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- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
innovative product that has a potential for large cost savings, yet it is not protected from competitive developments. Hence, reaching critical mass and name recognition should be foremost in its strategy. The Microsoft approach would... View Details
- 21 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Loyalty: Don’t Give Away the Store
real benefits. I would categorize real benefits of these programs into four different buckets: Reward your existing, loyal customers, without incurring a major cost by doing so. Positively affect the... View Details
- 23 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 23, 2019
effectiveness. A thorough understanding of gatekeepers and their roles can thus illuminate academics, the financial community and regulators on how such gatekeepers can be the most effective and generate the greatest benefits for capital... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
approach, you can get more efficiency out of the system and still have a nice balance of fairness when you have two conflicting programs in the system." According to the US Congress Joint Economic Committee, the cost associated with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Sole Mates
disgusted by corruption. They worry about school fees, the price of rice, the cost of fuel, and the crime rate. For me personally, Liberia is an enjoyable place. Health care is a little scary: The X-ray machine at the major hospital... View Details
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
are less informed. The main reason is that price information leads user expectations to be more responsive and therefore amplifies the effect of price reductions. Platforms with more market power benefit because higher responsiveness... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
that the system is today less popular than it once was. There are other reasons, as well, that could be covered in a different, longer speech. But we should all keep in mind that the benefits of capitalism are not so obviously and... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
to ship it from overseas. And through the magic of capitalism, once you set it up, it’s self-sustaining.” Beyond that one community, the grain aggregator was able to upgrade its infrastructure, allowing other communities to improve as well, creating a virtuous circle... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
full-time employees, slashing labor costs by 90 percent. Those two innovations are expected to add up to a net profit margin of three times that of the overall industry. “And that is really powerful,” Pedró says. “You can actually give... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Get Creative
about relative advantage, you can achieve it several ways. You can provide more benefits for the same cost, the same benefits for less cost, or a lot more benefits for slightly... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
but the communities needed a lot more than loans. The loans were just the beginning. They needed the ability to just buy things that weren't available. Simple things like pots could cost twice what they would in another place. They didn't... View Details
- 25 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University
That is no longer true, though, for any but a relative handful of institutions. Costs have risen to unprecedented heights, and new competitors are emerging. A disruptive technology, online learning, is at work in higher education,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
BEFORE AND AFTER: Step one involved removing the stones (top) that covered the old, leaky roof. Areas not suitable for a green roof were covered with sheets of white PVC (above) that reflect the sun’s rays. A living roof can cost more... View Details
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
rates, deal premiums, and completion rates in the UK, relative to the other European G-10 countries. We find that M&A deal volumes in the UK declined significantly in the aftermath of the 2011 Reforms, relative to deal volumes in the European G-10 countries. We... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
employees of a health benefits administrator that held a free workplace influenza vaccination clinic. Results: A 2 SD increase in functional proximity is associated with a 6.4 percentage point increase in the probability of vaccination... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Where Main Street Meets Wall Street
years later, both camps benefit enormously from their close ties: the mutual fund is America's investment vehicle of choice, with one in three U.S. households owning a stake in the industry's $5.5 trillion in assets. "By making the... View Details
- 23 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
Every year depression affects one in every five employees and costs American businesses $210 billion in medical bills and lost productivity. In fact, for every worker with a depressive disorder, a company loses an average of 32 productive... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 25 Feb 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution
engaging 2,500 commentators, ultimately selecting four finalists who will benefit from an advisory network of health care industry leaders (including many HBS alumni), be the subject of a teaching case, and receive a cash prize of over... View Details
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
whether the Section and the Law of which it is a part will have the desired effects. This suggests the importance of tracking both the costs and benefits of the Law. There is little or no provision to do... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
professionals to implement them, companies were eager to embrace an end-to-end service delivery partner providing open, nonproprietary solutions that simultaneously cut costs and increased efficiency. "We found that customers were more... View Details