Catering - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

securing specimens from a new set of actors in the commerce in cadavers. These actors are legal entrepreneurial ventures that have been operating for more than a decade in the United States; they cater to domestic users and international... View Details

Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health

08 Jul 2014
First Look

First Look: July 8

moving "downmarket" without diminishing their prestige or alienating existing customers. The authors suggest various ways to cater to new, non-core customers in a way that differentiates the newcomers from a brand's core... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12

generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial responses to securities mispricing. The managerial biases approach studies the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jun 2020
Book

Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever

economic uncertainty of the time and emphasizing the importance of focusing on creating long-term value. The stock immediately lost 8 percent of its value, but Polman saw no other way out of the dilemma between catering to short-term... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

29 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 29

provide indirect evidence as to why firm managers may cater to the demand for dividends from local seniors. Overall, these results suggest that the composition of a firm's investor base affects corporate policy choices. Download the paper... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 7, 2008

of U.S. representatives and senators in the early part of the 20th century. We also show under what conditions profit-maximizing media will cater to general (less affluent) voters in their coverage, providing a counterbalance to special... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Mar 2017
News

Big Blue’s Big Bet

for chefs, Watson for investment bankers, and Watson for Top 40 songwriters. “Our ability to augment expert knowledge”—to even cater to it—“is unique,” Kenny says. This specialization appears most notably in health care, a sector where... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

16 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 16

http://hbr.org/search/613080-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 213-024 Porto Adriatico In March 2012, Jack Dawkins is in the early stages of leading the development of an old navy yard in Croatia into a mixed-use waterfront community of residences, hotel rooms,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2019
News

City on a Hill

groups from beyond the region, causing many townsfolk to see it as catering to outsiders. And after successfully petitioning the state to deem the lands adjacent to the school unsuitable for mining, some started to view Pine Mountain as... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

01 Feb 1997
News

Doing It Your Way

displays, and insurance form services also contribute to an enhanced customer experience. Greenberg notes, "We're simply bringing in modern merchandising techniques to meet the needs of an underserved population." Take Good Care also View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso (profiles by Linda Goodspeed, Elaine Gottlieb, Nancy O. Perry, and Judith A. Ross)

08 Sep 2016
News

How We Make It Work

entrepreneur and thus, despite our both working equally hard with respect to family and expectations, can’t relate to my catering to 14 time zones. I presume that I would feel the same in her shoes. So it’s the little things that enable... View Details

10 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

Such motives spring from the humanitarian values possessed by the organizations or individuals involved. Utilitarian motives, on the other hand, cater to the partners' organizational needs, focusing on issues like risk management or the... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team

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frequently form teams with fellow MBAs and cross registrants, a significant number of which continue as ongoing businesses (for example, the Phreesia (PHR) case study: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=38231 ). For an optional View Details

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