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impacts foreign exchange rates. They develop a model in which specialized bond investors must absorb shocks to the supply and demand for long-term bonds in two currencies. Their model matches several... View Details

14 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 14

Additionally, labor quality and the structure of demand and a long tradition of work in organizational behavior suggests that the successful adoption of productivity enhancing managerial practices requires complementary changes in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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provide healthier food alternatives. Please note that finalized menus may be impacted by supply chain disruptions and product availability. Water stations in high traffic break areas on the Schwartz Common will replace bottled water.... View Details

05 Nov 2013
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as this increases the utility they derive from the service, but they incur disutility from information disclosure. This, in turn, benefits the firm providing an additional source of revenue, but reduces consumer demand for the service. We... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Jun 2020
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Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

further forced changes to customers and hence firm-based behaviors. The outcome of customers’ health and fears has resulted not in a traditional recession but a “deaccession,” where supply and demand exist,... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim; Retail; Service

05 May 2022
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Why Companies Raise Their Prices: Because They Can

Grocery bills may be ridiculously high these days, but supply chain problems, energy costs, and inflation aren’t the only factors to blame. New research suggests that companies are raising prices simply because they can. In 2021, US... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

14 Feb 2022
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Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

and capabilities (e.g., a reliable supply chain). Leaders are discovering they must proactively invest in the ecosystem and build partnerships (turn vendors into partners; join with competitors to solve problems government can’t) to... View Details

Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology

Rosabeth M. Kanter

Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

28 May 2024
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Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

come to learn firsthand, firms have not only slashed hiring overall, but also pushed back start dates for those who have been hired. They have also adopted a stance of “firm first” rather than “accommodating” when dealing with new consultants as they work to, in their... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

07 Jul 2019
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Walmart's Workforce of the Future

Chief Sustainability Officer and Walmart Foundation President Kathleen McLaughlin. “ we’re now a tech company as much as a retail company,” Mc Laughlin said. “This digital transformation creates new jobs, but, more important, it changes the nature of jobs, even... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

22 Mar 2024
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Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted

and thinking about the global demand for software and what companies already spend on software, combined with the fact that open source has become so predominant in so many companies whether they know it or not, then that giant number... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Computer; Information Technology; Technology

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

leadership had to decide how to allocate their efforts across these diverging options, each of which demanded distinct expertise and focus. Citation Related Goldenberg, Amit, Elie Ofek, and Orna Dan. "Intuition Robotics: An AI Companion... View Details

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AFP Provida

By: Michael E. Porter, Arturo L. Condo and Andrea Prado

Describes the evolution of AFP Provida, one of the early entrants into the Chilean pension fund system established in 1981. By 1999, AFP Provida was not only the largest pension fund administrator in Chile, but also the largest in Latin America in terms of number of... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Globalized Firms and Management; Industry Clusters; Competitive Advantage; Expansion; Financial Services Industry; Chile

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Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Navy

By: Forest Reinhardt and Michael W. Toffel

The U.S. Navy operates on the front lines of climate change. It manages tens of billions of dollars in assets on every continent and on every ocean, which take many years to design and build and then have decades of useful life. This means that it needs to understand... View Details

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23 Nov 2021
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The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf

and other manufacturers worry about consumers moving on to something else? Raffaelli: Whenever you have demand exceeding supply, particularly for a cultural product or a product that’s seen as art, that often increases View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Music

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The Impact of Horizontal Mergers and Acquisitions in Price Competition Models

The question of what impact mergers and acquisitions have on key equilibrium performance measures is fundamental to our understanding of competitive dynamics in an oligopolistic industry. We address these questions in the context of price competition models with... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Cost; Price; Profit; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Performance Efficiency; Mathematical Methods; Competition

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, hosted an in-person event featuring Professor Raffaella Sadun . During the event, Professor Sadun delved into the emerging evidence from the Digital Reskilling Lab at HBS. She focused on pivotal questions such as “What is the actual View Details

07 Jul 2008
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Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

for natural gas, and to create derivative supply contracts that could help customers manage the risks of demand volatility and price swings more effectively than before. In this way, Skilling and his... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities

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a global hydrogen supply chain. The initiative was in line with Japan's energy strategy, as the country seeks to transition to clean energy. The company faced challenges such as the high cost of hydrogen production, uncertainty of... View Details

15 May 2007
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First Look: May 15, 2007

that a monopolistic market maker is able to extract from impatient investors. The mechanism for trade is a limit order, and immediacy is supplied when the limit order is executed. We show that limit orders are American options and their... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

First Look: April 14

FAQs - Alumni

First Look: November 5

Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again.

Why Companies Raise Their Prices: Because They Can

Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

Rosabeth M. Kanter

Job Search Advice for a Tough Market: Think Broadly and Stay Flexible

Walmart's Workforce of the Future

Open Source Software: The $9 Trillion Resource Companies Take for Granted

Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

AFP Provida

Managing Climate Change: Lessons from the U.S. Navy

The Vinyl Renaissance: Take Those Old Records Off the Shelf

The Impact of Horizontal Mergers and Acquisitions in Price Competition Models

Japan - Global

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

ハーバード - Global

First Look: May 15, 2007