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- 08 Jun 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Return of the Salesman
seeing its real importance. It didn't help that economists also thought that selling was unimportant in influencing markets and that door-to-door selling declined in the United States in the final decades of the 20th century. But scholars...
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HBS Course: Real Estate Private Equity - Research Resources
section and newly added screening for real estate deals. Capital IQ Data on PE transactions, public and private companies, investment firms, and people. Provides sophisticated retrieval and personalization tools to create numerous...
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- 14 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Can Start Ups Grow?
intangible resources may be best acquired by following a road of conformity in how your company is organized and presented to the outside world. In start-ups in established industries, conventional business titles such as Marketing...
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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
content that hopefully powers the marketing of companies. But is that advertising? A lot of the work we do for our clients involves media not on a rate card or in a typical distribution unit. Is producing the telephone “hold” music for...
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Related Resources - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center
the photographic and archival materials available, the Baker Old Class Collection is a valuable print based resource for researching the development of marketing and advertising in the interwar period. The collection mainly includes but...
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- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Richard Edelman
well. Appointed the firm’s CEO in 1997, he believes that there is usually an intersection of corporate and public interest. “Change is rarely revolutionary,” he says cheerfully. “You do better by being inside the tent.” Since earning his...
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- May 4, 2023
- Article
Falling Insulin Prices—What Just Happened?
By: Leemore S. Dafny
Recently, more than 100 years after insulin was developed, manufacturers announced price reductions for insulin products. Pressure to reduce prices had long been building, so why would they act now?
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Price;
Health Care and Treatment;
Public Opinion;
Demand and Consumers;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Dafny, Leemore S. "Falling Insulin Prices—What Just Happened?" New England Journal of Medicine 388, no. 18 (May 4, 2023): 1636–1639.
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IFC: LA/Hollywood
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Best for a broad industry overviews. Covers industry trends, forecasts, major players andView Details
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Ralph A. Hart
Hart was instrumental in taking the newly public company, Heublein, to new heights. He grew revenues five-fold (from $100 million to $500 million) and dramatically expanded Heublein’s international footprint with production facilities in...
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Food & Tobacco
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
theatrical for some people. But odd as it may seem, their concerns were not very different from the concerns we heard when we talked to business leaders around the world about the problems they thought might constitute material threats to the sustainability of View Details
Leroy A. Lincoln
Under Lincoln’s leadership, Metropolitan became an ardent supporter and provider of public health education while his company achieved record levels of profitability. For many years, the company promoted health and safety through...
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Finance
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Sustainability in VCPE & Investing
investment with a focus on the benefits of sustainable investment, best practices, and lessons for the future. Private Equity for the Public Interest: The Evolution of ESG and Considerations for Asset Managers and Investors Article...
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- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Understanding the Digital Frontier
public response from your CEO has the potential to limit the damage or even change the momentum in your favor, the authors write. The book provides practical tools and assessments to help readers understand this digital frontier. And the...
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- August 26, 2009
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Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
By: John A. Quelch
Today, let us celebrate the end of an unjustifiable drain on the U.S. taxpayer: the Cash for Clunkers (C4C) program.
True, C4C greatly boosted the number of consumers visiting car dealers. Doubtless, some new cars were sold to consumers who thought they... View Details
True, C4C greatly boosted the number of consumers visiting car dealers. Doubtless, some new cars were sold to consumers who thought they... View Details
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Government Waste;
Customer Behavior;
Economic Growth;
Economy;
Financial Crisis;
Government and Politics;
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Marketing;
Programs;
Value;
Public Administration Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
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United States
Quelch, John A. "Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (August 26, 2009).
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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry
Resources Company Analysis and Financing Company profiles on project sponsors Financial fundamentals for valuation Executive bios Size of organization, i.e., number of employees, revenue Capital...
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Business of Sports
behavior in sport markets and athletic consumer goods University of Michigan Public dataset compiled by University of Michigan professor of Sport Management Dr. Rod Fort Data covers economics and...
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- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Privatization and the New European Economy
"some 12 to 15 percent of GDP in Europe was public sector enterprise," he said. But all that began to change in the early 1980s amid loud cries of inefficiency, as markets opened up and governments...
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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
profit motive is needed. One argument for ending monopolies and opening the market for private services is that this might lead to more rapid technology introduction and innovation. You don’t have to look very far to find examples of...
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Jen McFarland Flint
Lore Harp
Working from her suburban kitchen, Harp built a $35 million business in less than five years by creating personal computer systems for the small business market. Her marketing savvy and strong ability to build personal relationships with...
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Computers & Electronics