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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
real-life scenarios. These simulations build from the simple - two parties negotiating a one-shot price deal for headlamps - to the complex-- many parties in a long-term relationship seeking agreement on the myriad issues involved in a... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
tracking markets. —John Lamb (MBA 1980) The big market for Nix is the low-cost analog sensor. At $5 per sensor, the price point will drive rapid adoption in a very large market of athletes. The digital version has a value proposition that... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 24 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Climate Change
On Sunday, 300,000 activists took to the streets of New York for the People's Climate March, the biggest climate protest in history, and the United Nations on Tuesday held the Climate Summit. In the spirit of Climate Week, we present insights from members of the... View Details
- July 2019 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Backstage at Boston Ballet
By: David G. Fubini, Ryan Raffaelli, Begum Agca Okutgen and Julia Kelley
This case asks students to consider how to prioritize goals when placed in a new leadership role. In August 2014, Meredith “Max” Hodges became the youngest Executive Director (ED) in the Boston Ballet’s 51-year history. In her first year, she was able to claim several... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior; Managing Change; Strategy Execution; Priorities; Arts; Buildings and Facilities; Decision Making; Theater Entertainment; Leadership; Business or Company Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategic Planning; Problems and Challenges; Nonprofit Organizations; Strategy; Marketing; Price; Fine Arts Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Education Industry; United States; North America; Massachusetts; Boston; New England; Northeastern United States
Fubini, David G., Ryan Raffaelli, Begum Agca Okutgen, and Julia Kelley. "Backstage at Boston Ballet." Harvard Business School Case 420-005, July 2019. (Revised November 2022.)
- November 2008
- Supplement
NEC Electronics (CW)
By: C. Fritz Foley, Robin Greenwood and James Quinn
Why do shares in NEC Electronics, a publicly listed subsidiary of Japan conglomerate NEC trade at a discount to their fundamental value? Can Perry Capital, a U.S. hedge fund, restructure this subsidiary and generate significant returns? This case provides students with... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
experiments to test theoretical predictions of why adoption may be low. Insurance purchase is sensitive to price, with an estimated extensive price elasticity of demand between -0.66 and -0.88. Credit constraints, identified through the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Article
Institutional Portfolio Flows and International Investments
By: K. A. Froot and T. Ramadorai
Keywords: Loss Aversion; International Investment; Portfolio Investment; Asset Allocation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Currency; Investment; Risk Management; Behavioral Finance; Asset Pricing
Froot, K. A., and T. Ramadorai. "Institutional Portfolio Flows and International Investments." Review of Financial Studies 21, no. 2 (March 2008): 937–971. (Formerly The Information Content of International Portfolio Flows, revised from NBER Working Paper No. 8472, September 2001, Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 03-006, 2002, revised December 2005.)
- Fast Answer
Real estate: costs per square foot (commercial)
Loeb Library Producer Price Index Bureau of Labor Statistics Industry databases has average cost per square foot for new construction. International Code Council Provides Building Valuation Data with average square foot... View Details
Steven A. Burd
Burd implemented an extensive cost-cutting plan, which included deep cuts in capital expenditure, enabling the company to lower the shelf prices in its stores and to boost revenue. Once costs were under control, Burd began expanding the... View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 17 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Companies Need to Start Marketing Security to Customers
regular inspections can help. Third party testing companies can insure that industry standards are met. Safety innovation needed But most companies do not innovate around safety or push for tougher safety standards; they merely comply with existing requirements.... View Details
- 01 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing Challenges of the China Olympics
events can boost brand awareness, preference, and sales over competitors who cannot afford the global sponsorship prices set by the International Olympic Committee. Lenovo hardly wishes to be known as the Chinese PC company that consumers... View Details
- 02 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
Four Companies that Conquered America
market. There are no national furniture retail chains, making market penetration easier. IKEA's location selection expertise and their established global supply chains enable them to offer exceptional category-killer prices that are... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 02 Dec 2019
- News
A Long-Standing Commitment to Global Understanding
a subsequent stint at Corning in Japan, Barry came to another realization—that he needed to enhance his business skills— prompting him to apply to HBS. After earning his MBA, he put his financial acumen to work in fund management at T. Rowe View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain
arming women with better information will encourage them to become more involved in their own care and lead to better results in their fight with cancer. Cohen was working at Price Waterhouse as marketing director for the consulting... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
the technology bubble to examine the hypothesis that inexperienced investors play a role in the formation of asset price bubbles. Using age as a proxy for managers' investment experience, we find that around the peak of the technology... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 19, 2016
borrowers likely involve fewer monitoring tools and weaker control rights. We evaluate these explanations of cov-lite contract provisions in a large sample of U.S. loans for the 2001–2014 period. Consistent with creditor-driven explanations for cov-lite issuance, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
bills-in-progress which would address important, but incremental, changes, such as methane waste prevention in fracking. “But the most important policy thing we can do is to price carbon,” he said, which would reduce carbon production and... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 09 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 9, 2015
interpersonal disclosure of intimate information increases attraction, cost transparency by a firm increases brand attraction, in turn boosting consumer purchase interest. This relationship persists even after controlling for perceptions of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Portrait Project
Emily Hoffman
you care who I am friends with?" Later, my questions were deeper, and often somewhat probing. Things like: "Why does my consulting firm not support my furniture design pursuits?"; "Why do New York City housing prices... View Details
- Portrait Project
Derrick Leung
that connect our communities to one another. Roadways and power plants are the arteries and organs of our living society. But what I see is far from an image of good health. The skeletal remains of our nation’s infrastructure show us the View Details