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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing roadblocks to innovation in health care
convenes health care management educators to develop and implement new curricula for health care management education. She also recommends policy changes, such as standards for health care IT and transparency to consumers on the price and... View Details
- 09 Dec 2015
- Research Event
When Hosts Attack: The Competitive Threat of Online Platforms
categories, they found that, on average, the products Amazon chose tended to have higher retail prices and lower shipping costs than those it didn’t choose, which makes sense because Amazon offers free shipping on orders over $35. Also,... View Details
- 26 Aug 2009
- Op-Ed
Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
Chrysler once, have to do so again to the tune of $3 billion through the $3,500-$4,500 C4C incentives? This taxpayer money simply enabled the dealers to avoid having to offer discounts off sticker prices and to extract higher profit... View Details
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
sectors while being very much aware of the degree to which what we learn does or does not translate to energy. Q: What do you see as the most pressing change needed to drive clean energy innovation? A: We need to have a price for carbon.... View Details
- 21 Jan 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts
approach? The most common arguments are: "We can't agree on price." Of course you don't agree. The side that wants to leave generally wants a higher price (or terms of the buyout) than the side that wants to stay on as owners.... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 05 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 5
prepay for participating merchants' goods and services. Within a model of repeat experience good purchase, we examine two mechanisms by which a discount voucher service can benefit affiliated merchants: price discrimination and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
Name Your Price. Really.
price. ©iStock.com/Rawpixel Ltd Examples of PWYW pricing abound in all industries: Radiohead's self-released its In Rainbows album with "name your price" downloads; the Dallas Theater Center holds "Pay-What-You-Can"... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
medium-sized marijuana producers are already trying to build brand loyalty by marketing strains such as Grape Stomper, which boasts a high THC content; sweet-tasting Golden Goat; and low-THC Critical Mass, which markets itself as a more mellow bud. View Details
- 1999
- Book
The Financing of Catastrophe Risk
By: Kenneth A. Froot
Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Banking And Insurance; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Cost of Capital; Asset Pricing; Insurance Industry
Froot, Kenneth A., ed. The Financing of Catastrophe Risk. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999.
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
escalating home prices masked cracks in the subprime foundation. HBS lecturer Nicolas Retsinas lays out what went wrong and why. Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5771.html. View Details
- Working Paper Summaries
How do Private Equity Fees Vary Across Public Pensions?
- fall 2008
- Article
The Intermediation of Financial Risks: Evolution in the Catastrophe Reinsurance Market
By: Kenneth A. Froot
In this paper, I provide evidence concerning the imperfections in the reinsurance market. I try to get at some of the root causes of these imperfections, e.g., the behavior of ratings firms and the agency problems associated with the corporate form of ownership. I also... View Details
Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Banking And Insurance; Hedging; Banking; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Cost of Capital; Asset Pricing; Insurance Industry
Froot, Kenneth A. "The Intermediation of Financial Risks: Evolution in the Catastrophe Reinsurance Market." Risk Management and Insurance Review 11, no. 2 (fall 2008): 281–294.
- 1997
- Chapter
Applications of Option-Pricing Theory: Twenty-Five Years Later
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "Applications of Option-Pricing Theory: Twenty-Five Years Later." In Les Prix Nobel 1997, edited by Tore Frängsmyr. Stockholm: Nobel Foundation, 1997. (Reprinted in American Economic Review, June 1998.)
- April 2024
- Article
Pay-As-You-Go Insurance: Experimental Evidence on Consumer Demand and Behavior
By: Raymond Kluender
Pay-as-you-go contracts reduce minimum purchase requirements which may increase market participation. We randomize the introduction and price(s) of a novel pay-as-you-go contract to the California auto insurance market where 17 percent of drivers are uninsured. The... View Details
Kluender, Raymond. "Pay-As-You-Go Insurance: Experimental Evidence on Consumer Demand and Behavior." Review of Financial Studies 37, no. 4 (April 2024): 1118–1148.
- 09 Feb 2012
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Online Marketing
Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman discusses the paper's findings. Key concepts include: Discount vouchers provide price discrimination, letting merchants attract consumers who would not ordinarily patronize their... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Finance Conference Explores Research Methodologies
At a session on information and prices, HBS associate professor Benjamin C. Esty presented a paper detailing how the price of an unusual security could be used to extract the market's best guess of the size and basis for the resolution of... View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
Quasi-Experiment By: Israeli, Ayelet Abstract—This paper investigates a manufacturer’s ability to influence compliance rates among its authorized online retailers by exploiting changes in the Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) policy and in... View Details
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Policymakers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
universal measurement and public reporting Link reimbursement to clinical performance using outcome reporting Set accounting standards for meaningful cost reporting in health care Accelerate the bundled pricing rollout schedule in CMS... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
For African farmers looking to escape poverty, honey brings sweet success
beekeeping demonstrations and training. It purchases honey at fair-trade prices and also processes, packages, and distributes the honey to markets. HCA’s business model, which is being replicated in other African countries, places an... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Peak Earth?
investment advice.” Grantham, who has established a foundation to raise awareness about environmental issues and promote collaboration within the green movement, sees dark decades ahead and potential disaster if we don’t change our ways. “The market is sending us the... View Details