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  • 24 Dec 2013
  • First Look

First Look: December 24

fast-growing competitor in the used car auction market. After its founding in 1993 by Circuit City's management, CarMax had grown rapidly. The company had been profitable since 2000 and independent from its parent company since 2002.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • December 1999 (Revised November 2000)
  • Background Note

Pricing and Market Making on the Internet

By: Robert J. Dolan and Youngme E. Moon
Considers the impact of the Internet on how market exchanges will take place. Discusses the role of shopping agents and alternatives to fixed prices such as negotiations, auctions, and exchanges. View Details
Keywords: Price; Marketing Strategy; Auctions; Digital Platforms; Negotiation; Internet and the Web
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  • 08 Jun 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

advantage; other options include auctioning permits to the highest bidders, or assessing each firm's operations by size and industry and then estimating benchmark pollution levels; if a firm exceeded those levels, it would need to buy... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities
  • 21 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Making Credibility Your Strongest Asset

players have agreed to autograph baseballs that we can auction off for fundraising," the officer told Lucci. "Could you could contribute a couple dozen?" "Absolutely," said Lucci. "By the way, Officer, could... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
  • 24 Jun 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?

more likely to bid higher on an eBay auction when competing to buy a product? To test their hypothesis, Bos and Cuddy conducted an experiment at the Harvard Decision Science Laboratory, a university-wide research facility for behavioral... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Consumer Products
  • January 2017
  • Case

Bayer AG: Bidding to Win Merck's OTC Business

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Marc Baaij and Arjen Mulder
Shortly after submitting their best and final offer to acquire Merck's Consumer Care Division (a collection of "over-the-counter" (OTC) products with sales totaling $2 billion), the Bayer M&A team was given a chance to revise their bid because another potential... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Bidding Strategy; Valuing Synergies; Negotiations; Corporate Strategy; Business Unit Strategy; Bidding Process; Discounted Cash Flow; Cross-border M＆A; Tax Shields; Valuation; Competitive Strategy; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Germany; United States; United Kingdom
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  • 05 Dec 2007
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing

marketing and other expenses to grow the business, and to develop a more accurate estimate of firm value. Using a model for valuing networked customers, Gupta found that in an auction scenario, buyers and sellers had almost equal value... View Details
  • 13 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 13

Clayton M. Christensen and Tara DonovanHarvard Business School Case 610-065 Bill Hambrecht faces a dilemma: should he accept a high profile client for his online Dutch auction IPO? Though it would be viewed as a real coup, what would... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • August 2001
  • Case

Strategic Capital Management, LLC (C)

By: Mark L. Mitchell, Erik Stafford and Todd Pulvino
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Business Subsidiaries; Internet and the Web; Investment Funds; Price; Performance Efficiency; Capital Markets; Auctions; Investment Return; Equity; Planning; Financial Services Industry
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  • August 2001
  • Case

Strategic Capital Management, LLC (B)

By: Mark L. Mitchell, Erik Stafford and Todd Pulvino
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Business Subsidiaries; Internet and the Web; Investment Funds; Price; Performance Efficiency; Capital Markets; Auctions; Investment Return; Equity; Planning; Financial Services Industry
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  • February 2010
  • Teaching Note

Saffronart.com: Bidding for Success (TN)

By: Mukti Khaire
Teaching Note for [808027]. View Details
Keywords: Auctions; Arts; Innovation and Invention; Internet and the Web; Revenue; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Risk and Uncertainty; Web Services Industry; Fine Arts Industry; India
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  • 01 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

When Do Alliances Make Sense?

people had been using to look at auction bidding behavior," says Beshears. "When I saw it I realized that it was a wonderful place to go beyond the anecdotal evidence to look at organizational performance." That's because... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy; Utilities
  • 10 Oct 2007
  • First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

through which U.S. doctors get their first jobs and auctions through which the Federal Communications Commission sells licenses for parts of the radio broadcast spectrum. They have also created market-like allocation procedures that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Jun 2001
  • Research & Ideas

RealNetworks, CNET, and Judo Strategy

intact for the Internet, and there is enormous growth potential," Yoffie said. "We still expect 700 million users by 2005 and somewhere between $7 and 8 trillion in e-commerce sales within that time frame. With the likes of online View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • 09 Mar 2010
  • First Look

First Look: March 9

valuation. Analysis of auction transactions revealed greater inter-subjective agreement about valuation over time, as the new category institutionalized. Measuring the Perpetrators and Funders of Typosquatting Authors:Tyler Moore and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jul 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital

such as Apple Computer and America Online in the United States and British auction Internet site QXL. "We aimed to be the most active investor from early stage to buyouts within several chosen sectors," said Cohen, especially in... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Financial Services
  • 27 Aug 2013
  • First Look

First Look: August 27

jointly develops an offshore tract-performs relative to a solo firm. I employ a regression discontinuity strategy based on bids in first-price sealed-bid auctions for the rights to develop leases. By focusing on leases where one... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 May 2010
  • First Look

First Look: May 25

(revised) Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Benjamin G. Edelman, and Hoan Lee Abstract We model competing auctions for online advertising, with attention to the participation costs that limit advertisers' interest in using small ad platforms. When... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 9, 2008

power of the social network. In the B2C option, mixi would become a portal for on-line shopping for both digital content and tangible goods and charge the business sellers a fee. In the C2C option, mixi would facilitate exchanges between mixi's members through on-line... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Aug 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

partnerships, particularly between and among Leonardo, Christie's auction house, the sellers, the experts who attributed the painting to Leonardo, and the celebrities used to market it, are dissected to understand how brand meaning and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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