Leading Blog

JUNE 23, 2020

Grow while keeping fixed costs constant. This means eradicating the quick fixes that “keep people stubbornly focused on today at tomorrow’s expense.”. The quality of thought in a team or organization matters. Work, too, on the quality of your own thinking. Invest in the future, but not excessively.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 31, 2020

This is a time to share the challenges regarding fixed costs, debt, obligations and the cost of doing business. Collaboration, defining and maintaining underlying values, and ensuring open communication are qualities that will allow family businesses to bounce back after a crisis. About the Author. Jaffe, Ph.D.,

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2018

A second important deficiency arises from the fallacy that a cost-plus price is guaranteed to cover costs. Cost-plus prices provide no guarantee of covering costs or earning a profit. Companies are less likely to engage in price wars if they base their prices mainly on costs instead of competitors’ prices.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Private label (retail-branded merchandise) has been growing for years – since Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer invented it over 100 years ago – increasing in quality and forcing down brand premiums. It provides consumers with a viable, lower cost alternative to the manufacturer branded products. Everyone shops at Aldi.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

A full-time job provided the steady income needed to support our traditional version of the American Dream: the highly leveraged, high-fixed-cost house; the cars; the latest consumer goods. The American Dream is transforming to prioritize experiences over material goods and quality of life over quantity of stuff.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2017

And the fixed cost from “touchpoint-to-pilot” are immense. For example, in the case of a $100 million CVC fund, which can close five to 10 investments a year, these costs typically range from $1 to $2 million per startup — not including the administrative and variable costs of the pilot itself.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

This post is part of a three-week series exploring the re-invention of the social infrastructure of cities, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Meanwhile, declines in revenue and escalating fixed costs for things like public employee pensions and health care are crippling our cities budgets.

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