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    CostRemove Cost →

    New research on cost from Harvard Business School faculty on issues including cost management, and why explaining what it costs to produce a product can potentially increase its sales.
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    • 03 Sep 2020
    • Op-Ed

    Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

    by Regina E. Herzlinger

    The United States needs a health care equivalent of the Securities and Exchange Commission to increase transparency and competition, argues Regina Herzlinger. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 12 Jul 2020
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Sticky Capital Controls

    by Miguel Acosta-Henao, Laura Alfaro, and Andrés Fernández

    One of the legacies of the 2007–2008 global financial crisis has been a reassessment of the potential for restriction of capital flows policies. This paper documents a set of stylized facts on capital controls along their intensive and extensive margins for emerging markets and document them to be “sticky.” We then rationalize them through a model that includes fixed cost of implementing such policies, which lower the welfare gains of implementation.

    • 27 Feb 2020
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    How Following Best Business Practices Can Improve Health Care

    by Sean Silverthorne

    Why do Harvard Business School scholars spend so much time and money analyzing health care delivery? Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 29 Jan 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control

    by Michael Blanding

    The popularity of green bonds as a way to finance environmentally friendly projects is on the upswing, say Malcolm Baker and George Serafeim. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 24 Sep 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    How Cost Accounting is Improving Healthcare in Rural Haiti

    by Carmen Nobel

    The cost of healthcare in rural Haiti was found to vary widely, even inside the same health organization. A pioneering cost accounting system co-developed by Robert Kaplan was called in to determine the cause. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 15 Mar 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Targeted Price Controls on Supermarket Products

    by Alberto Cavallo and Diego Aparicio

    Governments sometimes consider targeted price controls when popular goods become less affordable. Looking at price controls in Argentina between 2007 and 2015, this study’s findings suggest that new technologies like mobile phones are allowing governments to better enforce targeted price control programs, but the impact of these policies on aggregate inflation is small and short-lived.

    • 07 Mar 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.

    by Roberta Holland

    Digitizing patient information promised to cut health care costs by driving down administrative expenses. So why can it cost a doctor more than $200 to process a single bill? New research by Robert Kaplan and colleagues. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 23 Jan 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Transaction Costs and the Duration of Contracts

    by Alexander MacKay

    When buyers transact with sellers, they select not only whom to transact with but also for how long. This paper develops a model of optimal contract duration arising from underlying supply costs and transaction costs. The model allows for the quantification of transaction costs, which are often unobserved, and the impact of these costs on welfare.

    • 23 Mar 2017
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Cost-cutting Leads to Turbulence in the Airline Industry

    Re: Susanna Gallani

    When a business known for delivering an exemplary customer experience faces cutbacks, what services get chopped? Assistant Professor Susanna Gallani discusses a recent case study about an airline that looks not just to survive a downturn but emerge stronger. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 15 Dec 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Deconstructing the Price Tag

    by Dina Gerdeman

    A new study by Bhavya Mohan, Ryan Buell, and Leslie John has an important conclusion for retailers: Explaining what it costs to produce a product can potentially increase its sales. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 22 Aug 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore

    by Michael Blanding

    Three major forces have changed advertising since Don Draper last prowled the corridors of Sterling Cooper. Professor Emeritus Alvin J. Silk's decades of research finds an industry that, while evolving in fundamental ways, is healthy and creative. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 28 Jun 2004
    • Research & Ideas

    How to Avoid a Price Increase

    by Manda Salls

    Consumers hate price increases, but what is a company to do when material costs skyrocket? One answer: Think small. Professor John Gourville considers the alternative in this Q&A. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

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