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- 01 Apr 1996
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text introducing risk-reducing strategies such as hedging, portfolio diversification, insurance, and derivative market mechanisms. In addition, the book trains the reader in relevant methodologies, including exposure analysis, the capital asset View Details
- 02 Oct 2018
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New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018
Xu Abstract—We investigate how dynamic pricing can lead to more product returns in the online retail industry. Using detailed sales data of more than two million transactions from the Indian online retail... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
use of AI in everything from facial recognition to predictive sentencing. She found it nonetheless. The online rental platform uses its pricing tool to increase host revenues by dynamically adjusting rental... View Details
- 23 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?
according to panelists from the healthcare field and the pharmaceutical industry, is delivering drugs that are donated or available at reduced prices to patients who need them. Government Priorities Dr. Konji Sebati, a physician with the... View Details
Keywords: by Julie Jette
- 05 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 5, 2008
ad auctions as a dynamic game of incomplete information, so we can study the convergence and robustness properties of various strategies. In particular, we consider best-response bidding strategies for a repeated auction on a single... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 11, 2008
conditions under which a dominant design may be achieved, the underlying architecture of the era of incremental change and the dynamics associated with discontinuities. Testing a Purportedly More Learnable Auction Mechanism... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
matter if they come from pure-play online retailers or omnichannel retailers, suck volume out of a store and often lead to more intense price competition. For reasons we'll cover later in this book, neither buy-online-pick-up-in-store nor... View Details
- 03 Oct 2024
- Blog Post
Van den Ende Rozen
that the family dynamic of the brothers creates a playful, supportive, and competitive work environment as each brother is responsible for a different area of the business. We started our tour of the facility by walking into the warm,... View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet
more similar with time. So, while industries within a country might move separately, all that variability comes out in the wash when you average across a broad array of industries on a countrywide scale. “You don’t see the stock price of... View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016
Education By: Snook, Scott, and Rakesh Khurana Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50349 forthcoming Administrative Science Quarterly Environmental Demands and the Emergence of Social Structure: Technological... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
the case. In the U.S. service sector, which makes up two-thirds of our economy, inflation is still running at 3 percent. So while some manufacturing businesses are experiencing price deflation for the first time in the postwar era, the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008
the technology bubble to examine the hypothesis that inexperienced investors play a role in the formation of asset price bubbles. Using age as a proxy for managers' investment experience, we find that around the peak of the technology... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
Recap of the 4th Annual Women in Investing Summit
entrepreneurial spirit. After graduation, I entered strategy consulting to learn how companies run – from developing pricing strategies to winning customers – then joined a middle-market private equity firm, where I focused on the... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14
the scientists themselves. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52220 January 2017 American Economic Review Are Online and Offline Prices Similar? Evidence from Large Multi-Channel Retailers By: Cavallo,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Feb 2013
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First Look: Feb. 12
http://or.journal.informs.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/60/5/1199.full.pdf+html Convergence of Position Auctions under Myopic Best-Response Dynamics Authors:Cary, Matthew, Aparna Das, Benjamin Edelman, Ioannis Giotis, Kurtis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 28
are less responsive to changes in investment opportunities, especially in industries in which stock prices are most sensitive to earnings news. These findings are consistent with the notion that short-termist pressures distort investment... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 20
factors causing the crisis but also evaluating the government responses to date and suggesting practical reforms for the future. Catering Through Nominal Share Prices Authors:Malcolm Baker, Robin Greenwood, and Jeffrey Wurgler... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016
forthcoming Research in Organizational Behavior The Dynamic Componential Model of Creativity and Innovation in Organizations: Making Progress, Making Meaning By: Amabile, Teresa M., and Michael G. Pratt Abstract—Leveraging insights gained... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10
considerably higher variance in their rates of unsuccessful entrepreneurs. The results are consistent with intra-section learning, where the close ties between section-mates lead to insights about the merits of business plans. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 12
(September-October 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/gyu/TWFR%20Sept-Oct%202011%20The%20Return%20Experience%20of%20Hedge%20Fund%20Investors.pdf Dynamically Integrating Knowledge in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne