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- 21 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Missing the Wave in Ship Transport
leased for $30,000 a day were being leased for $120,000 to $200,000 a day." At peak, buyers may have overpaid for a ship by 100 percent. By early 2009, the market imploded, "the biggest drop in prices the industry has ever seen,"... View Details
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
knowledge production can be conducted in an emerging economy, at a distance from buyers of the knowledge. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=708483 Sony PlayStation 3: Game Over?... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Nov 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Less Becoming More?
"I think we should find the answer in consumer psychology rather than in geographical markets, segmentation, and so on. . . . Too much choice is like having no choice, and buyers will start to feel that." What to do about all of... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Becoming an Ethical Negotiator
Golden Rule (treating others as you'd like them to treat you) or frame it Rawlsian language (that is, considering the problem in a veil of ignorance, not knowing if you're the buyer or the seller). Still others emphasize relational... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 16 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Peeling Back the Global Brand
higher quality products Global status—the idea that transnational brands confer an elite status on the buyer Country-of-origin quality—the idea that "a food chain" of production means that higher-quality goods are created in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
remittances, derivatives, and other financial platforms. I understand how Bitcoin can work as long as the buyer and seller have confidence in it and continue to use it as a means of exchange of equal goods. What I don’t understand is why... View Details
- Web
Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
data services through distribution partnerships with Brazil’s largest wireless carriers. SupplierMarket Jon Burgstone, MBA 1999 Asif Satchu, MBA 1999 SupplierMarket.com (purchased by Ariba) is an online marketplace for buying and selling manufactured direct materials.... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
Bain, consumers—perhaps wary of greenwashing in the notoriously opaque industry—have thus far not discerned the difference between the sustainability of the two methods of production. With Aether, Hagemann hopes to change that. Convincing the next generation of jewelry... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
received multiple bids when she put it on the market in early June, selling within three days. “I had no idea of the true market demand for this type of product,” says Harper. “I’m very encouraged that home buyers are educating themselves... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Prosper with Multi-Channel Retailing
overall experience," she said. However, the gift buying that represents a huge portion of many retailers' fourth-quarter revenues is greatly enhanced thanks to the Web, Vobejda said. "Gift-giving is truly made better by the Internet," she said, providing... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
last decade. It was founded by an entrepreneur who, as he was approaching age 65, was starting to do some life and estate planning. After poking around to find the successor and the next board and CEO, he chose Granite Equity over strategic View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 28 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 28, 2010
competition between the FASB and the IASB would allow GAAP to better respond to market forces. Download the paper: http://intranet.hbs.edu/dept/drfd/papers/0809/09-137.pdf Vertical Merger, Collusion, and Disruptive Buyers Authors:Volker... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Turning High Potential into Real Reward
solely a product problem. If you try to sell what you can't deliver, you get in trouble. If you try to deliver what a mainstream buyer will not ultimately buy, you get in trouble. So the issue is how to get started as you go to market.... View Details
- 15 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem
similar across brands, which makes the buyer less hesitant to purchase them "sight unseen." Purchases of basic products also create fewer "surprises" when the garment arrives. (One industry observer noted that you need... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
For the Records
buyer who will retain the staff and appreciate its quirky charms. “Trust me, every morning we open the doors and look for ways to keep things quirky and weird,” Kunz offers as reassurance. Kelleher is of no mind to change that. Waterloo... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
A Life by Design
design — a career as varied as the teams she assembled. Fresh out of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, Ross started her own highly successful jewelry business on the strength of a $60,000 purchase order written on the spot by a Bergdorf Goodman jewelry View Details
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
specific customer or market need. They might sell and maintain the product or share that role with others in an industry or with those outside traditional industry boundaries. Distributors enable buyers and sellers to connect,... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 05 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: iPads, Kindles, and the Close of a Chapter in Book Publishing
Two days ago, the first buyers of Apple's iPad began putting it through its paces, playing games, navigating the Internet, and downloading electronic books. That groan you heard was from dozens of book publishers across the United States,... View Details
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
selling them at a charity auction, where the artists and buyers can meet. The money raised goes to scholarship funds for people studying the arts. “It helps support the artists, while at the same time expanding the art appreciation of... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
learn some lessons from the limited success of current approaches to design their strategy in this exciting area. Do You Really Want to Be an eBay? Authors:Hagiu, Andrei, and Julian Wright Publication:Harvard Business Review Abstract Most companies that serve as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne