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  • 22 Jul 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

and approaches. Explore a wide range of outcomes and consider what is controllable by the seller, the buyer, and neither. The View Details
Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing
  • Web

Mid-US - Global

how businesses are addressing the evolving landscape of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Faculty from HBS facilitated these discussions, fostering dialogue among business leaders on navigating divisions, View Details

    When the Thought Doesn’t Count

    We’ve all been there. You ask a colleague for help with something, maybe a tricky research design or a difficult student. They agree to help, but their assistance misses its mark. You wonder what happened and, if you turn to existing research and theory, you... View Details
    • January 2003 (Revised September 2007)
    • Background Note

    A Note on Racing to Acquire Customers

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
    Examines factors that motivate a firm's race to acquire customers in newly emerging markets and explores conditions under which racing strategies are likely to yield attractive returns. Provides a definition of racing behavior, introduces the notion of an optimal level... View Details
    Keywords: Customers; Price Bubble; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Behavior; Competition
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    • 14 Jun 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: June 14

    managers publicly acknowledge the need to explore new businesses and markets, the claims of established businesses on company resources almost always come first, especially when times are hard. When top... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2016
    • Working Paper

    Food Stamp Entrepreneurs

    By: Gareth Olds
    This paper explores how eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamps Program) affects firm formation. Using a variety of identification strategies, I show that expanded SNAP eligibility in the mid-2000s... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Welfare or Wellbeing
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      All Business is Local

      Today's business leaders are so obsessed with all things global and virtual that they risk neglecting the critical impact of physical place. It's a paradox of the Internet age: now that it's possible for businesses to be everywhere at once, they need to focus on... View Details

      • Research Summary

      Dawn Matsumoto's research investigates managers' financial reporting decisions including the incentives driving these decisions and the impact of these decisions on capital market participants. She is interested in the role of financial intermediaries (such as... View Details
      • 06 Aug 2020
      • Blog Post

      My HBS Financial Aid Story: Why I Chose to Invest in My Future

      insurmountable burden. With that in mind, I attended the college that awarded me the best scholarship and sought out external scholarships and work-study opportunities to avoid relying on student loans. So,... View Details
      • March 2023
      • Teaching Note

      VideaHealth: Building the AI Factory

      By: Karim R. Lakhani
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 621-021. The case “VideaHealth: Building the AI Factory” examines the creation of dental startup VideaHealth (Videa) and the development of its artificial intelligence (AI)-led business strategy through the eyes of founder and CEO Florian... View Details
      Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Applications and Software; Business Model; Marketing Strategy; Product Development; Health Industry; Technology Industry
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      • 12 Mar 2009
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Inflation Bets or Deflation Hedges? The Changing Risks of Nominal Bonds

      Keywords: by John Y. Campbell, Adi Sunderam & Luis M. Viceira
      • 09 Oct 2020
      • Blog Post

      4 Things To Know About the MS/MBA Biotech

      been more wrong. Although the entirety of my cohort is unified by our passion for healthcare and our strong interest in life sciences, we also are eager to explore various roles in the health care industry.... View Details
      • 04 May 2021
      • Book

      Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

      children, and to tell a personal story about that picture and about growing up. Earlier in the day, we had explored the notion of being “all in.” Being all in, I figured, has... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
      • Web

      Tools & Training - Alumni

      Careers Tools & Training Careers Tools & Training No matter where you are in your career, professional development is an ongoing process. Use the tools below to explore different areas of professional development, career visioning, View Details
      • Article

      Value of New Performance Information in Healthcare: Evidence from Japan

      By: Susanna Gallani, Takehisa Kajiwara and Ranjani Krishnan
      Mandatory measurement and disclosure of outcome measures are commonly used policy tools in healthcare. The effectiveness of such disclosures relies on the extent to which the new information produced by the mandatory system is internalized by the healthcare... View Details
      Keywords: Value Of Information; Feedback; Patient Satisfaction; Healthcare; Health Care and Treatment; Satisfaction; Information; Measurement and Metrics; Performance Improvement
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      • October 2018
      • Case

      African Bank Investments Limited (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
      Less than a year after joining the board of African Bank Investments Limited (ABIL), the newest director finds himself in difficult discussions with other directors about removing the struggling company’s CEO. The case is set in South Africa in mid-2014 as shares in... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Personal Finance; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Insurance; Leadership; Management; Risk Management; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; Africa; South Africa
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      Business Investment in Education in Emerging Markets Since the 1960s

      By: Valeria Giacomin, Geoffrey Jones and Erica Salvaj
      This article examines non-profit investments by business in education in emerging markets between the 1960s and the present day. Using a sample of 110 interviews with business leaders from an oral history database, the study shows that more than three-quarters of such... View Details
      Keywords: Economic History; Oral History; Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business History; Emerging Markets; Reputation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Education Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East; India; Chile; Colombia; Sri Lanka; Kenya
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      • 19 May 2015
      • First Look

      First Look: May 19

      owned. This book explores the political logic of reforms to land ownership and control, accounting for how land development and real estate have become synonymous with economic... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

        Shadow Cold War: The Sino-Soviet Competition for the Third World

        The conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War has long been understood in a global context, but Jeremy Friedman's Shadow Cold War delves deeper into the era to examine the competition between the Soviet... View Details
        • 09 Feb 2015
        • Research & Ideas

        Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

        come with professional networking. We are interested in exploring others ways in which such feelings can be reduced or eliminated, given the benefits networking has on people's development, performance, and... View Details
        Keywords: by Carmen Nobel