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- 09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9
the snack food space. Could Tanaka save Kameda USA and dramatically improve the profits of Mary’s Gone Crackers? Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/517095-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
Johnson. They found that OSHA inspections not only lowered injury rates but also saved companies money in the long run by cutting down on workers’ compensation costs. “It was an important study to show that OSHA works and doesn’t kill... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
agents and to attract solely or primarily good-type agents. Through the savings from excluding rogue agents, the principal can increase its profits while offering increased payments to good agents. I apply the model to online advertising... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008
From Coercion to Excitement Authors:Peter Tufano and Daniel Schneider Abstract We review a wide variety of programs that support savings by families, in particular by low- and moderate-income families. These programs range from ones that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Reducing Risk with Online Advertising
savings from imposing a delay and deterring fraud to pay a substantial bonus, more than the interest rate times the amount at issue. You can pay them a bigger bonus than that. So in principle they should thank you. They'll thank you for... View Details
- 13 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Six Steps for Reinvigorating America
energy or saving the planet. If the federal government had said this will be our equivalent of putting a man on the moon, which energized the economy and the country under John F. Kennedy, we could be the leader in a range of new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
virtually every medical condition in some way. Most of the time, the best quality healthcare is also the lowest cost care. The reason is that the lowest costs arise when the patient stays healthy, or gets healthy faster. If you get the diagnosis right, you View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 18
companies with detailed data on how CEOs allocate their time, which we define as their span of attention. CEOs with larger executive teams do not save time for personal use or to cultivate external constituencies. Instead, CEOs with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Open Office Revolution Has Gone Too Far
water on the idea that there’s no tradeoff—that you will naturally both save in real estate costs and get more collaboration from this kind of design. If the cost motive were sufficiently strong, there might be other things a manager... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ethan S. Bernstein
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
segregation and could be contributing to growing wage inequality among workers in the last generation. Decades ago, companies employed their own janitors, cafeteria workers, and other low-wage support staff. Now, companies often look to View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Nov 2010
- Research & Ideas
GM’s IPO: Back to the Future
suppliers, tertiary suppliers such as steel and aluminum manufacturers, the dealer network, and providers of financing, especially GMAC. The task of saving two major auto makers was all the more difficult because the companies appeared... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
a bid to save the planet. The narrative then reaches back to each person’s childhood and shows the individual growing—step by step—into the person he or she will ultimately become. Significantly, as we follow each leader’s... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
savings of 40% versus national brands through the elimination of the BrandTax, the hidden costs the company claimed consumers paid for a national brand. As the venture-funded startup entered the fiercely competitive CPG industry, it was... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10
meal, so the calorie savings during purchasing translated into calorie savings during consumption. Labeling the calorie content of food during one of the experiments had no measurable impact on ordering... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Dec 2010
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First Look: Dec. 7
from the rise in copper prices, which had more than tripled since 2003. Copper revenues translated into greater income for the government as Chile's biggest copper producer, Codelco, was a state-owned enterprise. Velasco had chosen to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20
programs as a win-win-win scenario: compliance improves, regulators conserve enforcement resources, and firms save money. But this outcome can only be achieved if the self-regulatory activities of corporations can effectively substitute... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
well and maintains a healthy relationship with the environment has a higher probability of being economically sustainable," a Santander executive observed. Can money be made while saving the earth? Can the private sector accomplish what... View Details
- 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016
North-South freight transport suggest that if the cartel were broken, railroads would have passed through 50% of their cost savings from standardization, generating a 10% increase in trade on the sampled routes. The results demonstrate... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 30 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 30
labor force attachment than accepted applicants. These findings are consistent with the theoretical prediction that disability insurance may encourage individuals to save more in the present and plan to apply for disability benefits in... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
saved customers money and their strong brands generated more traffic and sales but that most retailers, looking only at gross margins, missed this added value. Pepsi managers struggled to craft a strategy that would convince retailers to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne