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- 30 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 30
sustainability of nominal debt in developing (volatile) countries. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/05-053.pdf The Price of Capital: Evidence from Trade Data Authors:Laura Alfaro and Faisal Z. Ahmed Abstract We use... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
Imagine the glee of marketers at the dawn of the Internet era—could anyone imagine a more sophisticated, precise way of reaching consumers? By tracking the purchasing habits of its prey, marketers could respond with targeted advertising... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
Wruck cites one case she followed in which the initial match looked great. The target and bidder had operations in the same industry, creating a potential for synergies. But integration of the target into... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
four factors drove such beliefs: spirituality, self-interest, fear of government intervention, and the belief that governments were incapable of addressing major social issues. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2291145 Using Text Analysis to View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
Co-op is experimenting with a transactive energy rate that will enable members to partner with the co-op, supplying energy from their EV batteries when it is most needed, and charging up when demand — and prices — are low. The technology... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
AMC stock at its opening price of $18 a share. (The company's employees were given the same deal.) The articles that reported this news also wondered if AMC was a good investment, given the rise of online movie viewing and home... View Details
- 17 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions
was the overall price of the deal—requiring months of complex number-crunching to determine the value of the investments and cost of the pay-outs over time. But both companies had incentive to come to an agreement—which they eventually... View Details
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Bibliography - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Available Bonanos, Christopher. Instant: The Story of Polaroid . New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012. Brown, Donald L. “Protection Through Patents: The Polaroid Story.” Journal of the Patent Office Society XLII, no. 7 (July 1960). Brown, Milton P. Polaroid... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
crucially so—on whether or not the platforms subsidize one side of the market in equilibrium. For example, with prices being strategic complements across platforms, we show that a cost-reducing investment by one firm may have a positive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
2008), offers this case study to HBS alumni: “There are many reasons for us to pursue diversification. Our client pool is made up of relatively small, local solar markets, and installations will eventually slow down; many customers (as well as View Details
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
contact between the company and its customers. As well as a pricing analysis, the case examines the links between a venture’s product policy, target customers, funding sources, management style, promotional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas, April 18
targeted a variety of demographic segments in different sales points, acquired new customers, and created a moment of luxurious consumption for all ages. Accordingly, within Godiva’s global enterprise, Godiva Japan had become number two... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Case Study: Sound Check
similar opportunity. Best to have an intense focus and evolve your software in a rapid fashion. It is very common for software companies to start with smaller customers and work their way up. While it is harder (and takes longer) to sell into the enterprise, the... View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 15, 2016
Falato, Antonio, and David Scharfstein Abstract—We present evidence that pressure to maximize short-term stock prices and earnings leads banks to increase risk. We start by showing that banks increase risk when they transition from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 17
rate. Our results suggest that low pay rates are, in and of themselves, unlikely to promote dishonesty. Instead, it is the salience of upward social comparisons that encourages the poorly compensated to cheat. September 2013 Empirical Methods in Natural Language... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
conflict between the old and the new. Successful CEOs first develop a broad, forward-looking strategic aspiration that sets ambitious targets both for innovation and core business growth. They then hold the tension between innovation unit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
A Place in the Sun
words of HBS professor emeritus Theodore Levitt. "He said, ŒBe unique, don't compete. If you can get yourself into a dominant position where you have price flexibility, do it, because you'll be a lot happier not having to worry about the... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna and Garry Emmons
- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
VP for North Asia, had been negotiating a possible acquisition with Jackie Jin, the chairman of a leading Chinese appliance manufacturer named Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric Company (Hefei Sanyo), for almost six months when suddenly Hefei Sanyo's stock View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
present a model in which fire sales propagate shocks across bank balance sheets. When a bank experiences a negative shock to its equity, a natural way to return to target leverage is to sell assets. If potential buyers are limited, then... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 1
prices in liquid secondary markets, but caution against expanding fair values to areas such as intangibles where they could be used opportunistically. We conclude that rather than converging U.S. GAAP with IFRS, competition between the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace