Price - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

different operations to look beyond their silos to consolidate operations and share best practices to lower costs. Similarly, firms such as big-box retailers that centralize merchandising and distribution to deliver low prices must ensure... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

03 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Lehman Brothers Plus Five: Have We Learned from Our Mistakes?

percent—the lowest in over 30 years. Home prices are perking up, and the number of home mortgages with negative equity is down. Balance sheets have recovered to their 2007 highs. While the United States represents only 19 percent of the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Banking; Financial Services; Construction; Real Estate

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

Unit at Harvard Business School. "For example, procurement policies could serve a demonstration role that would stimulate private demand by making people more aware of green buildings. They might also cover the start-up costs of suppliers, lowering View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

11 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Board

stock price doing OK? "It was a 10-minute conversation, and that was that," Kaufman says. These days, the assessment is usually much more wide-spread, taking into account both quantitative and qualitative metrics other than just... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 4

contracting. We recognize the advantage of using fair values in circumstances where these are based on observable prices in liquid secondary markets, but caution against expanding fair values to areas such as intangibles where they could... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

purchasing and brought process discipline to store operations through using Six Sigma quality methodology. Although the changes led to higher profitability, the retailer's stock price remained unchanged. Many wondered if poor stock market... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

Solving the Marketing Resources Allocation Puzzle

promotion and advertising had long-run consequences on consumers' buying behavior in two ways: by influencing the brand equity and by affecting the consumers' price sensitivity. Jedidi and colleagues then simulated how different promotion... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

19 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

rated, and the nature of any collateralization of the obligation. Shocks can hit the credit markets as they do other financial markets and cause a drying up of liquidity and large price dislocations for credit-sensitive assets. I,... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

04 Sep 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

both Taran Swan and Estée Lauder were meant to point out that the superwoman is a myth. It is clear that there are prices people pay. And the women who came to the program were saying, 'My family is not going to pay that price.' They are... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Impact Stories - Business & Environment

fee on carbon where it enters the market. Only by pricing in external costs can we eliminate existing subsidies to fossil fuel use and shift to a clean energy economy.” Carl Ferenbach MBA 1972 | In the Market for Environmental Change "The... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Damon Silvers

to restructure home mortgages in a manner homeowners can afford is at the heart of our financial crisis. We have paid a terrible price for not addressing the foreclosure crisis at its inception, but it is never too late to start. How can... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

01 Dec 1996
News

An Entrepreneurial Journey

for me, there's a Staples at the corner. I park, grab my laptop and my briefcase, and sprint down the street. The guy at Staples tells me I can recover my disk with Norton Utilities. I tell him I'm no tekkie, but he tells me it's real easy to use. I'm in a hurry, and... View Details

July 2025
Module Note

Supply and Demand for Strategists

By: Quan Le, Quan Le and Quan Le

This module note introduces students to the foundational microeconomic principles of supply and demand. It uses the example of an aluminum plant (specifically, production quantity and shutdown decisions) to discuss short-run vs. long-run decisions, marginal costs, sunk... View Details

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07 Mar 2018
Research & Ideas

Electronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.

advocates a bundled payment system, where there is one negotiated price for a specific condition, covering everything from the patient's copay to any medication needed during the procedure. Medicare and large private employers General... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Health

09 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 9

to ethylene and then into various specialty chemicals. The entire project depends on low gas prices engendered by the shale revolution and relatively high oil prices. The risks are copious, as is the promise. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2003
What Do You Think?

Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund?

prohibiting others from doing so, presumably in return for favors. Some favored international funds managers with investments spread across time zones who have a continuing stream of fresh investment information participate in after-hours "arbitrage" trading... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2023
News

The Latest Model

was booming: The price of bitcoin had surged to nearly $20,000; governments were beginning to recognize the cryptocurrency as legal tender; and industries from fintech to pharma were launching blockchain-related projects. (Though best... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; blockchain; cryptocurrency; economic models; innovation; consulting; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Feb 1997
News

Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

real-life scenarios. These simulations build from the simple - two parties negotiating a one-shot price deal for headlamps - to the complex-- many parties in a long-term relationship seeking agreement on the myriad issues involved in a... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Dec 2016
News

Case Study: Sweat the Technique

tracking markets. —John Lamb (MBA 1980) The big market for Nix is the low-cost analog sensor. At $5 per sensor, the price point will drive rapid adoption in a very large market of athletes. The digital version has a value proposition that... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

15 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 15

changing environment with the growing acceptance of online retailing that empowered customers by providing greater price transparency and more options. Marketing channels and communication touch points continued to shift. Home Depot's... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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