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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Healthy Profit
ensures an intervention reaches all those who need it, at the lowest price and in the shortest amount of time." Could a similar, market-driven approach be enlisted in the world's fight against disease and illness? As Chu notes, commerce... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
the fastest-growing competitive local exchange carrier in the world, adding 500,000 customers in 10 months, and the stock price tripled. Then we learned that 40 percent of our View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
a product or service, any business can improve its innovation track record, creating products that customers will pay premium prices to bring into their lives. Entrepreneurs in Every Generation: How... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
underpowered compact hatchbacks like the Nissan Leaf and the BMW i3, neither of which could go more than 100 miles without needing to recharge. But there’s a reason that so many auto executives are now pinning their hopes on that long-dormant middle market: the falling... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Hard Choices
directions. Fads can be mistaken for trends; the flavor du jour can masquerade as a time-tested recipe. An ephemeral stock price can be made to seem a permanent achievement, an unwavering final verdict. The temporary opinion rendered by... View Details
Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
model." “The markets for everything from cars to books to food benefit from customers who are informed about the price and quality of products before making their purchases. While such consumerism has been... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Running Up the Score
of big money in the world of sports seems to have aggravated public disenchantment with many aspects of the professional game, from high ticket prices to athletes' personal behavior. That does not bode well long term for an industry that... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
achieve price parity with diesel trucks in 2023, five years sooner than previously forecasted. This is leading to big investments by EV battery manufacturers in the US, as well as fleet electrification investment opportunities. While most... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
Rowe explains. "The challenge was to find ways to conserve energy and make a profit." In the mid-1980s, New England Electric initiated pilot programs for its commercial and small industrial customers to help them conserve energy and thus... View Details
- 16 Sep 2015
- News
Built for Speed
way it’s been for more than 100 years. Cars today, he says, are essentially produced the same way Ford made the Model T. “But what if we made cars differently?” Rogers gathers speed. What if we assumed that people didn’t care about steel? What if we assumed that View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
prices have been going up." Fung ran through a list of positives: Hong Kong won't be governed under Chinese law but will retain its common law system; its status as a separate customs and immigrations... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Around the World
distribute products, this is how you price them, this is how you brand them, this is how leadership is optimized, this is how you design organizations, and this is how you motivate people. Take any subject, they were all grounded in... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Made, Not Born: HBS Courses and Entrepreneurial Management
Leonard M. Harlan (MBA '61, DBA '65), president of Castle Harlan, Inc., who has been a guest lecturer in Poorvu's class several times over the years. Part of this understanding is learning how to make deals in a fragmented industry where nonstandard View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Rob Ristagno (MBA 2005) Independently published Ristagno guides you step-by-step through the five forces of dramatic online revenue growth and shows why it is vital to identify your very best customers and focus relentlessly on their... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
success, a story that has seen revenues multiply, share prices jump many times, and customer satisfaction become an industry benchmark. The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything by... View Details