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- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
South Africa over its attempt to reduce the cost of HIV drugs through parallel importation (buying pharmaceuticals in countries with lower prices and then importing them) and compulsory licensing (requiring patent holders to allow others...
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by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 09 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
Starbucks’ Lessons for Premium Brands
coffee, revitalizing the quality of its standard beverages. But none of these moves addressed the fundamental problem: Starbucks is a mass brand attempting to command a premium price for an experience that is no longer special. Either you have to cut price (and that...
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- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
vantage point, not in sight here. I don’t see it. And I’m most troubled by that. Push and pull marketing to build public support John A. Quelch, Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration and professor in health policy and...
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by Christina Pazzanese
- 12 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 12, 2007
mutually agreed-upon transfers with compensation and are located within the task network. Placing a transaction in a particular location in turn requires work to define, count (or measure), and pay for the transacted objects. The costs of...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Retail Reaches a Tipping Point—Which Stores Will Survive?
clear: many retail segments are under assault by cheaper, more convenient retailers selling online. "The surprising thing is that despite the success of lots of big businesses in having developed Internet businesses, despite the fact that they have launched omnichannel...
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- 09 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 9
more negative announcement effect than those on debt. Real investment falls following the controls. Overall, the results suggest that capital controls segment international financial markets, increase the cost of capital, reduce the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
is likely to have a meaningful effect on health care spending patterns. In addition, precision medicines can change the expected profitability of therapies both by allowing more sophisticated pricing systems and potentially decreasing the...
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Carmen Nobel
- 26 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
article proposes that the review process initially be adopted on a pilot basis. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53264 September 2017 Health Affairs Narrow Networks on the View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
Don’t Lose Money With Customers
managing customer relationships in the business-to-business environment into four distinct phases: defining and building a portfolio of customers the firm wants to serve, crafting and implementing relationship-management strategies, monitoring the status and View Details
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by Peter K. Jacobs
- 10 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017
“particularly on high cost of failure situations where good information on potential service providers is correspondingly of high value.” Angie's List had a paid subscription model as it charged “members” for access to the information...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) used the electric companies' "legacy infrastructure"— rights-of-way, poles and conduits, and a highly-trained workforce—to install an all fiber network in key regions around the country. The lower View Details
- 07 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
for its commitment to improving health care outcomes and lowering costs by reducing treatment variation, made the surprising decision to invest significant resources in an innovative precision medicine unit,...
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Carmen Nobel
- 24 Oct 2006
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First Look: October 24, 2006
and AIDS: The Macroeconomic Impact of a Health Crisis Authors:Eric D. Werker, Amrita Ahuja, and Brian Wendell Abstract Theories abound on the potential macroeconomic impact of AIDS in Africa, yet there have been surprisingly few empirical...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Feb 2016
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February 16, 2016
small association with violations in the unauthorized channel. Last, we link our results to the literatures on agency theory, transaction cost analysis, and theories of price obfuscation. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Mar 2014
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First Look: March 4
Partners: Dia Kanri (B) This case presents the final decision and outcomes for the (A) case. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/advantage-partners-dia-kanri-b/an/214017-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 814-029 Steward Health...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1
powerful instruments a manager can use to influence the take-up of her product, especially in a subsidized and noncompetitive market as is common for global health products. However, the question of whether and how to price has been the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 31, 2009
PublicationsInnovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care Authors:Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman M.D., and Jason Hwang M.D. Publication:McGraw-Hill, 2009 Abstract A groundbreaking prescription for View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 14
cost of the other (e.g., watching ads). Digital disruptors are changing the way consumers entertain themselves, shop, communicate with others, and even own products. This can have a huge negative impact on traditional businesses, who will...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11
reflected in stock prices. Download the paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43177 Cost of Capital Dynamics Implied by Firm Fundamentals Authors:Lyle, Matthew, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract We provide a tractable stock valuation...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 2
legal change applied). These reductions in agency costs were followed by an increase in average leverage and a reduction in interest costs. Finally, we can estimate the welfare implications of agency costs, because firm values increased...
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Martha Lagace