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  • 06 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 6, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-046.pdf   Cases & Course MaterialsBroadcast Television in the Broadband World Harvard Business School Note 707-486 What strategies have the top four (NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX) broadcast television networks tested in response to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 May 2011
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First Look: May 3

technologies, demographic shifts, and consumption trends. They can't develop truly global organizations that operate effortlessly across borders. And they find it tough to ensure that their people adhere to values and ethics. The world... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25

that converts benefits reform first into changes to retirees' consumption paths and then into a net effect on social welfare. I calibrate that framework using recently produced data on Social Security beneficiaries by lifetime income... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 12 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 12

wearing gym clothes rather than an elegant outfit or wearing red sneakers in a professional setting. Nonconforming behaviors, as costly and visible signals, can act as a particular form of conspicuous consumption and lead to positive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 May 2013
  • Research & Ideas

From McRibs to Maseratis: The Power of Scarcity Marketing

access to our favorite things will make us keep appreciating them); Buy Time (focusing on time over money yields wiser purchases); Pay Now, Consume Later (delayed consumption leads to increased enjoyment); and Invest in Others (spending... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael I. Norton
  • 07 Aug 2006
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Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?

conducted in France and Germany to a comparative study of all of the advanced industrialized countries. My goal is to analyze the historical evolution of consumption in the advanced industrialized economies. Specifically, what role have... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail
  • 10 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

Francesca Gino Abstract—Although religion is a central aspect of life for many people across the globe, there is scant research on how religion affects people’s non-religious routines. In the present research, we identify a frequent View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2009
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First Look: May 19, 2009

ranked the world's second-largest consumer of energy. This note provides background on China's energy industry and provides details on China's leading state-owned energy companies, production and consumption statistics, and government... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 May 2007
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First Look: May 22, 2007

measured by the covariation of bond returns with stock returns and with consumption growth, and in the volatility of bond returns. A robust stylized fact in empirical finance is that the spread between the yield on long-term bonds and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

differs. ITunes provides a unified interface that seamlessly integrates the location, purchase, and consumption of content. Users of p2p networks, on the other hand, must navigate a complex environment and endure varying levels of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music
  • 05 Feb 2009
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In Praise of Marketing

for both parties. The billions of successful daily marketplace transactions are an important part of the glue that holds our society together. Good marketers offer consumers choices. Choice stimulates consumption and economic growth and... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising
  • 17 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Why E-commerce Didn’t Die With the Fall of Webvan

he bought a Nestlé chocolate bar, he got a coupon for Hershey. And when he redeemed the coupon for Hershey, he got a half-price coupon for Hershey. When he redeemed that, he got nothing. So he said, 'I very quickly learned that my chocolate View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

uniting, becoming more “producer-friendly,” and consider the role within ASGM governance systems they are best suited to play (which may be none at all). Findings contribute to debates on the merits of increasing governance fragmentation and the role of political View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

population and per capita consumption growth, the limited nature of resources and sinks, and the responsibility and exposure of firms to ensuing ecological risks and costs. We then discuss how an operations management lens contributes to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

increases price dispersion within narrow categories, is consistent with a standard vertical differentiation model in the presence of price controls. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54120 Using Online Prices for Measuring Real... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 11

unbundling of digital content, the second wave, decoupling, promises to generate more casualties in an even broader array of industries. Digital start-ups are disrupting traditional businesses by inserting themselves at every juncture in the customer's View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Aug 2016
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August 9, 2016

earnings growth by 6%. Consistent with the hypothesis that this effect derives from the local demand channel, we find that consumption is less responsive to local labor demand shocks in counties with more generous benefits. Our analysis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 24

their funds on demand even if consumption takes place later. Capitalized institutions serving overoptimistic depositors emerge in equilibrium even if depositors and bank owners have identical preferences and investment opportunities.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 15

http://hbr.org/product/tesco-group-food/an/514022-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-023 Mission Produce As the leading distributor of fresh avocados in the U.S., Mission Produce was at a crossroads in late 2013. Avocado consumption... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

huge differences between countries in consumption of organic wine. The market for organic wine was far larger in Sweden, a country with 9 million inhabitants, than in the United States, with 326 million. Download working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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