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  • 08 Nov 2016
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November 8, 2016

prepared to discuss their options at the shareholders' meeting, Hayes and Hodgson considered each option's trade-offs in timing, cost, control, and execution risk. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Aug 2002
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Are Consumers the Cure for Broken Health Insurance?

patient-protection legislation promising to set off a round of expensive lawsuits, and costly genomic technologies on the horizon, the price of insurance is almost certain to continue its upward spiral in the years ahead. And what do... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger
  • 19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

is likely to have a meaningful effect on health care spending patterns. In addition, precision medicines can change the expected profitability of therapies both by allowing more sophisticated pricing systems and potentially decreasing the... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 May 2014
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First Look: May 13

eligible for a discount on the purchase price conditional on their achieving the sales targets set by the franchisor. We show that car dealers (franchisees) who exclusively deal in cars of the brand offered by the franchisor receive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 25

recent firm performance? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/say-on-pay-qualcomm-inc-shareholders-vote-maybe-in-2012/an/114005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 213-047 Aqua Bounty Valuation of a pre-revenue biotech company at IPO using probability trees and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

competitor to boost sales, become #1 in a niche market segment, and achieve economies of scale. He is struggling with whether the deal makes strategic sense given forecasts that this niche segment is declining, whether the price is too... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 26, 2006

expenditures for telecommunications and information technology. One option is to hand over management of its telecom and IT networks to its vendors. Explores the pros and cons of such an outsourcing arrangement for a company in an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

did not apply. For all practical purposes, Musalem had only one customer for his company’s Hep C medicine: Mexico’s public health system and the National Pricing Commission that set prices annually for the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

and regulation of insurance markets, including the interaction between consumer choice difficulties or biases and adverse selection. We then document evidence on consumer mistakes in health-care utilization and treatment choices, especially in response to changes in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016

three options regarding the exit strategy to be deployed to ensure sustainability. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/616040-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-019 Whirlpool Corp.: Structuring the Deal to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Jul 2018
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Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)

prototypes, artists made jewelry, and developers punched out low-cost housing. Machines that had cost upwards of $50,000 now cost a few thousand and could fit on a desktop. Formlabs brings 3-D printing home Formlabs developed a second-generation product costing just... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology; Consumer Products; Electronics; Industrial Products; Information Technology; Manufacturing; Medical Devices & Supplies; Retail
  • 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007

clubs," we show that 1) fees serve as a signal of price discounts, such that stores that charge fees are perceived as offering better deals for identical items; 2) the presence of fees can increase consumer spending and overall store... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Let Customers Call the Shots

"name your own price" devices, permission marketing, group buying, price comparison engines, car purchase Web sites, mass customization, etc. It is still largely a new way of thinking whose domain and modalities remain to be... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 28 Feb 2005
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How to Harness Auction Fever

little about why this sale surprised the auction community? Deepak Malhotra: Auctioneers are often able to predict selling prices pretty accurately. In this particular auction, actual prices were... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls; Web Services; Technology
  • 05 Jun 2007
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First Look: June 5, 2007

  Working PapersNone this week.   Cases & Course MaterialsArtisan Entertainment Inc. Harvard Business School Case 207-067 Geoff Rehnert and Marc Wolpow have left Bain Capital to launch Audax Group. As part of their separation, they have been granted 90-day View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

company Danone's novel approach to knowledge management. In 2007, Human Resource Chief (Executive Vice President) Franck Mougin assesses the company's knowledge-sharing tools and considers his options going forward. Through informal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 17

allows bank depositors to remain "sleepy": they do not have to pay attention to transient fluctuations in the market value of bank assets. In contrast, shadow banks create money-like claims by giving their investors an early exit View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jan 2010
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First Look: January 5

(revenue maximizing) auction for sponsored search advertising. We show that a search engine's optimal reserve price is independent of the number of bidders and independent of the rate at which click-through rate declines over positions.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

and value-creation problems arise when such products are developed and sold by separate firms. Although the firms tend to price higher for given quality levels, their provision of quality is so low that, in equilibrium, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

Authors:Andrei Hagiu and Robin S. Lee Publication:Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (forthcoming) Abstract We analyze platform competition for content in the presence of strategic interactions between content distributors and content providers. We provide a... View Details

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