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- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
considered so basic that, regardless of culture, they are accepted as public responsibilities. However, for the low-income populations in developing countries, which constitute the majority of the world, access to these takes place through cash markets, which often...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States
"ghost" condominiums, coupled with immigration, fuel the demand. The supply of housing is limited, due to the topography of the nation, the need to live near jobs, and the fact that the government owns 90% of the land. Add to...
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- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
would otherwise be unable to afford treatment. Authored in 2003 by HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé, the case began as a straight pricing study. “The pharmaceutical industry is unlike any other,” Deshpandé explains. “Although the prices vary...
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- April 2019
- Case
Afterpay U.S.: The Omnichannel Dilemma
By: Antonio Moreno, Donald Ngwe and George Gonzalez
In 2018, Nick Molnar, the founder of the Australia-based online payment service Afterpay began its expansion to the U.S. market. The service had gained a loyal following in Australia by enabling customers to pay for online purchases through four interest-free...
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Omnichannel Retail;
Multi-sided Platforms;
Value Creation;
Business Model Innovation;
Fintech;
Digital Marketing;
Disruptive Innovation;
Business Startups;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Model;
Business Organization;
For-Profit Firms;
Change Management;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Customer Relationship Management;
Customer Satisfaction;
Financing and Loans;
Microfinance;
Global Strategy;
Marketing Channels;
Brands and Branding;
Marketing Strategy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Digital Platforms;
Product Development;
Supply Chain Management;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Networks;
Network Effects;
Internet and the Web;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
United States;
Australia
Moreno, Antonio, Donald Ngwe, and George Gonzalez. "Afterpay U.S.: The Omnichannel Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 519-086, April 2019.
- 19 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 19, 2008
Author:Noel Watson Abstract In this paper we propose a perceptions framework for categorizing a range of inventory decision making that can be employed in a single-stage supply chain. We take the existence of a wide range of inventory...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
PublicationsEstimating Demand Uncertainty Using Judgmental Forecasts Authors:Vishal Gaur, Saravanan Kesavan, Ananth Raman, and Marshall L. Fisher Periodical:Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 9, no. 4 (fall 2007) Abstract Measuring demand uncertainty is a...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2006
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV
Only when you think of it in terms of a pure manufacturing product does its content become problematic for deciding just how 'German' it is. We do not try to figure that out. It's near impossible because of the long supply View Details
- 28 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?
Both the managers and the students had to consider areas of potential risk for LEGO in Asia, including: Uncertainty of market growth forecasts. LEGO senior director John Kelley argues in the case that to supply the most optimistic sales...
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- August 2002 (Revised November 2016)
- Background Note
Customer Profitability and Lifetime Value
By: Elie Ofek
Introduces the central concepts involved in determining customer lifetime value, with detailed analysis and examples from the realm of direct marketing. Implications for marketing strategy and customer relationship management are briefly discussed.
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Customer Value and Value Chain;
Customer Relationship Management;
Customization and Personalization;
Product Marketing;
Sales;
Marketing Strategy;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Consumer Products Industry
Ofek, Elie. "Customer Profitability and Lifetime Value." Harvard Business School Background Note 503-019, August 2002. (Revised November 2016.)
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
facilitating face-to-face interactions can provide information that impacts the formation of scientific collaborations. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-023.pdf Risky Business: The Impact of Property Rights on Investment and Revenue in the Film...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 6, 2007
depression, led to a crisis in the industry. Nonetheless, the pioneering group of forecasters shaped the core problems, and invented many of the techniques, that influenced the maturation of the industry in the decades that followed....
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Helping Hands for HBS
with the School over its technology and entrepreneurship initiatives. "To the School's credit, they recognized that they had lagged in these areas, and Dean Clark was openly seeking new ideas," says Zider, whose own business experience has View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
your classmates’ experiences. That’s part of the value of HBS. It’s huge.” At Morgan Stanley, which she joined right out of HBS, Harris leads the equity private placements effort in global capital markets and covers the retail and consumer View Details
- November 2009
- Teaching Note
HTC Corp. in 2009 (TN)
By: David B. Yoffie
Teaching Note for [709466].
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Bibliography - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections
the American Mathematical Society , no. 4. New York, N.Y.: American Mathematical Society, 1951. * Samuelson, Paul A. Foundations of Economic Analysis . Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1947. * Samuelson, Paul A. " Rational Theory of Warrant Pricing. " View Details
- 23 Aug 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?
can help companies establish a competitive advantage over time. Investors as Stewards of the Commons?With long enough time horizons and significant common ownership of companies within the same industry or View Details
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
What should Jim do? The array of ethical choices forms the basis of discussion in the MBA required course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Supply And Demand "Corruption can be defined as paying for a good or service in...
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- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
organization's operations and supply chain and a product or service. Illustrates concepts with examples of calculating the carbon footprint of an organization (Harvard Business School) and a product (a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
and residential real estate, which represent two-thirds of the assets of small-business owners and are often used as collateral for small-business loans, were decimated during the financial crisis. On the supply side, banks remain more...
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- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
fund manager assesses investment prospects in Mexico City in the context of a major water supply and distribution crisis facing one of the world's largest cities. Can the investment manager understand the water problems so she can make a...
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Martha Lagace