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- 09 Dec 2020
- News
How to Fix America
American child at the time of birth. “At historical rates of equity returns of 8 percent annually, a $6,750 at-birth retirement account—which would cost the government $26 billion a year based on the average number of children born in the... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- News
Can Brian Shortsleeve Fix the MBTA’s Budget Woes?
table.” The answers, Aloisi said, will have to come from Baker and from Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, not from Shortsleeve, who serves as more of a chief financial officer than lead visionary. But Shortsleeve said controlling View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
but that’s a very expensive customer acquisition cost (CAC). Building managers are employed by a property manager who only cares about their 2 percent management fee. Landlords care about tenant experience but are pretty far from the... View Details
- 13 Sep 2019
- News
Hollywood Ending
else in town, when they commission content, they own the IP. But we made the strategic decision not to compete with our suppliers,” Toubassy says. Instead Quibi pays the studios’ production costs up front, including a 20 percent premium... View Details
- 15 Feb 2023
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Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains
get the cost of removing and storing one ton of carbon dioxide below $100, it will be a feasible mitigation strategy. And Jonas Lee is optimistic. JL: I think well before 2050 the cost per removal of a ton... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
challenge consumer expectations from Godiva and to reinforce Godiva as a brand that delivers newness and discovery.” The fact that it costs around $100 a pound and is only available from November through February no doubt creates an aura... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
An Investment in Tomorrow's Leaders
cost of tuition and course fees ($76,000) for those with the greatest financial need, approximately 10 percent of the student body. Additionally, HBS is increasing its financial support for students from middle-income backgrounds. These... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
demand and thus make Esquel's production planning as efficient as possible. Advances in engineering-from conserving natural resources such as energy and water to computerized color matching in the dyeing process-ensure considerable cost... View Details
- 29 Jul 2021
- News
A Clean Start
economic, we want to become economic by the scale of mass production.” Rather than scaling up the electrolyzers at OCO, Brix and his team hope to scale out. “Our long-term vision, really, is to dramatically reduce the cost of producing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: Ruling the Waves
onset of creative anarchy and the activities of "pirates" who commandeer the new technologies for their own profit, "even the pioneers begin to realize the costs of chaos. Once they understand that a lack of rules can diminish their own... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Green Day
system, it also shaves about $1 million off the cost of HVAC installation. That savings, says Mulpuri, cancels out any price premium on Soladigm’s product over “ordinary” glass. But the numbers don’t tell the whole story, he continues.... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto
sort of technology with which to do that, even if they wanted to. We’re already seeing the current implementation of the Ethereum network have trouble managing the number of transactions people are making, such that transaction fees can be much more than the View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
too. Perhaps they can offset the upfront cost of capital until order volume reaches the appropriate tipping point. The company can purchase inventory with a traditional financial vehicle from there. —Brad Cowdrey (OPM 49, 2017) I... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Case Study: Sneak Peak
would cost less and would be a faster, healthier way to get to the $1 million mark. —Karen Barth (MBA 1986) They should grow the old-fashioned way: hold back enough cash to grow in a controlled manner. Borrowing money to double in size... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
of the kids might not have at-home access. We’re talking to some large foundations that are trying to think holistically, "How do we push for it?" The cost of a laptop is $300. Its useful life is easily five years, so that's $60 a year.... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
and in a few cases by economies of scale. The Chemical/Chase merger is an example of the latter; there was so much overlap in back office costs and overhead that the new entity will save hundreds of millions in those outlays alone." The... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Venture Capital’s Comeback
our capital so that we can get a return on it. Potentially, we can even garner some strategic advantage from the relationships.” When evaluating offshore deals, cost saving isn’t the primary motivating factor, explains Breyer of Accel... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution
these ventures is competitive advantage and profit. For Israeli companies, cooperation can open up new markets, provide cost-effective outsourcing opportunities, and significantly lower the costs of production, which is especially... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Latin Flair
different to walk into HBS when you’re 23 years old, with the entrepreneurial bug, than when you’re older and [making a] big career move,” says the 28-year-old chief executive. “[But] I knew that if I didn’t go right after college, my opportunity View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
’59), and was moderated by PBS’s Charlie Rose. Whitman, former CEO of eBay, noted that most Americans are “deeply afraid” as they watch energy and food costs rise and their retirement accounts shrink. More must be done, she said, to... View Details