Entry In The US Market - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 27

of accounting earnings in predicting future cash flows using out-of-sample predictions and market value of equity as a proxy for all future cash flows. We find that, on... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.

New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Insurance

19 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?

Retailers should be ecstatic. Last year was dismal amid the pandemic, with plunging revenue and record bankruptcies. But this year things have turned around. For instance, retail sales in April through June... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Retail

27 Mar 2012
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First Look: March 27

"lean startups." Entrepreneurs in these startups translate their vision into falsifiable business model hypotheses, then test the hypotheses using a series of... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 25

channel); and (iii) individuals who were out of the market when they were excessively angry in the unregulated market, decide to purchase once... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 May 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018

Christopher Stanton Abstract—Wage rigidity creates real and financial frictions, though the real-world drivers of rigidities remain largely unstudied. We use staggered commission reductions at a sales firm... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Aug 2014
Op-Ed

Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit

there is a market failure in the clearing of the small business loan market. This is evidenced by a large portfolio of creditworthy loans,... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking

18 Apr 2005
Research & Ideas

Selling Luxury to Everyone

lifespan in the fashion industry. "What used to be a six-month turnaround in fashion is now six weeks," she said. Morse said his... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette; Consumer Products

June 2001 (Revised April 2004)
Case

Innovation at Progressive (B): Homeowners Insurance

By: Frances X. Frei and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar

Analyzes whether Progressive, strictly an auto insurer, should enter the home owner's insurance market. The critical decision is whether the competencies that made Progressive succeed in the auto insurance industry can translate to the home owner's insurance industry. View Details

Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Insurance Industry

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01 May 2012
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First Look: May 1

perspective or philosophical approaches, and used a normative approach by focusing on the question of how people should act when resolving ethical dilemmas. In this paper, we... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

20 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

up,” says Benjamin G. Edelman, an associate professor in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit at Harvard Business School whose research focuses on consumer... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance

29 May 2007
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First Look: May 29, 2007

to extreme, alternative in a choice set. The term extremeness avoidance has been used to describe the reason underlying this phenomenon. View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 9

the new payment approach and considering how to improve the model. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/714515-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-009 View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 19

The alleged benefits of flattening flow primarily from pushing decisions downward to enhance customer and market responsiveness and to improve accountability and morale. Has flattening delivered on its... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 11

change the course of history. Indispensable will also help you understand this new model so you can use it in your own life-whether you're a citizen casting a ballot, an... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jun 2009
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First Look: June 23

of firms as entrants "steal" business from incumbents. When firms face input scarcity, in contrast, the welfare loss from free entry is reduced. Further, free View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

December 2012 (Revised May 2013)
Case

Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite): Plus ça change…

By: Ray A. Goldberg, Arthur I. Segel, Elie Ofek and Carin-Isabel Knoop

For centuries Lafite has been the most admired wine Estate in the world. How does Baron Eric de Rothschild protect this crown jewel in a conservative manner while DBR develops other Chateaux blending wine programs, reaches out to new areas such as China and begins to... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Global Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; France; China

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18 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 18, 2008

given that product architecture has been shown to be an important predictor of, among other things: product performance, product variety, process flexibility, and future industry evolution. We explore this relationship in View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

March 2018 Review of Economics and Statistics Scraped Data and Sticky Prices By: Cavallo, Alberto Abstract—I use daily prices collected from online retailers in five countries to study View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 1993 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW)

By: Robert J. Dolan

In 1992, BMW attempts to revive its position in the United States market. In 1991, unit sales had fallen to 53,000 from 88,000 in 1987. The new CEO of North America considers a multifaceted plan to turn around the situation. View Details

Keywords: Product Positioning; Marketing Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Market Entry and Exit; Sales; Manufacturing Industry; Auto Industry; Germany; North America

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