Saving - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Control Your Inventory in a World of Lean Retailing

variation is never more than four times the average. The second test reflects a manufacturer whose concern is maintaining inventories at a level appropriate for its high-volume, low-variability SKUs — say three weeks of demand. That means much lower inventories in... View Details

Keywords: by Frederick H. Abernathy, John T. Dunlop, Janice H. Hammond & David Weil; Consumer Products

08 Nov 2024
Op-Ed

How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

harder investment concept to explain and perhaps justify, but the return on investment is just as real. US analogies include adding seatbelts in cars to save lives, developing medicines for chronic diseases to avoid illnesses, and... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy

04 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Should You Outsource Your Marketing?

outsource most of their marketing activities. The benefits to business include cost savings and improved quality. Additionally, many firms lack "left-brain" analytical skills in-house, even though those skills are becoming more... View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin

17 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities

several major financial journals as well as two books, Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists and Fault Lines: How Hidden Cracks Still Threaten the World Economy. Indeed, India is in the midst of a financial losing streak, and industry... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

24 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages

role that savings may play in a person’s decision to return to work, for instance. “It raises the question: What are the other things that are holding people back from employment?” Kluender says. “We're working on a number of things... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

10 Nov 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones

Here’s one thing they learned: “Office pairs that lose one or two shared business hours due to [Daylight Savings Time] reduce their total communication volumes by 9.2 percent on average from baseline levels, an effect driven by decreases... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

06 Dec 2016
First Look

December 6, 2016

value-based reimbursement models, however, such as bundled payments, accountable care organizations, and shared savings plans, provide powerful incentives for physicians to regain control over the quantity and quality of time they spend... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2002 (Revised December 2003)
Case

eShip-4U

By: Roy D. Shapiro and Timothy M. Laseter

eShip is a small Israeli start-up with a potentially exciting new concept for the residential package-delivery value chain--the Automatic Delivery Machine (ADM). Much like today's ubiquitous ATMs, ADMs would allow consumers to have parcels delivered to a nearby ADM... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Business Model; Service Operations; Logistics; Corporate Strategy; Information Technology; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Saving; Innovation and Invention; Transportation Industry; Service Industry; Shipping Industry; Israel; United States

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Educators

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17 Nov 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?

recovery, for instance, families save money and companies build war chests. When the news is bad and likely to get worse, a pessimist is your best ally because pessimists thrive on fixing errors. To get the most out of the pessimist in... View Details

02 Feb 2012
Op-Ed

Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors’ Prison

advantage of this maneuver is real: strategic defaulters save money. Sometimes they can rent a comparable home. But they risk a lower credit rating, which could bar them from buying another home for up to seven years. Understandably, most... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

30 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

Many of us are sailing toward retirement with the hope that Social Security, personal savings, and money saved in an employer's 401(k) or 403(b) plan will add up to the magic sum required to enjoy our remaining years in reasonable style.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

consumers would jump at the chance to save 25 percent on their monthly mortgages, even if it meant paying some financing fees up front, they seem less apt to invest in energy-saving measures that will save... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime

reputational costs. Saving local newspapers isn’t Heese’s specialty, but he points to a recent trend of hedge funds buying up distressed local media outlets as having the potential to stabilize the market and resurrect local news. And... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

15 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Amazon Prime Day: The Logic Behind a Retailer’s Made-up Holiday

forgotten, current Prime subscribers will benefit from large savings on big ticket items. But the company may have other motives in mind, as well, such as fending off up-and-coming online retail competition. Many other companies (Walmart... View Details

Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Retail

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

What’s Your Strategy for Managing Knowledge?

previously developed solutions — as well as value propositions that helped him estimate how much money the client would save by implementing the system. Because Love reused this material, Ernst & Young won the project and closed the... View Details

Keywords: by Morten T. Hansen, Nitin Nohria & Thomas Tierney; Consulting

27 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

Beware the Lasting Impression of a 'Temporary' Selfie

viewing: 29 percent on Snapchat, 22 percent on Facebook, and a whopping 58 percent on Instagram. Plus, it’s important to note that some supposedly disappearing photos can be saved by the recipient using screen-capture software.... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

13 May 2014
Op-Ed

The Alibaba Effect

if today's 40 percent personal savings rate is to be reduced, thereby unleashing cash to fuel new growth in consumer spending. Creating this domestic safety net will be crucial to enabling Alibaba to grow even faster. But don't look for... View Details

Keywords: by Bill Kirby & Warren McFarlan; Retail

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?

improvements such as worker protection might be costly to implement, but could save the company money down the line. How should companies think about profit-sacrifice? A: One of the key issues raised in the book, and in the colloquium... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Building Communities as Well as Companies

relationships with people well before I had launched my business. Start planning early. Save money. And go back to your community." Feeling profitable, McMillan said, is not only about economics—it's about earning respect from... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

31 May 2016
First Look

May 31, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50189 Saving More in Groups: Field Experimental Evidence from Chile By: Kast, Felipe, Stephan Meier, and Dina Pomeranz Abstract—We test the impact of a peer group View Details