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Revenge of the HourlyNerds

Harvard Business Review

These businesses have powerful disruptive potential because they can provide consulting at a fraction of the cost of traditional models, largely because they do not need to carry expensive fixed costs like recruiting, training, consultant “beach” time, and expensive real estate.

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Is Rooftop Solar Finally Good Enough to Disrupt the Grid?

Harvard Business Review

The costly and complex operations of transporting energy have made utilities natural monopolies, while regulatory barriers and the high fixed costs of building and maintaining regional electrical grid infrastructure have also kept much competition at bay.

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21 Types of Employment: Your Hire-To-Retire Guide

AIHR

When to offer it: If your company has fluctuating workloads or seasonal needs or has to reduce fixed labor costs. For instance, a real estate agent would earn a percentage of each home sale, or a salesperson would receive a commission for each product sold.