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July 2010 (Revised December 2011)
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Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Pricing and Profitability Analysis

By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery

Pricing is one of the most difficult decisions marketers make and the one with the most direct and immediate impact on the firm's financial position. This toolkit will introduce the fundamental terminology and calculations associated with pricing and profitability... View Details

Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Price; Profit; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Marketing Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Measurement and Metrics; Strategic Planning; Mathematical Methods; Retail Industry

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August 1988 (Revised July 1996)
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Note on Resource Pricing

By: David E. Bell

Keywords: Finance

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17 Jan 2024
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Psychological Pricing Tactics to Fight the Inflation Blues

27 Nov 2021
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Unpacking the Dollar Tree Price Hike

June 9, 2023
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A Radical Treatment for Insulin Pricing

By: Leemore S. Dafny

In 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first interchangeable biosimilar for long-acting insulin, which many hoped would be substantially cheaper than the reference branded product. I explain why prices have barely changed, and argue that a... View Details

Keywords: Biosimilars; Rebates; Pharmaceuticals; Health Care and Treatment; Price; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States

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May 1985
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Inventory Pricing and Analysis

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Price

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September 1984
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Note on Residual Pricing

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Keywords: Price

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12 Mar 2020
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A proposal to cap provider prices and price growth in the commercial health-care market

August 2015
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Price Coherence and Excessive Intermediation

By: Benjamin Edelman and Julian Wright

Suppose an intermediary provides a benefit to buyers when they purchase from sellers using the intermediary's technology. We develop a model to show that the intermediary would want to restrict sellers from charging buyers more for transactions it intermediates. With... View Details

Keywords: Intermediaries; Platforms; Two-Sided Markets; Vertical Restraints; Two-Sided Platforms

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Pharmaceuticals: drug retail prices

Where can I find drug prices? You may begin with: Cortellis - Drug price data. Access is available to HBS AND HU students, staff and faculty onsite at Baker Library (users must be logged in by Baker staff). Statista - Quick... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Faculty Q&A: Price Check

25 Jan 2011
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Harvard's Retsinas Interview on U.S. Home Prices

23 Aug 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Waves in Ship Prices and Investment

Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel Hanson

09 Jun 2022
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A Radical Treatment for Insulin Pricing

07 Feb 2018
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Material Sustainability Information and Stock Price Informativeness

19 Jun 2012
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Pricing Lessons From the London Olympics

2007
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The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data

By: Laura Alfaro and Faisal Ahmed

We use highly disaggregated data on trade in capital goods to study differences in the price of capital across countries. This strategy is motivated by the fact that most countries import the bulk of machinery equipment from a small number of industrialized countries.... View Details

Keywords: Price; Goods and Commodities; Trade

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