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  • April 2017
  • Supplement

Imprimis (C)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Karen Elterman and Marc Appel
This case is a supplement to Imprimis (A & B). Set in 2015, it first describes Imprimis’s decision to introduce its own line of compounded eye drop medication called LessDrops. The case then examines the moral dilemma faced by CEO Mark Baum, who was struck by the... View Details
Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Moral Sensibility; Competitive Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Karen Elterman, and Marc Appel. "Imprimis (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 717-497, April 2017.
  • August 2013
  • Article

Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices

By: Victor Manuel Bennett, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder and Michael W. Toffel
Competition among firms yields many benefits but can also encourage firms to engage in corrupt or unethical activities. We argue that competition can lead organizations to provide services that customers demand but that violate government regulations, especially when... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Crime and Corruption; Management Practices and Processes; Ethics; Consumer Behavior; Customer Satisfaction; Auto Industry; Service Industry
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Bennett, Victor Manuel, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder, and Michael W. Toffel. "Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices." Management Science 59, no. 8 (August 2013): 1725–1742. (Online Appendix.  Lead article. Nominated for "Best Conference Paper Award" and "SMS Best Conference Paper Prize for Practice Implications" at 2012 Strategic Management Society International Conference.)

    Front Page News: The Effect of News Positioning on Financial markets

    This paper estimates the effect of presentation of information on financial markets, using quasi-random variation in prominent "front page" positioning of news on the Bloomberg... View Details

    • January 2022
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    Why is Corporate Virtue in the Eye of The Beholder? The Case of ESG Ratings

    By: Dane Christensen, George Serafeim and Anywhere Sikochi
    Despite the rising use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings, there is substantial disagreement across rating agencies regarding what rating to give to individual firms. As what drives this disagreement is unclear, we examine whether a firm’s ESG... View Details
    Keywords: ESG Ratings; Rating Agency Disagreement; ESG Disclosure; Corporate Social Responsibility; Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Disclosure
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    Christensen, Dane, George Serafeim, and Anywhere Sikochi. "Why Is Corporate Virtue in the Eye of the Beholder? The Case of ESG Ratings." Accounting Review 97, no. 1 (January 2022): 147–175.
    • August 2019 (Revised October 2019)
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    Systems Design West

    By: Richard Ruback and Royce Yudkoff
    Jenn Braus (HBS 2013) was halfway through the 90-day exclusivity period for her proposed acquisition of Systems Design West (SDW). She had completed her business and accounting due diligence. Just as she was about to ask her lawyer to begin drafting the purchase... View Details
    Keywords: Acquisition; Price; Negotiation Offer; Decision Making
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    Ruback, Richard, and Royce Yudkoff. "Systems Design West." Harvard Business School Case 220-004, August 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
    • 20 Aug 2018
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    Bargain Hunters Beware: A Store's 'Original Price' Might Not Be After All

    the store least paid higher average prices based on those “original” price tags. “This makes me think that the fake prices are working to mislead... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising; Retail
    • 14 Jun 2013
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    Wheelies: The Ask and You Shall Receive Edition

    • 2008
    • Working Paper

    Economic Factors Underlying the Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services

    By: Mohammad Arzaghi, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis and Alvin J. Silk
    This paper addresses a longstanding puzzle involving the unbundling of services that has occurredover more than two decades in the U.S. advertising agency industry: How can the shift from the bundling to the unbundling of services be explained and what accounts for the... View Details
    Keywords: Transformation; Framework; Service Operations; Decisions; Relationships; Price; Diversification; Geography; Cost; Advertising Industry; United States
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    Arzaghi, Mohammad, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis, and Alvin J. Silk. "Economic Factors Underlying the Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 14345, September 2008.
    • October 2002
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    Differences of Opinion and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns

    By: Karl B. Diether, Christopher J. Malloy and Anna Scherbina
    We provide evidence that stocks with higher dispersion in analysts' earnings forecasts earn lower future returns than otherwise similar stocks.  This effect is most pronounced in small stocks, and stocks that have performed poorly over the past year. Interpreting... View Details
    Keywords: Stocks; Forecasting and Prediction; Price; Valuation; Investment Return
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    Diether, Karl B., Christopher J. Malloy, and Anna Scherbina. "Differences of Opinion and the Cross-Section of Stock Returns." Journal of Finance 57, no. 5 (October 2002): 2113–2141.
    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Primary Capital Market Transactions and Index Funds

    By: Marco Sammon and Chris Murray
    We document the effects of mechanical buying by CRSP-index-tracking funds on post-IPO returns and IPO deal structure. Leveraging a difference-in-differences-style design built on a 2017 CRSP rule change, we find that expected index fund demand leads fast track IPOs to... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Funds; Initial Public Offering; Investment Return; Price; Market Transactions; Financial Markets
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    Sammon, Marco, and Chris Murray. "Primary Capital Market Transactions and Index Funds." Working Paper, August 2024.
    • June 1991 (Revised May 2002)
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    Barco Projection Systems (A): Worldwide Niche Marketing

    Deals with the issue of niche marketing in a worldwide market. Barco Projection Systems makes video, data, and graphics projectors for the industrial market. They have traditionally been the performance leader. In August 1989, Sony Corp. introduced a higher performance... View Details
    Keywords: Competition; Globalized Markets and Industries; Product Marketing; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry
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    Moriarty, Rowland T., Jr. "Barco Projection Systems (A): Worldwide Niche Marketing." Harvard Business School Case 591-133, June 1991. (Revised May 2002.)
    • 18 Feb 2009
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    Creating a real healthcare market

    • April 2010
    • Article

    Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930

    By: Andre C. Martinez Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio
    There is a large literature looking at the determinants of country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory factor is the... View Details
    Keywords: Bonds; Performance Capacity; Taxation; Revenue; Governance; Geographic Location; Trade; Price; Cost of Capital; Risk and Uncertainty; Public Administration Industry; Brazil
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    Martinez Fritscher, Andre C., and Aldo Musacchio. "Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930." Financial History Review 17, no. 1 (April 2010). (Winner of the Gerry Feldman Young Scholar Prize for the best paper of (a) young scholar(s) of the European Association of Banking and Financial History, 2010-2011.)
    • 19 Oct 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

    data. But higher costs for materials, manufacturing, shipping and trucking, and COVID safety measures, coupled with unprecedented competition for workers, are testing the endurance of retailers, especially those who rely heavily on cheap... View Details
    Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Retail
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    "Pricing Practices and Market Power in International Cellular Telephone Markets" (with Dana Nunn)

    As the cellular telephone market continues to grow throughout the globe, countries must determine how to best promote market growth and innovation while protecting consumers and ensuring competitive rates. The conventional wisdom has been that introducing competition... View Details
    • 02 Mar 2012
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    Short-Termism, Investor Clientele, and Firm Risk

    Keywords: by Francois Brochet, Maria Loumioti & George Serafeim
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    The Green Bonding Hypothesis: How Do Green Bonds Enhance the Credibility of Environmental Commitments?

    By: Shirley Lu
    This paper proposes and provides evidence on a green bonding hypothesis, where green bonds act as a commitment device that subjects firms to institutions holding them accountable to their environmental promises. I find that green-bond issuers face higher climate change... View Details
    Keywords: Bonding Hypothesis; Sustainable Finance; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Bonds; Corporate Accountability
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    Lu, Shirley. "The Green Bonding Hypothesis: How Do Green Bonds Enhance the Credibility of Environmental Commitments?" SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 3898909, December 2021.
    • July 1993 (Revised November 1993)
    • Case

    European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Marketing Strategy for the Debut Bond Offering

    By: Jeffrey F. Rayport
    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the first supranational financial institution of the post-Cold War era, is planning its debut in the international capital markets through a bond issuance of $500 million. The bank must determine its marketing... View Details
    Keywords: Bonds; Marketing Strategy; Capital Markets; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Europe
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    Rayport, Jeffrey F. "European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Marketing Strategy for the Debut Bond Offering." Harvard Business School Case 594-005, July 1993. (Revised November 1993.)
    • 30 Nov 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music

    At the dawn of the digital music era, record labels went along with a pricing scheme devised by Apple that they are still paying for today. The idea to "unbundle" albums into separate tracks sold for 99 cents each suddenly... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music
    • 10 Aug 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Unobserved State Fragility and the Political Transfer Problem

    Keywords: by Faisal Z. Ahmed & Eric Werker
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