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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Shop Talk, Different Avenues
have different pricing for different markets. AM: One of our biggest growth areas is Koreans coming to shop on Gilt. The price of a good can be almost 100 percent more in certain markets. Do you think this... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Prima Datarina
with a long history in the airline and hotel industries now gaining traction in the arts world. By analyzing existing data, Hodges and her team have the flexibility to adjust ticket prices on a weekly, or even daily, basis to smooth the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 08 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits
as several states in the West were planning a new joint program. “Those who make poor choices feel the consequences of price uncertainty most deeply.” So clearly it's important for business managers in many industries to understand how... View Details
- 19 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
Doomsday Coming for Catastrophic Risk Insurers?
"That's not great protection, but at least it's some coverage. But for really devastating kinds of large losses, the coverage levels actually fall from there. They should continue to increase, but don't—and even fall for the most devastating events." View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
A Former Buyer Turns Designer
(MBA ’05) first line of women’s clothing, AMMARA, won’t hit department stores until this fall, she’s already landed in Women’s Wear Daily for bringing fashionable apparel to mature customers at a lower price point. “I felt there was a... View Details
- 1993
- Book
Foreign Direct Investment
By: K. Froot
Keywords: Corporate Finance; Market Imperfections; Foreign Direct Investment; Financial Instruments; Markets; Asset Pricing
Froot, K., ed. Foreign Direct Investment. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
- 2010
- Working Paper
The New Face of Chinese Industrial Policy: Making Sense of Anti-Dumping Cases in the Petrochemical and Steel Industries
By: Regina Abrami and Yu Zheng
Why have China's petrochemical and steel industries behaved so differently in seeking trade protection through antidumping measures? We argue that the patterning of antidumping actions is best explained in terms of the political economy of economic restructuring in... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Price; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Competition; Chemical Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Steel Industry; China
Abrami, Regina, and Yu Zheng. "The New Face of Chinese Industrial Policy: Making Sense of Anti-Dumping Cases in the Petrochemical and Steel Industries." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-042, October 2010.
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Student Trio Advance Health Payment Reform
focused on how to calculate a fixed price for all services related to a specific condition — knee replacement. (The hospital is nationally recognized for expertise in orthopedic surgery.) The “bundled” price... View Details
- 04 Dec 2000
- What Do You Think?
Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?
consumers were that deregulation: (1) unleashes the power of a self-correcting free market (Jeff Struck), giving customers services at prices they are willing to pay and quality levels that they are willing to pay for (at least in the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- February 1984 (Revised March 1990)
- Background Note
Risk Adjusted Discount Rates
By: David E. Bell
Bell, David E. "Risk Adjusted Discount Rates." Harvard Business School Background Note 184-151, February 1984. (Revised March 1990.)
- November 1985 (Revised July 1989)
- Supplement
Signode Industries, Inc. (C)
Continues the discussion of the price-flex policy described in the (A) case and the (B) case. View Details
Moriarty, Rowland T., Jr., and Gordon Swartz. "Signode Industries, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 586-061, November 1985. (Revised July 1989.)
- November/December 2003
- Article
Performance, Convenience, Price: What's Your Brand About?
By: Scott D. Anthony and Clayton M. Christensen
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
has researched stock price manipulation in Japan and looked specifically at firms like Livedoor. He says the Livedoor episode may, in the end, do some good by paving the road for reform of Japan's "abysmal" corporate governance.... View Details
- February 1998 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital
Presents recommendations for hurdle rates of Marriott's divisions to select by discounting appropriate cash flows by the appropriate hurdle rate for each division. View Details
Ruback, Richard S. "Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital." Harvard Business School Case 298-101, February 1998. (Revised March 1998.)
- July 1991
- Supplement
Retail Promotional Pricing: When Is a Sale Really a Sale? (B)
Provides the court's decision in the May D&F case, and updates the controversy surrounding high-low retail pricing. View Details
Ortmeyer, Gwendolyn K. "Retail Promotional Pricing: When Is a Sale Really a Sale? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 591-112, July 1991.
- 1996
- Working Paper
The Determinants of Optimal Currency Hedging
By: Kenneth Froot and André Perold
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
markets is a sector notorious for its lack of differentiation between players. Once location has played out its magic, retailers tend to get squeezed in a business characterized by the infernal duo of low margin and high fixed cost. In such businesses, View Details
- September 1976 (Revised March 1981)
- Case
Minolta Camera Co. Ltd.
Management of one of the leading Japanese camera manufacturers is faced with the problem of unauthorized shipments from the low-price markets of Hong Kong and Japan to high-price markets of Europe and North America. Control of distribution, change of prices, model... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Firms and Management; Distribution; Price; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Japan
Wiechmann, Ulrich E. "Minolta Camera Co. Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 577-017, September 1976. (Revised March 1981.)
Frank A. Munsey
Frank Munsey revolutionized the publishing industry by bringing financial rigor to the business. Munsey was a pioneer in connecting advertising prices to circulation volume making large-scale magazine production affordable and profitable.... View Details
Keywords: Publishing & Print Media