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- 06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6
Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/glaxosmithkline-in-china-a/an/514049-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-050 GlaxoSmithKline in China (B) In 2013, Chinese investigators detained four GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) employees for allegedly bribing health care... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 27, 2007
company. They can either sell the company to a large public company, raise another round of capital from a preeminent venture capital fund, or continue to grow using existing positive cash flow. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
New Learning at American Home Products
corporate control that in the 1980s was facilitating the selling of operating divisions and the acquiring of those of other companies. This shift in its product portfolio started in 1982 with the purchase of Sherwood Medical Company, the... View Details
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Commencement 2017 Address | About
to become CEO of a company that worked to bring electricity to every part of the country. He always had a deep appreciation for how the product he was selling could change the lives of his customers, and of how the jobs his company was... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
are born, we need to acquire shelter, we work, we borrow or lend money, we sell things, we retire, etc. Our group takes these functions as our unit of analysis and asks, "At any given time and place, with technology, geopolitical change,... View Details
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
“Investors in those funds benefit from that process, as they tend to buy the company at a discount from the market and sell it back later to the market for a premium once the company has been turned around.” But private equity is not a... View Details
- 10 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 10
evaluate Patron's alternatives: IPO the platform, seek a strategic investor, or sell the platform outright. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/213069-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 212-003 The Paris Opera Hotel Real estate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
What Perceived Power Brings to Negotiations
have to put your participant in a situation in which they can picture themselves. One of the famous negotiations that a lot of research is based on is buying and selling a refrigerator on a wholesale level. It's just not something that... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Work of Art
Show. The art fair was his first real exposure to the world-class world of art, and it became a defining moment for him. “I said to myself, if I could ever buy original work, that’s something I want to do,” Price recalls. Which is what had brought him to the Yale Open... View Details
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
some time in training before they can legally sell their services. These requirements are meant to screen out low quality providers. So fundamentally, occupational licensing exists to increase consumer trust in service providers, just... View Details
- 18 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Ideas, April 18
Montgomery, the motivation for the pilot program was to improve the consumer reselling experience and to enhance "diamond equity." Somewhat paradoxically, consumers typically received very low prices when they tried to sell diamonds... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 30
Crossroads Wayne Ferrari has bridged the gap between being an independent entrepreneur and a "professional manager." After selling his business to a Private Equity (PE) firm, Ferrari takes on the role of CEO and with their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 26
suppliers selling substitutable products to a customer that engages in supplier reliability tracking. Using this analytical model, we observe how a supplier's service level performance molds a customer's beliefs as well as how a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
reinsurance is so expensive is because the cost of capital is unfairly high. When reinsurers sell securities to raise money, buyers expect high returns, just like from any other equity investment, Froot says. “If you look at the risks... View Details
- 22 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 22
the restructuring of Chrysler in the midst of the financial crisis of 2008-2009. It describes how debtors can use section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to sell assets quickly. It allows for discussion of who benefits and who loses in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Mercadona Fixes Retail’s ’Last 10 Yards’ Problem
money to spend on groceries. So if we were opened seven days a week, we wouldn't necessarily sell any more, and we would have to increase prices to cover our expenses." The Mercadona case inevitably raises the question: Can this... View Details
- 10 Nov 2009
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First Look: Nov. 10
are also consistent with SOX and regulatory actions reducing the incentives to sell ahead of privately known negative news. Bye Bye Bundles: The Unbundling of Music in Digital Channels Author:Anita Elberse Publication:Journal of Marketing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 20, 2007
after 1989. Also describes the various options open to coffee producers, including recartelization, diversification, fair trade, and selling to boutique markets, the strategy of the Thousand Hills Coffee Co. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 12, 2006
meat in California to bans on dwarf tossing in France. An example of special interest will be the widespread laws against the buying and selling of organs for transplantation. The historical record suggests that while repugnance can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018
point higher fee relative to the notional invested for selling the dominated bond on average. I develop and estimate a broker intermediated search model that rationalizes this behavior and quantifies the distortions in these markets. In... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman