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- 15 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 15, 2015
price of competing products, pose new challenges on translating the demand forecasts into a pricing policy. We develop an algorithm to efficiently solve the subsequent multi-product price optimization that incorporates reference price... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 23
(forthcoming) Abstract We here bring forward strong evidence that political instability impedes financial development, with its variation a primary determinant of differences in financial development around the world. As such, it needs to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
enterprise in management and organization research, the lack of a cohesive knowledge base in this area is concerning. In this chapter, we propose that the underdevelopment of the attendant research infrastructure is an important, but oft-overlooked, barrier to the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
market conditions—accepting more immigrants when labor markets are tighter and in sectors where labor demand is higher, and protecting US workers during recessions. 2. Immigrants—of all skills—would help the US economy. Today, the US... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
"freemium" business model, which is used by some Internet businesses and smartphone application developers to give users free basic features of a digital product and access to premium functionality for a subscription fee. The... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
Companies in the tech sector now (unlike during the “bubble”) produce (or conserve) goods and services that people want. They have real business models that realize revenue and profit as well as growth. "The New Economy proved to be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
develop tolerance for minor annoyances - at home as well as in the office. Many organizations are still unprepared to meet the Y2K deadline. Why? The further you are from something, the less dangerous it appears. And, as already... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
Alejandro EIsztain, CEO of Cresud S.A., is faced with the difficult choice of whether to sell, develop, or continue to hold the 151,000 hectares of remaining undeveloped farmland at the company's Los Pozos farm in Argentina. Developing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
a product depends on the underlying demand for a product. Managers who offer a scarce resource, such as a private golf course, face a constant battle between maximizing the number of paying customers (in this case, club members) and... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 20 Jun 2019
- News
Reframing Modern Art
first in finance where you are proposing transactions, acquisitions, private placements, public offerings, etc, to corporate clients. It's a process of long-term relationship building, but it is first a process of upfront... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Winning Season
one on the opposite side of his office, which offers a panoramic view of ... an enormous, muddy hole. Site of the former Busch Stadium, demolished in November 2005, the six-block area in downtown St. Louis will be home to Ballpark Village, a mixed-use View Details
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
developing countries, are often meager. Some, like police officers, it can be argued, require additional income just to ensure a basic standard of living. On the supply side, corruption prevails because people find themselves paying... View Details
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49445 Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Performance feedback is ubiquitous in competitive settings where new products are developed. This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 28 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
Capital Rules: The Tensions of Global Finance
implemented by a developing country's government frustrated by widespread short-selling in the illiquid market for its currency; amid relatively sound economic fundamentals; when foreign direct investment was exempted from the... View Details
Keywords: by Rawi Abdelal
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
code of ethics developed by and reviewed by a universally-recognized professional institution. The authors imply that the absence of the institutions of a profession that one finds in medicine, law, and the clergy may have contributed to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
of dollars) Priority Raised to date Goal % Raised Attracting the best students $83 $100 83 % Deepening the learning experience $113 $120 94 % Attracting and developing faculty $68 $100 68 % Increasing global impact and outreach $109 $100... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
When Reputation Trumps Regulation
the most serious governance cases filed in U.S. courts by private shareholders against foreign cross-listed firms. Second, even if the SEC had the resources required to fully investigate the potentially false disclosures and statements by... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 05 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit
of sustainability efforts, decarbonization, and net zero in the context of a broader development agenda. The class culminated in a series of site visits in January 2024 in Mumbai and Bangalore and this is one of 14 student essays that... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty
perspectives on prioritizing breaks in service of meaningful lives and impactful careers. ----------------- Marty's story: Marty Mannion has taken three company-sanctioned sabbaticals during his 30 years in private equity with Summit... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
watched the push and pull between these sectors for years. Tensions began flaring up in the 1980s, when the BC government approved logging on an island off the western coast of Vancouver Island that was claimed by the Nuu-chah-nulth First... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous