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- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
scope of his operations to ensure a steady and reliable revenue stream. Securing new clients proved the least difficult, since McLean's SeaLand service could transport goods at a 25 percent discount off the price of conventional travel,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Seth Klarman, MBA 1982
served him — and others — well. His approach relies primarily on research and discipline. "Value investing, the strategy of buying stocks at an appreciable discount from the value of the underlying businesses, is one strategy that... View Details
- Profile
David Velasquez
Traveling across the world, while sitting in a classroom and roaming the halls of Spangler. You learn about discounted cash flows, strategy, and leadership at HBS – while also enhancing your understanding of others' values and cultures.... View Details
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Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online
interactive activities Yes Some Discount for repeat participants Yes Some Certificate awarded upon completion of program Yes Some Invitation to a global professional network, including the HBS Online Connext conference, HBS faculty... View Details
- 20 Dec 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
How to Design a Better Customer Experience
coming back, you are going to benefit from word of mouth. I’ve had students telling stories about things that happened more than 10 years ago.” Rather than worrying only about offering customers a discount on products or services or... View Details
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Resources for Investment Management and Financial Analysis
- Financial models and company benchmarking data Mosaic - Build leveraged buyout and discounted cash flows models, dynamically incorporate special transaction situations Practical Financial Modelling: A Guide to Current... View Details
- Research Summary
Output and asset price fluctuations
What are the sources of business cycles? How are these shocks propagated in the economy? Why are their effects so persistent? How can we explain asset price fluctuations? How are shocks transmitted internationally?To study these questions, I have developed a series... View Details
- 22 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?
important ones. But, some limited variants can also be useful. "Point" guarantees such as penalty clauses which involve a discount when delivery is late are a simple form of performance-based pricing. Penalty clauses are... View Details
- 25 Oct 2010
- HBS Case
Tesco’s Stumble into the US Market
eliminated discount coupons, and decorated in a spare style more suited to a hospital than a food retailer. Five years later, Fresh & Easy has not made a dime, and analysts are wondering whether the company should pack up and go home,... View Details
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Diversity on Boards - Alumni
center Receive exclusive member discounts to Equilar's board education forums Do you want to share a board opportunity with us? Fill out this form , or contact Daniella Diniz ( bdn.rge@hbs.edu ) Your Network Connect directly with other... View Details
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Online Entrepreneurship & Innovation Courses | HBS Online
prospective online learners* Yes No Reimagined the case study method through a proprietary platform featuring courses created by renowned faculty Yes No Collaboration with fellow online learners through unique simulations and interactive activities Yes Some View Details
- 08 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
Are Paywalls Saving Newspapers?
used firm size as a proxy for reputation and utilized uniqueness and political slant indices to account for other company characteristics. The study did not take into account costs or any discounts or marketing efforts targeting new... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Bridging the Gap
openings forecast over the next five years. At Chattanooga’s Howard School, where nearly 90 percent of the student body receives free or discounted school lunch, a classroom of sophomores enrolled in another FRI will be well-positioned to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Case Study: The Home Team
Illustration by Jon Krause Illustration by Jon Krause Brendan Kennealey (MBA 2006) wasn’t even searching for a business idea. A couple of years ago, the Wilmington, Delaware, native met up with an old friend who’d bought a new house. Over dinner this friend enumerated... View Details
- 31 Jan 2023
- Op-Ed
Can Insurance Technology Solve the Uninsured Driver Problem?
benefits by reducing emissions and traffic congestion. Providing an affordable insurance option To test how strongly uninsured drivers valued the option to buy fewer days of coverage at a time, we randomized whether or not drivers got a “bulk discount” for buying more... View Details
- 26 Jun 2013
- News
How a Trivial Pursuit Became a Significant Case
resources beyond his current control to pull the project together. He successfully raced to get TV Guide's TV Game distributed to both high-end and discount retailers (priced accordingly) in time for Christmas 1984—and just ahead of... View Details
- 09 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Identify Great Customers from Their First Purchase
bought discounted products, especially those who did so on Black Friday or during other holiday periods, were “lower-value,” often one-time customers. Although these findings might seem obvious, Ascarza says, the research provides... View Details
- 11 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?
monthly fees or a deeply discounted full price determined by how much you actually drive the vehicle. The dealership would maintain it (motivating dealers to be proactive about maintenance and manufacturers to build in high quality), but... View Details
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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online
Common Multiples Spirit Aerosystems Dell, Inc Show Hide Details Concepts Valuation Multiples Problematic Methods Discounted Cash Flows Intricacies Mistakes Featured Exercises Calculate free cash flows, WACC, and terminal values Practice... View Details