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  • 12 Dec 2022
  • News

Is It Safe to Buy Now, Pay Later?

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Wealth-Making in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Britain: Industry v. Commerce and Finance

By: Tom Nicholas
This paper refutes the hypothesis put forward by W.D. Rubinstein that a disproportionately large share of Britain's wealth makers were active in commercial and financial trades in London. We use a data set of businessmen active in nineteenth- and early... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Finance; Commercialization; Mathematical Methods; Wealth and Poverty; Great Britain; London
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Nicholas, Tom. "Wealth-Making in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Britain: Industry v. Commerce and Finance." Business History 41, no. 1 (January 1999).
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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Secondary Credit Market

until the middle of the next century. 25 Pawnbrokers everywhere strove to make themselves instantly recognizable to persons, including illiterate ones, desperate for quick cash. In China, pawnbrokers hung a distinctive decorative staff... View Details
  • 24 Oct 2023
  • Research & Ideas

When Tech Platforms Identify Black-Owned Businesses, White Customers Buy

Generations of Black business owners have had to fight discrimination to prosper in America, but a new study suggests that these entrepreneurs are now gaining more support in parts of the country when they make their presence known. The... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Food & Beverage
  • 21 Aug 2013
  • Research & Ideas

To Buy Happiness, Spend Money on Other People

adhering to five key principles: Buy Experiences (research shows that material purchases are less satisfying than vacations or concerts); Make it a Treat (limiting access to our favorite things will View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 18 May 2013
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Money might buy you happiness, if you spend it right

  • July 2009 (Revised July 2009)
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Blue Ocean or Stormy Waters? Buying Nix Check Cashing

By: Peter Tufano
Kinecta Federal Credit Union has the opportunity to purchase Nix Check Cashing as part of their "blue ocean" strategy to reach the financially underserved and increase credit union membership and deposits. But they face financial as well as reputational risk. Check... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Credit; Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Strategic Planning; Partners and Partnerships; Reputation; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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Tufano, Peter, and Andrea Ryan. "Blue Ocean or Stormy Waters? Buying Nix Check Cashing." Harvard Business School Case 210-012, July 2009. (Revised July 2009.)
  • 20 May 2021
  • News

Hubert Joly's 'Human Magic' and Spiritual Enlightenment Resurrected Best Buy

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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Usurer's Grip (1912)

didactic message, makes The Usurer’s Grip a period piece. But its plot and the plight of its protagonists are eerily modern. Nearly one hundred years ago, unwary borrowing from unscrupulous lenders had the power to drive a family to the... View Details
  • 17 Aug 2023
  • Research & Ideas

‘Not a Bunch of Weirdos’: Why Mainstream Investors Buy Crypto

large-scale adoption.” Yet while crypto investors might have a higher risk tolerance than more typical investors, in many ways they’re more mainstream than some might imagine, Di Maggio says. Crypto investors, he says, make decisions... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
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Prosocial Spending and Buying Time: Money as a Tool for Increasing Subjective Well-Being

By: Elizabeth Dunn, A.V. Whillans, Michael I. Norton and Lara B. Aknin
Researchers have long been interested in the relationship between income and happiness, but a newer wave of work suggests that how people use their money also matters. We discuss the three primary areas in which psychologists have explored the relationship... View Details
Keywords: Wellbeing; Money; Spending; Decision Making; Happiness; Well-being
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Dunn, Elizabeth, A.V. Whillans, Michael I. Norton, and Lara B. Aknin. "Prosocial Spending and Buying Time: Money as a Tool for Increasing Subjective Well-Being." Advances in Experimental Social Psychology 61 (2020): 67–126.
  • 2018
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Overcoming Barriers to Time-Saving: Reminders of Future Busyness Encourage Consumers to Buy Time

By: A. V. Whillans, Elizabeth W. Dunn and Michael I. Norton
Spending money on time-saving purchases improves happiness. Yet, people often fail to spend their money in this way. Because most people believe that the future will be less busy than the present, they may underweight the value of these purchases. We examine the impact... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Choice; Sharing Economy; Opportunity Cost; Time-as Money; Well-being; Time Management; Happiness; Perception; Behavior
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Whillans, A. V., Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Michael I. Norton. "Overcoming Barriers to Time-Saving: Reminders of Future Busyness Encourage Consumers to Buy Time." Social Influence 13, no. 2 (2018): 117–124.
  • 12 Jun 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Promise of Channel Stewardship

Most company distribution systems are designed ad-hoc when needed, and serve neither value chain partners nor end users well—just look at the frustrating new-car buying process set up by American auto makers. At the same time, says... View Details
Keywords: by V. Kasturi Rangan & Marie Bell; Consumer Products
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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, 2001). Clarke, Sally H. Trust and Power: Consumers, the Modern... View Details
  • 09 Aug 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!

that, few newspapers have the historical cachet of the Washington Post—and therefore more to lose from making the wrong call. So news of the Post's ownership changing hands from the Graham family to Amazon's Jeff Bezos—after seven... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing
  • 12 Jan 2019
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How Hubert Joly aims to turn Best Buy into a 'happiness' company

  • 02 Dec 2021
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Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly: Empowering Workers to Create ‘Magic’

  • 25 Jan 2022
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More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress

  • 09 Mar 2018
  • News

Cigna to Buy Express Scripts in $52 Billion Health Care Deal

  • 06 Oct 2016
  • News

You may not have to haggle for the next car you buy

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