Price Policies - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Apr 1996
News

Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World

communications industry has entailed the gradual removal of protected monopolies and rate-of-return regulation. Yet, at the same time, new government policies have been adopted to require open access and nondiscriminatory View Details

12 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

policyholder often incurs a substantial discount on its economic value. At the same time, the insurer keeps the difference between the policy’s economic value and its surrender value. By selling a policy in the secondary market, in... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

November–December 1994
Article

A Framework for Risk Management

By: K. Froot, David S. Scharfstein and J. Stein

Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Framework; Risk Management; Corporate Finance; Asset Pricing; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Natural Disasters; Insurance Industry

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18 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon

given that they're exchanging what they hope is a boost in demand for sure losses on the logistics side," says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Donald Ngwe. Shipping Fees and Product Assortment in Online Retail explores the implications of various... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

23 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

AIDS in Africa—What’s the Solution?

according to panelists from the healthcare field and the pharmaceutical industry, is delivering drugs that are donated or available at reduced prices to patients who need them. Government Priorities Dr. Konji Sebati, a physician with the... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

15 May 2007
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First Look: May 15, 2007

Africa by 2010. The announcement raised questions whether debt relief would really help the poor. By examining past aid trends and policies of multilateral institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2015
News

The End of Cows?

Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with production costs currently exceeding 250,000 euros per burger. (Photo courtesy of Cultured Beef) Price is a market barrier for lab-grown beef, with... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade; Scientific Research and Development Services

22 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Name Your Price. Really.

Years ago, when I was a student in New York (and like many students, perpetually broke), I would often go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for entertainment. The museum had a policy that visitors could pay whatever they wanted, so for as... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

Administration, holds a joint appointment at Harvard School of Public Health as Professor in Health Policy and Management. Creating Demand One big open question is the degree to which illegal demand will be significantly diminished by the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

01 Mar 2024
News

Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China

States and China. As political tensions rise between the two countries, US government policies have caused a move away from direct trade with China, shifting sourcing to lower-wage nations and friendly neighbors and shoring up American... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

22 Apr 2020
Research Event

How Investors Are Sizing Up Climate Change’s Risks—and Opportunities

effects of climate change—as well as many, varied government policies trying to mitigate its effects—are also inspiring technological innovations that will give rise to new products, services, and business models in the coming years. How... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services

25 Aug 2015
News

Sunset in the East?

coauthor of Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth, to answer alumni questions about what this trend might portend. With property price slides precipitating previous financial crises in Japan and the United States, what... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Real Estate; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Books

Johnson. Understanding College and University Organization: Theories for Effective Policy and Practice. 2 vols. by James L. Bess (MBA ’60) and Jay R. Dee (Stylus Publishing) The authors aim to show how college and university... View Details

Keywords: Management

25 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy Reserve Design: Unintended Consequences and the Demise of Boston's Walk Zones By: Dur, Umut, Scott Duke Kominers, Parag A. Pathak, and Tayfun Sönmez Abstract—Admissions policies often use reserves... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Aug 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump

Strategy and Policy Forum, recognized the deep unrest among his members after multiple conversations with them, and decided to call a telephone meeting of the forum members for late Wednesday morning. In addition to those who indicated... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

09 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Speed Up Energy Innovation

Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

12 Apr 2018
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs

issue here is industrial policy (on the Chinese side) competing with a lack of an industrial policy (on the US side)" This equally calibrated response from China suggests we are witnessing preparation... View Details

Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications

20 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 20, 2008

download available at this time. Behavioral Aspects of Price Setting, and Their Policy Implications Author:Julio J. Rotemberg Abstract This paper starts by discussing consumers' cognitive and emotional... View Details