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  • March 2019
  • Article

Is There a Future for the Gas Network in a Low Carbon Energy System?

By: Conor Hickey, Paul Deane, Celine McInerney and Brian O' Gallachoir
This paper evaluates the potential low carbon opportunities for and challenges to the utilisation and financial performance of Ireland's gas distribution network within a series of low carbon scenarios. There has been a limited amount of academic literature published... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Investment; Risk and Uncertainty; Environmental Sustainability; Demand and Consumers; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Republic of Ireland
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  • 24 Oct 2006
  • First Look

First Look: October 24, 2006

improving forecasts in corporate settings. We examine the implementation of a supply chain planning process at a consumer electronics company, concentrating on the consensus forecasting approach around which the process revolves. Our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2023
  • Supplement

Sian Flowers: Fresher by Sea - Video Supplement

By: Willy C. Shih
The setting for this case is the Sian Flowers, a company headquartered in Kitengela, Kenya that exports roses to predominantly Europe. Because cut flowers have a limited shelf life and consumers want them to retain their appearance for as long as possible, Sian or its... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain; Supply Chains; Sustainability; Sustainable Agriculture; Sustainability Reporting; Carbon Emissions; Supply Chain Management; Quality; Ship Transportation; Cost Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa; Kenya; Netherlands; Europe
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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Many Markets Make Good Neighbors: Multimarket Contact and Deposit Banking

By: John William Hatfield and Jonathan Wallen
We investigate the relationship between the interest rates offered to consumers in a deposit banking market and the contact that banks in that market have with each other in other markets. We show, in a simple theoretical model, that such overlapping relationships... View Details
Keywords: Antitrust; Deposit Banking; Market Power; Multimarket Contact; Banks and Banking; Markets; Competition
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  • Article

The Economic Consequences of Hospital Admissions

By: Carlos Dobkin, Amy Finkelstein, Raymond Kluender and Matthew Notowidigdo
We use an event study approach to examine the economic consequences of hospital admissions for adults in two datasets: survey data from the Health and Retirement Study, and hospitalization data linked to credit reports. For non-elderly adults with health insurance,... View Details
Keywords: Personal Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Insurance; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Health Care and Treatment
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  • Web

Employment Data Trends

Employment Data Trends Employment Data Trends Trends Career Data Internship Data Trends by Industry 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Consulting 24% 23% 26% 25% 18% Consumer Products 3% 3% 3% 4% 3% Entertainment / Media 2% 3% 3% 1% 3% Health Care... View Details
  • February 2023 (Revised February 2024)
  • Case

Doing Business in Istanbul, Turkey

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Leonard A. Schlesinger, Namrata Arora and Umut Arslan
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Turkey. It highlights Turkey's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2024 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Foreign Direct Investment; Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Technology Industry; Tourism Industry; Turkey
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  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

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
  • Web

Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research

to 50% of their revenue in many countries. Sales productivity is key here, and this article discusses three required capabilities and examples of each: understanding the role of channel partners in the consumer buying journey and your... View Details

    David E. Bell

    David E. Bell is a Baker Foundation Professor at HBS. He has taught marketing many times in the MBA program including as course head.

    During his career at HBS, David has taught a variety of other courses to both MBAs and executives, including risk... View Details

    Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; apparel; e-commerce industry; fashion; food; food processing; grocery; insurance industry; marketing industry; retailing
    • 13 Oct 2021
    • News

    What’s Wrong with America’s Consumer-Price Index?

    • December 2020
    • Article

    Stock Market Returns and Consumption

    By: Marco Di Maggio, Amir Kermani and Kaveh Majlesi
    This paper employs Swedish data containing security level information on households' stock holdings to investigate how consumption responds to changes in stock market returns. We exploit households’ portfolio weights in previous years as an instrument for actual... View Details
    Keywords: Capital Gain; Dividend Income; Consumption; Near-rational Behavior; Investment Return; Household; Spending; Behavior
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    • 19 Jun 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: June 19, 2007

    products sourced from artisan producers. Management believes the line will appeal to consumers seeking healthier foods and convenience, and will help extend Barilla's brand identification beyond pasta. However, the new line is a bold... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 14 Nov 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: November 14, 2007

    PlaNet Finance was a French NGO providing technical support and training services to microfinance institutions (i.e., institutions providing financial services to the poor) and other microfinance actors, rating of microfinance... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • December 2004 (Revised April 2006)
    • Case

    Managing Diversity at Cityside Financial Services

    By: Robin J. Ely and Ingrid Vargas
    Cityside Financial Services, a disguised consumer bank, serves both a largely African-American urban community and a more affluent, predominantly white clientele. To match the gender and racial makeup of its staff to that of its customers, Cityside's sales division... View Details
    Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Situation or Environment; Race; Employees; Gender; Customer Satisfaction; Diversity; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry
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    • August 2020 (Revised March 2021)
    • Case

    Migros Turkey: Scaling Online Operations (A)

    By: Antonio Moreno and Gamze Yucaoglu
    The case opens in November 2019 as Ozgur Tort and Mustafa Bartin, CEO and chief large-format and online retail officer of Migros Ticaret A.S. (Migros), Turkey’s oldest and one of its largest supermarket chains, are contemplating what the best fulfillment format and... View Details
    Keywords: Retail; Grocery; Business Model; Emerging Markets; For-Profit Firms; Strategy; Digital Platforms; Information Technology; Technology Adoption; Value Creation; Globalization; Competition; Expansion; Logistics; Profit; Resource Allocation; Corporate Strategy; Turkey
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    • November 2020
    • Supplement

    Integrating Beam Suntory (B)

    By: David G. Fubini, Rawi Abdelal and David Lane
    Supplements (A) case: The spring 2014 acquisition of U.S. alcoholic spirits maker Beam Inc. by Japan’s Suntory Holdings vaulted Suntory from 15th to third-largest international spirits company in the world. Yet Suntory had borrowed nearly the entire $16 billion... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Communication; Borrowing and Debt; Globalization; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Retention; Leadership; Supply Chain; Organizational Structure; Ownership; Relationships; Conflict and Resolution; Integration; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan; United States; Chicago
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    • Web

    Entrepreneurship - Recruiting

    Salary $160,000 Industries Consumer Products 3% Entertainment / Media 3% Financial Services 7% Health Care 17% Manufacturing 8% Nonprofit / Government 2% Retail 2% Services 3% Technology 55% Functions Business Development 32% View Details

      Das Narayandas

      Das Narayandas is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Technology degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB), a Post-Graduate... View Details

      Keywords: advertising; beauty products; biotechnology; computer; electrical equipment; electronics; entertainment; federal government; high technology; industrial goods; information technology industry; internet; management consulting; manufacturing; marketing industry; professional services; retailing; telecommunications; transportation
      • 11 Apr 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Is Amazon a Retailer, a Tech Firm, or a Media Company? How AI Can Help Investors Decide

      Traditional investing classifications consider Walmart a consumer staples retailer, but the company owns more than 6,000 retail and distribution properties around the world—the portfolio dwarfs those of many commercial real estate firms.... View Details
      Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products