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HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting Credit in a... View Details

11 Oct 2006
What Do You Think?

How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?

And consumers are becoming less willing to pay for it in the price of GM's products. When dependency ratios become too burdensome, as in the case of Bethlehem Steel in 2001, where each worker was supporting... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

22 Feb 2021
Book

Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy

First, pricing and value are inherently intertwined. Yet, most companies use cost-plus pricing. That's dangerous in an information-rich world. Amazon, for instance, takes thousands of SKUs for consumer goods... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

12 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Pay Workers More So They Steal Less

offering wages higher than the local competition experienced both increased productivity and lower turnover, but did not address the issue of employee theft. Employee theft comes with a huge price tag for US businesses, accounting for up... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

07 Jul 2003
What Do You Think?

Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?

productivity is the need [for] ever-increasing consumption. Unfortunately unemployed workers don't consume much of anything." Garry Emmons reminded me that "We examined this issue with HBS profs in a February 1999 HBS Bulletin... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

Corporate budgeting is a joke, and everyone knows it. It consumes a huge amount of executives' time, forcing them into endless rounds of dull meetings and tense negotiations. It encourages managers to lie and cheat, lowballing targets and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

other policies to change relative prices can provide a countervailing force by subsidizing exports. But they increase the costs of imports, hurting both domestic consumption and export-oriented industries with high import content. More... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

urgent systemic changes needed to address climate change. By doing what’s right for people and the planet, pep+ will help position our company as a consistent top market performer by generating stronger, more loyal connections with our View Details

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

in. He had come to New York for an early afternoon meeting with Wall Street analysts. That [CEO Carl] Williams had chosen him for the meeting was a sign of just how well things had been going lately for IVK—and for Jim Barton, CIO. In the past three weeks, IVK's stock... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Sep 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Branding Yoga

larger audience," Deshpandé says. Creating Value "Branding Yoga" is one of five branding cases Deshpandé uses in his classes to explore how companies create brands that are differentiated and worthy of a price premium. In... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Faculty Research Award for “New Frontiers in the Study of Africa’s Economic Past.” 2018 Alberto F. Cavallo : Winner of the 2018 Economics in Central Banking Award with Roberto Rigobon for the "Impact of the Billion Prices Project and... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Every Trick in the Book

environment its original owners never envisioned. As other independent booksellers before her had discovered, Brody realized that the store could never compete with its bigger rivals on price or—with just 1,000 square feet of space—on... View Details

Keywords: April White

23 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Three-Dimensional Strategy: Winning the Multisided Platform

business. Apple functions as a reseller in its iTunes store; as a result, it can price music at a level that is attractive to consumers ($.99 or $1.29), thereby boosting sales of iPods. "If Apple functioned... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

27 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing

service lines, market segments, and competitive positioning. Marketing did the thinking, managed the brand and consumer franchise in consumer goods companies, and provided support to the sales force. In this... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

attract more customers, or should they enroll landlords in Alfred and reach consumers in that way? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316154-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-063 Royal DSM: From Continuous... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

through the financial crisis, and Exxon has done the same in the precipitous drop in oil prices from $147 to $33 per barrel. I have spent a lot of time recently with leadership groups and the media discussing the "7 Lessons" and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

more than fivefold over 2021 and 2022. Graph showing forty-foot equivalent (FEU) container prices on various routes increasing in 2021 and falling in late 2022. Source: Freightos Maersk’s decarbonization strategy While many View Details

01 Aug 1998
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High Honors

a wide assortment of consumer durables. Two years later, Barford took Beatty into the big time, buying up a larger competitor, General Steel Wares, Inc. (GSW). As head of the new concern, Barford reorganized GSW and developed it into the... View Details

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Charts & Statistics - Leadership

Low 40 1940 s 19 Military spending explodes Graduated income tax, Victory Tax adopted to fund war effort Rationing Influence: Medium-Low 50 1950 s 19 Military spending shifts to nuclear deterrents Small Business Administration created Influence: Medium 60 1960 s 19... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

there a discount offered for completing multiple courses? Yes. If you’re a new HBS Online learner, you’ll pay full price for your first course and then receive a 30-percent past participant discount off your second and third course. Why... View Details

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