Buddhist monasteries made donations legally unspendable to fund themselves forever
Ancient Indian monasteries turned one-time gifts into perpetual funds by legally forbidding spending the principal, only loaning it at interest.
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Fall lesenAmish communities got cheaper hospital care by skipping insurance
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Fall lesenAmway wrote its own compliance test before the FTC could
Amway, facing an FTC pyramid-scheme charge with no clear legal test, wrote its own auditable compliance rules and got the FTC to adopt them.
Fall lesenAntwerp built a trading floor for promises
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Fall lesenNASA saved Apollo 13 with a duct-tape CO2 adapter
NASA engineers built a CO2 scrubber adapter from onboard scraps, saving Apollo 13 crew.
Fall lesenAviation Gin turned Peloton's backlash into its own ad
Aviation Gin, seeing Peloton's ad backlash, hired the same actress for a sequel within 75 hours, turning a competitor's viral moment into its own free ad.
Fall lesenAvon and Somerset Police closed a BME pass-rate gap by priming candidates before the test
Avon and Somerset Police closed a BME pass-rate gap by adding self-affirmation questions to the pre-test email, countering stereotype threat.
Fall lesenBankruptcy courts paid the first bidder to attract more bidders
Bankruptcy courts paid the first bidder a breakup fee to make going first rational, attracting more bidders.
Fall lesenBarbara Pratts mobiles Labor: Transportschäden unterwegs untersuchen
Sea-Land ließ das Labor mit der Fracht reisen. Barbara Pratt und ihre Kollegen untersuchten Transportbedingungen und machten aus Fragen zum Verderb überprüfbare Verbesserungsansätze.
Fall lesenBBC avoided newspaper opposition by banning ads and using a licence fee
The BBC, to appease newspapers, banned on-air ads and funded itself via a licence fee on radio owners.
Fall lesenKolkata experiment tied referral bonuses to performance, curbing nepotism
Beaman and Magruder paid Kolkata workers referral bonuses tied to the referred hire's performance, so high-ability referrers stopped recommending relatives.
Fall lesenBeckman fixed fragile pH electrodes by amplifying the signal, not the glass
Arnold Beckman fixed fragile pH electrodes by replacing the weak galvanometer with a vacuum tube amplifier, letting electrodes be rugged.
Fall lesenTed Benna built 401(k) plans for ordinary workers from a tax-code loophole
Ted Benna, a benefits consultant, built a 401(k) plan for ordinary workers by reading the tax code's silence on eligibility as permission, not an oversight.
Fall lesenNaireeta Services banked floodwater underground to fight drought
Biplab Ketan Paul and Naireeta Services built a pipe that injects monsoon floodwater underground, banking it for dry-season irrigation.
Fall lesenBigelow-Hartford won trade trust with an honest house paper
Bigelow-Hartford won trade trust by publishing a house paper that covered competitors' products honestly, even ones it didn't make.
Fall lesenBill France Sr. turned moonshine runners into NASCAR's first stars
Bill France Sr. recruited moonshine runners and wrote NASCAR's rulebook to turn their illegal driving skill into a legitimate commercial sport.
Fall lesenBehavioural Insights Team cut drinking by moving alcohol-free drinks to menu top
The Behavioural Insights Team cut alcohol ordered 15% by moving alcohol-free drinks to the top of bar menus, without changing prices or products.
Fall lesenBlack & Abroad turned a racist slur into travel ads
Black & Abroad turned the racist slur 'go back to Africa' into travel ads for all 54 African countries, hijacking its existing reach.
Fall lesenBlumhouse capped budgets to make every film a small bet
Blumhouse capped film budgets so low that home video alone recoups costs, turning each movie into a small asymmetric bet.
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