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- 19 Nov 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
E-Santa: Is Retail Ready for Digital Christmas?
brick-and-mortar shops: Shove your best deals to the back of the store. Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores? For multichannel retailers, pricing strategy can be difficult to execute... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Global Leadership Initiative's Director Focuses on Technology
As the first director of the HBS Global Leadership Initiative, Alan Price is working to extend the School's reach in the teaching of leadership. Launched in 1999 by Dean Kim B. Clark and headed by leadership expert Professor John P.... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
apartment, a car, a boat—now has an easy way to advertise and share it. And anyone with the time and skills—driving, running errands—can find customers who need these services. But new research shows how online marketplaces can work in... View Details
- 09 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
Stock Options Are Not All Created Equal
years of weak performance (and low stock values). To see how that works, let's look at the pay of a hypothetical CEO whom I'll call John. As part of his pay plan, John receives $1 million in at-the-money options each year. In the first year, the company's stock View Details
Keywords: by Brian Hall
- 21 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
Music Downloads: Pirates—or Customers?
Carolina at Chapel Hill. Their paper, "The Effect of File Sharing on Record Sales," caused a ruckus in the music industry not seen since the British invasion of the Beatles. Many recording executives were not singing "Yeah,... View Details
- 15 Apr 2019
- Research & Ideas
Infographic: Can I Please Speak to an Actual Person?
Leaving? Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car? Deconstructing the Price Tag Do you appreciate having access to human help in automated service? Share your insights below. View Details
- 11 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 11
transaction but it was nevertheless approved, should T. Rowe pursue appraisal of its shares in the Delaware courts? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317088-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-089 T. Rowe... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
Joel put it, “Though I get the point that their behavior excludes competitors, the consumer would seem to benefit for now. What I wonder is why there is not more aggressive enforcement where the consumer is clearly being hurt, as demonstrated by excessive View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail; Technology; Telecommunications; Communications; Consumer Products; Service
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Shareholders' Value?
short-term investors: A market of buy-and-hold investors wouldn't be very useful. However, a market composed of mostly short-termers presents its own problems, and today they have too much impact on the market. The more influence short-term traders have on market... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
would otherwise be unable to afford treatment. Authored in 2003 by HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé, the case began as a straight pricing study. “The pharmaceutical industry is unlike any other,” Deshpandé explains. “Although the View Details
- Fast Answer
Bloomberg: real estate information
Follow menus and screen instructions to add more criteria and to see results. Global Property Research Menu Type GPRI and hit GO. Select menu options for pricing and risk/return profiles for property share... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
bags for free? The result would be more checked bags, more overhead bin space, faster boarding and deplaning, and probably more money. —Katherine Liu (MBA 2004) CARTY: The airlines are wrestling with this. Unbundling pricing and charging... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
of developing a formal model). What we had missed is that Microsoft's initial advantage (larger installed base) together with its pricing power allow the company to price strategically to control Linux's... View Details
- 21 Jan 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts
relationships further. Often buyers and sellers develop hardened positions, and talks break down. All family ownership groups need to have a shareholder agreement that includes a buy-sell agreement, a formula or a process to determine the View Details
Keywords: Retail
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
pricing scheme, bond markets will be central to financing climate change and other environmental interventions. So-called green bonds appeal to investors who are looking for a safe place to park their money, as well as doing a little bit... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs
driven retailers is that all players are reasonably satisfied with their current market share. If some players want to gain share at the cost of profitability, then loyalty systems can escalate into intense View Details
- 03 Sep 2020
- Op-Ed
Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC
Employers, insurers, taxpayers, and individual consumers pay widely varying prices for treatments, medical technology, and for digital information of fluctuating quality. One patient may receive a small charge for a treatment, while... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Financial Meltdowns Are More Predictable Than We Thought
research by Harvard Business School Professors Robin Greenwood and Samuel G. Hanson begs to differ. Financial crises, even ones as calamitous as the 2007-2008 banking meltdown, are surprisingly predictable to those who know the warning signs. “Three years of rapid... View Details
- 02 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
‘Retail Revolution’ Excerpt: The Scale of the Ecommerce Threat
matter if they come from pure-play online retailers or omnichannel retailers, suck volume out of a store and often lead to more intense price competition. For reasons we'll cover later in this book, neither buy-online-pick-up-in-store nor... View Details
- 09 Nov 2022
- News
Part Ownership of a Dream
November 5, Finley took a trip to the winner’s circle again—this time with Flightline, an undefeated four-year-old who won the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in Lexington, Kentucky, with an effortless 8¼-length margin. Finley’s business, West Point Thoroughbreds,... View Details