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  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

2017 in Energy: A Future of Lower Energy Prices

of healthy, albeit relatively slow, economic growth in the developed world and increasing urbanization in developing economies, we expected to see growing demand for oil and... View Details
Keywords: Sarah Wright (MBA 1997), founder, Hull Street Energy
  • 22 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 22

the mechanism of industry migration proposed in models like Duranton (2007). Shaping Online Consumer Choice by Partitioning the Web Authors:Jolie M. Martin and Michael I. Norton Publication:Psychology View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 22 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: November 22

new players, such as Groupon and Shop Socially, the growing power of social media platforms such as Facebook, and the way consumer behavior and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 1983 (Revised January 1989)
  • Case

American Home Products Corp.

American Home Products is a company with virtually no debt. Students are asked to analyze the company's debt policy and make a recommendation to the CEO. It is likely that adding debt to the capital structure would create some value for shareholders; the CEO is firmly... View Details
Keywords: Value Creation; Business Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 15 Sep 2009
  • First Look

First Look: September 15

companies have a sense of mission enabling them to deliver what their customers want in a way that is significantly better than the competition. As a formula for the future, it brings together the necessity of financial success shareholders View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Research Summary

Overview

By: John A. Deighton
Professor Deighton conducts research at the intersection of information technology and marketing. He is interested in the complementary uses of human and artificial intelligence and creativity in areas such as advertising, content creation, and online retailing. He... View Details
Keywords: Marketing; Media; Information Technology; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; North and Central America; Asia; Europe
  • 01 Jun 2018
  • News

The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models

models—we need to go back to when consumers started paying attention to pricing online. The internet becomes widespread starting in 1994, and suddenly you can know the price of something with very minimal... View Details
  • December 1993 (Revised June 2000)
  • Case

Kochman, Reidt + Haigh, Inc.

By: Richard S. Ruback and Roy Burstin
A small company faces the dilemma of how to finance growth (i.e., internally generated cash flows vs. outside financing sources). An innovative concept positions the company in promoting a niche within the kitchen-cabinet industry and in looking for an optimal way of... View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow; Business Growth and Maturation; Entrepreneurship; Corporate Finance; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 01 May 2020
  • In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

can deliver the safest perceived service environment, in the face of ongoing public health threats from COVID-19 and from the next pandemic. Sustaining their business viability post-COVID will demand more... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 25 Sep 2000
  • Research & Ideas

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

The computer age began some six decades ago with general-purpose machines with Star Wars-like names such as ENIAC and EDVAC. They were powered by vacuum tubes, big enough to fill an entire room, and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Consumer Products; Consumer Products; Consumer Products
  • 27 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

innovations, or selling services—to step up and lead without a hierarchy. Consumer marketing companies are lining up to use these networks to reach their tailored demographics with highly personalized... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 15 Jun 2010
  • First Look

First Look: June 15

hiring and socialization policies. Institutional Demand Pressure and the Cost of Corporate Loans Authors:Victoria Ivashina and Zheng Sun... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 6

longer at the beginning or end. Credit Access and Social Welfare: The Rise of Consumer Lending in the United States and France Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Politics View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2020
  • Research Event

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

Until a few years ago, climate change’s potential impact seemed abstract for many investors. Now, as sea levels rise, hurricanes intensify, and droughts threaten food supplies, many investors are confronting its financial realities. But it’s not a simple calculation.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
  • 12 Jul 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care

participants get from price discrimination—even for those firms that currently get the biggest discounts. [ ] Simplified Billing. A fundamental function of pricing is to convey information to consumers and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health
  • 26 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 26

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49804 Economic Transition and Private-Sector Labor Demand: Evidence from Urban China By: Iyer, Lakshmi, Xin Meng, Nancy Qian, and Xiaoxue Zhao Abstract—This... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 1973 (Revised November 1993)
  • Case

Cooper Industries, Inc.

By: Thomas R. Piper
The executive president of a major industrial company must decide 1) whether to acquire a small hand tool company and, if so, 2) the value and form that the acquisition package should take. View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Valuation; Acquisition; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry
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  • 03 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

Alumni Viewpoints: Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

O’Hanley (MBA 1986) Chairman and CEO, State StreetInvesting in Climate Remediation +Aris Papadopoulos (MBA 1985) Founding Chair, Resilience Action FundUnlocking the Emerging Market for Consumer Resilience... View Details
  • 07 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 7

certification strategy, in which they apply to a demanding but non-transparent certifier and lower their ambitions when rejected. We derive the comparative statics with respect to the sellers' initial... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 11 Jul 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

At Dell Beijing, Andy Klump (HBS MBA '03) was excelling at his job—selling computer hardware and services solutions to multinationals—when the company's 360-degree performance-review process underwent a change. As part of the new... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons