Discounting - Publications - Faculty & Research

Harry B. Cunningham

Cunningham took over S. S. Kresge with a vision to convert the retail chain into a discounter. Cunningham opened the first K-Mart discount store in a Detroit suburb in 1962. When Cunningham embarked on his mission, company sales were $483... View Details

Keywords: Retail

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Suppliers - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

ineffective therapies Help providers to utilize products better and minimize errors Concentrate marketing efforts on value, not volume and discounts Support provider efforts to measure and improve results at the medical condition level View Details

28 Jun 2016
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search. eBaker provides free access to a curated selection of licensed databases and deeply discounted subscription rates to others. Your LEFA (Lifetime Email Forwarding Address) is required. On-site Access to Baker Library for Life Visit... View Details

Maggie L. Walker

that, though their savings were small, blacks could still create financial stability for themselves. The bank served not only as a depository of funds and a discount mortgage lender, particularly for women, but also as an employer of a... View Details

Keywords: Finance

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

products. The points awarded by airline frequent flyer and hotel frequent guest programs, if redeemed, amount to discounts of 1 percent to 5 percent over the prices paid by non-subscribers. They also lose out on a variety of non-monetary... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

05 Jul 2011
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First Look: July 5

Working PapersTo Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts Authors:Benjamin Edelman, Sonia Jaffe, and Scott Duke Kominers Abstract We examine the profitability and implications of online View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States

the government could discount land prices, tying the discount to a developer's provision of affordable units. We do that here. The government could raise density, allowing developers to build higher—while... View Details

Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas, John H. Vogel & Charles S. Laven; Construction; Real Estate

18 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon

authors wrote. Additionally, the researchers found that under a contingent free shipping policy, a promotional discount in a particular product category becomes more attractive to shoppers. The reason: the product View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

01 Jun 2022
News

Vision: Into the Breach

likelihood that policyholders will suffer a breach, and that At-Bay will pay a large claim. The company even offers discounts to clients who adopt recommended security measures, just as car-insurance providers offer View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand

01 Mar 2012
News

Sun Dress

Barrow that this cohort often ignores doctors’ recommendations that they use sunscreen. “We wanted to super-focus on this customer, who sort of has this health problem and is not going to want to shop at a discount store,” said Barrow,... View Details

Keywords: skin cancer; Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2008
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A World of Information at Your Fingertips

news sources that covers the globe; and ABI/Proquest, which aggregates business and management publication articles. For those who need in-depth information on companies, including financial reports and market research from more than 2,500 sources, OneSource is... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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Benefits & Compensation | Research Associates

University-wide offering of libraries, museums, and events, as well as discounts to movies, plays, sporting events, and cultural activities in the New England area at large. Benefits Package Compensation & Salary Grades Time Off Medical &... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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Faculty Q&A: Price Check

addition, online retailers have a vast amount of data at their fingertips; solving complex problems with data seemed like a natural fit. Tell me about the research you did with Rue La La. Rue La La is in the online flash sales industry, offering designer apparel and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

24 Apr 2014
News

Running faster to compete

lobster traps anymore,” Knott once observed. His distinctly “made in America” trap soon caught the eye of competitors in China, who discounted their traps. “Our customers came back because they realized cheaper wasn’t better.” Knott... View Details

01 Jan 2003
News

Daniel L. Vasella, M.D.

uninsured, needy CML patients, guaranteeing that no one would be denied this therapy for economic reasons. On a broader front, Novartis has joined with other pharmaceutical companies to institute a comprehensive discount plan in this... View Details

20 Feb 2013
News

Thanking Veterans Online

Veterans Affairs benefits, Hall and fellow Army Ranger Matthew Thompson (MBA 2010) sought to create a business that would help veterans receive the benefits they deserve. The result was TroopSwap, an online source for discounts and other... View Details

Keywords: veterans; identity; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services; Retail Trade

11 Apr 2017
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First Look at New Research, April 11

theoretical and empirical investigation of the risks of globally diversified portfolios of stocks and bonds and of optimal intertemporal global portfolio choice for long horizon investors in the presence of permanent cash flow shocks and transitory View Details

01 Nov 2011
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First Look: Nov. 1

results in a strict increase in global emissions. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-029.pdf To Groupon or Not to Groupon: The Profitability of Deep Discounts Authors:Benjamin Edelman, Sonia Jaffe, and Scott Duke... View Details