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- 30 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Market Makers Bid for Success
In late February, Harvard Business School professor Bill Sahlman spoke with two former MBA students, Scott Randall ('87) and Glen Meakem ('91), to discuss their perspectives on organizing markets in a new and evolving economy and what...
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- 2021
- Working Paper
Which Markets (Don't) Drive Pharmaceutical Innovation? Evidence From U.S. Medicaid Expansions
By: Craig Garthwaite, Rebecca Sachs and Ariel Dora Stern
Pharmaceutical innovation policy involves managing a tradeoff between high prices for new products in the short-term and stronger incentives to develop products for the future. Prior research has documented a causal relationship between market size and pharmaceutical...
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Pharmaceuticals;
Medicaid;
Innovation and Invention;
Policy;
Markets;
Research and Development;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Garthwaite, Craig, Rebecca Sachs, and Ariel Dora Stern. "Which Markets (Don't) Drive Pharmaceutical Innovation? Evidence From U.S. Medicaid Expansions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 28755, May 2021.
- 20 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Exploring Technology and Public Impact Through the HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program
impact. Along the way, I’ve been able to develop my understanding through both coursework and extracurricular offerings at Harvard. My background in the tech industry Before HBS, I worked at Google, where I started in the rotational Associate Product View Details
- 30 Jul 2014
- News
Family-Run Businesses, Like Market Basket, Face Unique Challenges
- May 2010
- Article
Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms to Decentralize?
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
There is a widespread sense that over the last two decades firms have been decentralizing decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence,...
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Product;
Markets;
Competition;
Business Ventures;
Geographic Location;
Employees;
Research;
Programs;
Decisions
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms to Decentralize?" American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 100, no. 2 (May 2010): 434–438.
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
100 academic-housed whole-body donation programs (University of Florida State Anatomical Board 2004) and a dozen for-profit or non-profit entrepreneurial ventures. Though welcomed by some specimen users, entrepreneurial ventures often...
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- April 1990
- Case
Philip Morris Companies' ""Bill of Rights"" Sponsorship Program
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
Describes the new policy of the National Archives of inviting corporate cosponsorship of historic exhibits and commemorations. In November 1989, Philip Morris Companies (PM) became the first cosponsor of the bicentennial commemoration of the Bill of Rights, and used...
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Policy;
Brands and Branding;
Decisions;
Advertising;
Marketing Strategy;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Financing and Loans;
Reputation;
Nonprofit Organizations
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. Philip Morris Companies' ""Bill of Rights"" Sponsorship Program. Harvard Business School Case 590-108, April 1990.
- 05 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
Crossing the River: The HBS/HKS Joint Degree Program
finance and political economy. Ultimately, the program affirmed by belief that society’s most intractable problems are best addressed by approaches that leverage cross-sector solutions. Like all jointees, my first year was spent at HKS,...
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- 09 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Marketing a Country: Promotion as a Tool for Attracting Foreign Investment.
organizations tended to be created for the purpose of marketing countries as investment sites and not with the primary objectives of screening investment or negotiating with investors. Governments can adopt two polar positions in their...
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by Louis T. Wells & Alvin G. Wint
- 2010
- Working Paper
Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms To Decentralize?
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
There is a widespread sense that over the last two decades firms have been decentralizing decisions to employees further down the managerial hierarchy. Economists have developed a range of theories to account for delegation, but there is less empirical evidence,...
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Keywords:
Decision Making;
Employees;
Managerial Roles;
Organizational Structure;
Competitive Strategy;
Asia;
Europe;
North America
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Does Product Market Competition Lead Firms To Decentralize?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-052, January 2010. (forthcoming in: American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings.)
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
FIELD 2 in Accra
important information." Learning by Doing Introduced in 2011, FIELD 2 is a transformative experience in learning that sends all 900-plus first-year MBA students across the globe to emerging markets each January where they work with...
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- 30 May 2018
- News
HBS Fellowship Program Puts an MBA Within Reach
Richardson, proudly noting that her mother later became a teacher. A native of Arlington, Texas, Richardson received a track scholarship at Baylor University, where she majored in business administration and journalism. After graduation, she merged her analytical and...
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Spending Variation Among ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program
By: Michael Anne Kyle, J. Michael McWilliams, Mary Beth Landrum, Bruce E. Landon, Paul Trompke, David J. Nyweide and Michael E. Chernew
OBJECTIVES: Understanding variation in spending across organizations, rather than across geographic areas, is important because care is delivered by organizations and interventions increasingly focus on organizations. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) are...
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Keywords:
Medicare;
Accountable Care Organizations;
ACOs;
Health Care and Treatment;
Spending;
Analysis
Kyle, Michael Anne, J. Michael McWilliams, Mary Beth Landrum, Bruce E. Landon, Paul Trompke, David J. Nyweide, and Michael E. Chernew. "Spending Variation Among ACOs in the Medicare Shared Savings Program." American Journal of Managed Care 26, no. 4 (April 2020): 170–175.
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In the News - Creating Emerging Markets
on a new website by the Business History Initiative. Ritu Kumar Featured in Harvard Business School Study The iconic fashion designer Ritu Kumar has become one of the first Indian women entrepreneurs to be featured in the Harvard Business School’s View Details
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Putting Patients First: Social Marketing Strategies for Treating HIV in Developing Nations
By: Zoe Chance and Rohit Deshpandé
It is more than mere coincidence that the highest rates of HIV occur in the world's poorest countries. Of the over 40 million people currently living with HIV, 95 percent are in the developing world. The first part of this paper explores the economics of HIV and...
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Keywords:
Health Disorders;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Poverty;
Health Care and Treatment;
Social Marketing;
Perspective;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Profit;
Africa;
Asia;
South America
Chance, Zoe, and Rohit Deshpandé. "Putting Patients First: Social Marketing Strategies for Treating HIV in Developing Nations." Special Issue on Metric and Interpretive Explorations of Macromarketing. Journal of Macromarketing 29, no. 3 (September 2009).
- Web
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research
(NOM) Seminar More Seminars & Conferences Faculty Positions Harvard Business School seeks candidates in all fields for full time positions. Candidates with outstanding records in PhD or DBA programs are encouraged to apply. Learn More...
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- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require...
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- 05 Dec 2017
- Research & Ideas
What We've Learned from 101 Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets
Harvard Business School’s exploration of the evolution of business leadership in Africa, Asia, and Latin America has reached an important milestone. This month the Creating Emerging Markets project will publish interviews 100 and 101...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- February 2017
- Supplement
The De Beers Group: Exploring the Diamond Reselling Opportunity
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Daniel P. Gross and Lauren G. Pickle
In September 2014, Tom Montgomery (SVP of strategic initiatives at the De Beers Group) and his team launched a pilot program in the United States to explore the $1 billion diamond market for pre-owned (recycled) diamonds. According to Montgomery, the motivation for the...
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Keywords:
Diamonds;
Go-to-market Strategy;
Secondary Market;
Willingness To Pay;
Pilot Program;
Strategy Development;
Strategy Execution;
Scope;
Marketing;
Advertising;
Branding;
Customer Value;
Pawn Shops;
Jewelry;
Supply And Demand;
Corporate Strategy;
Business Strategy;
Vertical Integration;
Advertising Campaigns;
Value Creation;
Retail Industry;
Consumer Products Industry;
Advertising Industry;
Mining Industry;
United States;
United Kingdom;
Africa;
Botswana;
South Africa;
Namibia