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Negotiation - Course Catalog
to 60 students per section Assistant Professor Livia Alfonsi Professor Max H. Bazerman Assistant Professor Alex Chan Assistant Professor Jillian Jordan Spring; Q3Q4; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Enrollment: Limited to 60 students View Details
- 23 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers
intermediaries for every intermediated transaction with a buyer, and they must cover those fees by raising prices for consumers." Online travel websites charge the airlines around $3 per flight segment, for example—or a total of $12 for a... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Fueling a sustainable enterprise in Brazil
grass native to Africa generates 25 times as much energy as fossil fuel, thanks in part to a remarkable annual average yield of 30 to 40 tons of biomass per hectare. By comparison, the energy balance ratio of corn ethanol is around 1 to... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
¡Vamos al Cine!
Fastlicht (MBA '93), Heyman launched his first theater in 1995. Today, with 317 screens, privately held Cinemex averages 90,000 viewers per screen, one of the highest levels in the Americas. Heyman, who is director general of Grupo... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Zanzibar: Something for Everyone
per kilo. One big tree produces about 30 kilos per year. “We are beating Indonesia in the world market,” he said proudly. After smelling a root that was turmeric, picking a reed that was lemongrass, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Family Recipe
cheap. “Our sausage was 39 cents a pound in 1913,” notes Jones. “I believe that would make it about $8.50 per pound today.” (It runs more like $5.99 in most grocery stores.) With a continued focus on small-batch, high-quality products,... View Details
- 15 Apr 2020
- News
How Sarah Kauss Built S’well
single-use plastic ones per year—enough to put her Million Bottle Project, which aims to eliminate 100 million plastic bottles by 2020, well ahead of schedule. “We’re trying to get our customers to covet this product that will help change... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Letters to the Editor
University engineering professor Andrew Schultz Jr. who had published an article on the experience curve (or learning curve) based on his research in the aircraft industry years before BCG’s founding. Henderson’s insight was not of the learning curve View Details
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David Askaryan
A few times every year in elementary school, a bunch of students would get suckered into selling candy for a school fundraiser. Each kid was aggressively encouraged to sell a minimum number of candies at fifty cents per piece. If students... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Internet Tsunami
service. As for customers, in addition to making purchases, they use Rakuten for online auctions and chats about the site's vendors. According to Business Week (July 7, 2000), Rakuten, founded in 1997, has 3,100 vendors, attracts some 70 million page views View Details
- 14 Oct 2014
- News
Sailing lessons give disabled children and adults greater life skills
of the Newport, Rhode Island–based organization. “It’s like living in two different worlds. I run a nonprofit, but I apply all for-profit principles to it. Consequently, we achieve great outcomes with very low cost, per participant,” he... View Details
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5-Year Data Summary - Financial Report 2018
Enrollment 1,870 1,879 1,883 1,865 1,859 Tuition $ 72,000 $ 63,675 $ 61,225 $ 58,875 $ 56,175 Average Fellowship Aid Per Student $ 38,959 $ 37,312 $ 35,571 $ 32,919 $ 31,710 Doctoral Programs 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Applications 864 915... View Details
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Jan Petzel
porters do is incredibly hard. The average load is 60 pounds per person. They often sleep outside or on benches in communal rooms," says Petzel. "As the tragic events on Everest have demonstrated, it is paramount for us to... View Details
Keywords: Other Financial Services
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LSEG Workspace | Baker Library
to 150 billable AMR pages per 24 hour period (Usage Day). User will be notified at 150 billable pages downloaded in any given Usage Day and further usage will be suspended for that User until the next Usage Day commences. Learn More Learn... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Going Green at HBS
Ivy is not the only green growing at Harvard, as the University-wide Green Campus Initiative, begun last year, takes hold. At HBS, in areas such as water use, lighting, and cogeneration, smart systems are now saving the School more than $200,000 View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
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Health-Care Forum's Rx for US System
with per capita health-care costs rising faster than per capita GDP in all but a few countries. The gathering seemed to agree that all parties shared blame for the US system's problems, including the... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Plan B: The Brick Bank
the target household’s average savings capacity was $1 per month, that local annual inflation was nearly 20 percent, and that home repairs usually cost about $300.” While that environment was not conducive to the savings program, the team... View Details
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- 06 Oct 2016
- News
Drone Racing League Signs ESPN Deal
navigate quadcopters through obstacle courses at speeds reaching 80 miles per hour. The league launched earlier this year with an event at Miami Dolphins’ stadium—an experience that convinced Horbaczewski of DRL’s promise. “At that point,... View Details
- 07 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.
billing amounted to 3 minutes and about $6 for a primary care visit, up to 15 minutes and $51 for surgery. Physicians, who cost between $3 and $8 per minute, are doing administrative tasks that a scribe costing 50 cents a minute could do... View Details