals consume... View Details

11 Jun 2014
Research & Ideas

In the Future of Sports Investing, Media Is the Best Bet

consumed 33 billion hours of national sports programming—a 27 percent increase since 2003, according to Nielsen. Worldwide, viewers sent 27 million tweets during the 2013 National Basketball Association finals, according to officials at... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Sports; Financial Services

28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

particular subset of firms and insiders, and their surveillance is very persistent over time. This tracking behavior has powerful implications for their portfolio choice and its information content. An institution that downloaded an... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Profile

Matthew Mariner

firm exposed him to the public-sector part of business. A couple of years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, "allowed me to explore a variety of industries and ultimately helped me find my true interest: technology." The power of... View Details

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