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- 01 Jun 2018
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The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models
brick-and-mortar stores, you can’t change shelf prices that frequently. With e-commerce, that cost disappears, and nowadays with better algorithms, it becomes even easier to change prices as often as possible. Another constraint has been... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Exchange: Micro Management
Image by John Ritter In the 50 years since modern microfinance was introduced as a tool to fight poverty, institutions have distributed hundreds of millions of loans to people in developing countries. Such loans are repaid at rates often as View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Pearson Hunt Remembered
also contributed to the theory of capital budgeting and to the development of a more realistic application of the cost of capital to investment decisions. In the midst of this work, Hunt coined the term EBIT (earnings before interest and... View Details
- 30 Jan 2012
- News
Shopping Around
Europe. In an interview published in the July 24, 2011 London Sunday Times, the U.S.-born Calabrese, who taught business and marketing to high schoolers in Charles County, Maryland, before a late-1970s career change to commercial property... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
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First and Goal
yet in high school) not play tackle football. Swearengin made the difficult decision that he could no longer support tackle football for kids 13 or under; however, his recommendation to the board that the Downtown Giants View Details
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office
significantly by country within Asia. How has the business climate in Hong Kong changed since the switch to Chinese rule? I don't perceive any change in the business climate as a specific result of Hong Kong's reversion to a Special... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
New Loan Program Signals Breakthrough in MBA Financial Aid
fifteen years; and prepayment option without penalty. Previously, access to private loan programs was generally limited to U.S. citizens and permanent residents with a strong credit history. These loan programs typically required either a significant loan origination... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Drug Imports a Hot Topic at Alumni Health-Care Conference
between the high cost of developing prescription drugs and patient demand for lower prices. Speaking on “The Politics of Innovation,” McClellan acknowledged that many patients have resorted to buying drugs... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
disabilities, and lower-wage workers, the cost to build simply cannot be covered by the rents they can pay—there has to be a subsidy of some kind. In regions like the Bay Area, middle-income rents can’t cover the View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
time, and expensive because it used diesel, which costs a whole lot and was hard for him to get. Morrell: A visiting dignitary flipped a switch to turn on the local grid. Poindexter: So we get to the chief's... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
A Wider Net
candidates for president—including former national team stars like Hope Solo and Eric Wynalda—making it the first contested election for the position in 20 years, a sign of how high emotions were running at the time. In a three-month... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
we could send machinery to the Chinese factories we managed. In return, we received shipments of apparel that we then sold to discount retailers in the United States." With an initial focus on high quantity and low prices, Esquel was just... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Flight Path
remote-controlled quadcopter,” hitting 163.5 mph. September 2017 DRL High Voltage, a drone pilot simulator, graduates from beta testing. The video game hones skills in preparation for flying an actual drone. DRL drones View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 09 Apr 2025
- News
The Working Parent Revolution
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morell, host of Skydeck. In 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that in 67% of two-parent families with children, both parents worked, which was up from 59% in 2013.... View Details
- 11 May 2020
- News
Better Than Cash
in sanitation or health or education, it starts with a payment system everyone can use.” Goodwin-Groen offers the example of a mother who has to pay for her children’s schooling once each semester. She needs to save money for several months to do so; in low-income... View Details
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Short Takes
advertise in magazines with a high percentage of youth readers. In contrast, adult brands are less likely to advertise in magazines with higher youth readerships. Debunking the cigarette industry's long-held claim that the primary targets... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
The Road Less Traveled
Most cars in the United States weigh more than 4,000 pounds, and new models are trending larger, even in countries where people drive less. And the larger the vehicle, the more fuel required to power it, which means more greenhouse-gas emissions that contribute to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Turning Point: Soul Cycle
about listening to my inner voice and choosing to follow it. In high school, my family and I traveled from Chicago to the East Coast for a whirlwind college tour. Stepping onto the campus at Wellesley College just felt different. It... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
THOMAS: A career switch from high tech to the restaurant biz calls on every bit of HBS know-how. Photo Courtesy Scherrer As a teen, Laurie Thomas (MBA ’93) didn’t devote her summers to extracurricular... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Q&A: Orin Smith
already of very high quality. We offer a much different experience from a European café, however, and our specialty beverages will attract the younger crowd. The older generations may be reluctant participants, but other American concepts... View Details