The market penalizes customers’ shares more than those of the polluter
Charging more at peak times could reduce congestion and lift profits. Would customers revolt?
Rakesh Sarin creates a model that shows consumer “ambiguity” about product quality should drive marketing and brand management strategy
Improving epidemic forecasting helps response teams target aid more effectively
Novelty and social connection boost time spent playing
Highly technical probabilistic risk assessments at nuclear plants improve safety and pay for themselves many times over
Governments needn’t subsidize charging networks
Semiconductor makers’ pricing is based not just on quantities ordered but also on “capacity rationing”
A second lever, after “surge” pricing, adjusts the supply of drivers
Higher prices for the first few procedures, followed by a volume discount, may help balance risks and rewards
Incentives boost output, but benefits level off at a fairly low point
Research adapts big-company operational knowledge to smaller organizations
Team size and how staffer productivity varies are crucial considerations
Pharmacies aren’t everywhere — adding dollar stores could reduce average distance to vaccination by 62%
Tough standards led to an increase in auto-related patents