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Apple: Luxury Brand or Mass Marketer?

Harvard Business Review

Tech blogger John Gruber and The Atlantic’s Robinson Meyer both expressed concern recently about Apple abandoning middle class roots. Meyer writes: So far, Apple has been a company focused on the mainstream, on the mass consumer, in an era where the most reliable profits could be found in the luxury market. .”

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How the Insurance Industry Can Push Us to Prepare for Climate Change

Harvard Business Review

In The Ostrich Paradox: Why We Underprepare for Disasters , Robert Meyer and Howard Kunreuther point to several personal traits that expose us to greater risk from natural disasters. Product improvements such as hurricane-resistant doors can nearly eliminate certain disaster risks and have relatively low installation costs.