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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
Mawilmada’s office in Colombo Fort, the city’s central business district. A somewhat hazardous stroll along broken sidewalks, ducking in and out of traffic, took us past the presidential palace, majestic colonial-era buildings, and, further on, Pettah Market, a crammed... View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
remaining four years at the IITA’s helm. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/518034-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 213-035 "BASIX (Abridged) BASIX, an Indian microfinance corporation, must decide whether to continue to View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
offered Ovia Health a multi-million-dollar contract, but Wallace wondered whether Ovia Health could create a better family benefits solution by turning down the contract and selling directly to employers’ HR departments. Participants will... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
Download working paper: http://people.hbs.edu/mluca/InformationDisclosure.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 715-412 Nasty Gals Do It Better In 2006, Sophia Amoruso started Nasty Gal, an eBay boutique selling... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 20
show that overall creditor recovery rates are higher, and unsecured creditor recoveries and post-bankruptcy survival rates are not different when bankrupt firms sell businesses as going concerns. Download working paper: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
crucially, by selling billions of dollars of bonds to the People’s Bank of China, the United States has been able to enjoy significantly lower interest rates than would otherwise have been the case. Welcome to the wonderful dual country... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
different economies that you're selling into," he continues. "For example, no one was able to foresee the recession in Asia. On the supply side, oil production has a very long lead time, particularly the big fields." Stobaugh also notes... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
sell its products, Neurosmith decided it needed to reorient its strategy toward mass-market accounts in order to survive. “This isn’t a change you make overnight,” notes Abercrombie wryly. In addition to needing to design toys to hit much... View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
“Civic” of the private jet market). In 2015, the company’s HondaJet received FAA certification. The HondaJet is now the number one selling jet in the very light jet segment of the market, and the CEO of Honda Aircraft Corporation,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11
leverage is to sell assets. If asset sales occur at depressed prices, then one bank's sales may impact other banks with common exposures, resulting in contagion. We propose a simple framework that accounts for how this effect adds up... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 31
how to proceed. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412056-PDF-ENG Quadriserv and the Short Selling Market Lauren H. Cohen and Christopher MalloyHarvard Business School Case 212-021 Ten years into Quadriserv's life,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
today is as a silage preservative, for the hay and alfalfa that cows and other animals eat over the winter months. And that will be one of the markets where we will first sell our formic acid, for sure, but that alone isn’t of sufficient... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
understanding of the oceans. When the Five Deeps Expedition is completed, Vescovo hopes to sell the Triton-built Limiting Factor and other essential equipment for the dives to a government, philanthropic organization, or university.... View Details
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
residential attraction. Today, the popular Detroit RiverWalk reaches along the shoreline, and more residential development is under way. Cummings bought the Riverfront Towers complex from Fisher and Taubman; he and his wife lived there for several years before View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
distributional side they [the plan’s authors] seem to be sending signals that they don't want this to be criticized as just a tax cut that privileges people at the top. But they have some work to do. I think it's not easy to sell this as... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
Alzheimer’s Fund, and John Lynch, later Governor of New Hampshire) had a bright idea. Our friends in large business firms seemed to know how to recruit minority summer interns with the potential for longer-term employment. Why not sell... View Details
- 28 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback
point of the retail experience is not to sell the product, but to introduce you to the brand in a way that can be shared with others through social media. There are special areas in the store that are set up for selfies, where you can... View Details
- 07 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
more than 100,000 online shoppers, they saw dramatic results. Not only did the site not lose customers, it also experienced huge gains in sales, with products’ average selling price increasing by as much as 38 percent and gross margins... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
until she learns she can do so easily through Rover.com. “For marketplace businesses where new supply is possible, start with new supply,” he said. “That group is the easiest group to sell to–it’s all figured out for them!” But for... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco
increasing taxes on property sold less than five years after buying it, however, was defeated over fears that it might hurt homeowners who needed to sell newly acquired property. At the same time it has tried to ease the housing crisis,... View Details