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Patients Need a System to Compare Healthcare Quality — Not Just Prices

Harvard Business

To make such a tool worthwhile, quality comparisons are also essential. A system for allowing patients and employers in the United States to compare health services on the basis of price would be inadequate.

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Lessons from More Than 1,000 E-Commerce Pricing Tests

Harvard Business

The process often starts by using a gross margin target, followed by some comparison with competitors, and then some adjustments from there. At most small and medium-sized e-commerce retailers, prices are typically set and updated in an ad hoc fashion without one clear owner.

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Five (and a half) Pricing Strategies that Will Win You More Projects at Higher Fees

David A Fields

Look no further than the gas pumps to see the extraordinary, often nonsensical, choices made by shoppers reacting to comparisons. Prominent signs proclaim each brand’s current price per gallon, making it easy to compare among alternatives.

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People Don’t Want to Be Compared with Others in Performance Reviews. They Want to Be Compared with Themselves

Harvard Business

We call those temporal comparison evaluations. We call those social comparison evaluations. Our findings demonstrate that employees consider temporal comparison evaluations to be fairer than social comparison evaluations. Another reference point is other employees’ performance during the same period.

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How to Provide Safe and Comfortable In-Person Training as People Return to the Office

Clarity Consultants

Filling a classroom or conference room to the brim with employees isn’t just going to feel unsafe to many; it’s going to feel oddly crowded, especially in comparison to the social distancing standards most people have been following. Don’t be overzealous with your reintroduction. Instead, proceed in a methodical fashion.

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The Benchmark That Builds Consulting Businesses

David A Fields

I only know if I have some sort of standard for comparison. Many readers know that I’m 6’1″ tall… if my posture is perfect, I think tall thoughts and I stand on two tins of homemade, coconut dream bars. Is that tall? Consultants often look at benchmarks to gauge their recent performance. [ ]

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How to Keep Envy from Poisoning Your Team’s Culture

Harvard Business

Create a culture of compassion, not comparison.

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