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This paper provides an introduction to alternative models of uncertain commodity prices. A model of commodity price movements is the engine around which any valuation methodology for commodity production projects is built, whether discounted cash flow (DCF) models or... View Details

Keywords: Asset Pricing; Goods and Commodities; Price; Risk and Uncertainty; Valuation; Production; Projects; Cash Flow

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June 2010
Teaching Note

Australia: The Riches and Challenges of Commodities (TN)

By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim

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Keywords: Futures and Commodity Futures; Financial Crisis; Demand and Consumers; Trade; Natural Environment; Business and Government Relations; Policy; Growth and Development Strategy; Australia

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November 1984 (Revised December 1985)
Background Note

Note on the Ethylene and Commodity Plastics Industries

By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres

Keywords: Chemical Industry

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10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

different you are, the greater your opportunity to set your own price. A commodity is defined as "undifferentiated." You must be different. Gore, the very successful manufacturer of Goretex, provides unique product... View Details

Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro

August 1974
Article

On Equilibrium Allocations as Distributions on the Commodity Space

By: Elon Kohlberg, S. Hart and W. Hildenbrand

Keywords: Goods and Commodities

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May 1985 (Revised February 1990)
Case

American Food and Grains: Commodity and Ingredient Procurement

By: David A. Garvin

Keywords: Operations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

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26 Feb 2010
News

Products & services serve as commodities in reset economy

Sep 2013
Panel Discussion

Overseas Chinese Entrepreneurs in Southeast Asian Commodity Markets: An Overview

By: Valeria Giacomin

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2007
Blog

Harvard Business Online—Marketing Know:How: How To Avoid the Commodity Trap

By: John A. Quelch

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2010
Working Paper

Commodity Chains: What Can We Learn from a Business History of the Rubber Chain? (1870-1910)

By: Felipe Tamega Fernandes

The literature on the rubber boom applied a Dependendist view of rubber production in the Brazilian Amazon. Even though a sizable surplus was generated in the rubber chain, it was mostly appropriated by foreigners. This view is in tune with the Global Commodity Chain... View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Business History; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; Brazil

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Paper - Commodity Chains: what can we learn from a business history of the rubber chain? (1870-1910)

The literature on the rubber boom applied a Marxist/Dependendist view of rubber production in the Brazilian Amazon. Even though a sizeable surplus was generated in the rubber chain, it was mostly appropriated by foreigners. This view is in tune with the Global... View Details

December 1990
Teaching Note

American Food and Grains: Commodity and Ingredient Procurement, Teaching Note

By: David A. Garvin and Norman Klein

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October 1989 (Revised December 1989)
Case

Deregulation of the Australian Wheat Board: A Commodity System in Flux

By: Ray A. Goldberg

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Goods and Commodities; Markets; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Australia

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General Merchants to Commodities Brokers | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s... View Details