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- 28 May 2019
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Cure All
US economy has made on so many other fronts, that is really shocking. LD: And that variation in management practice is also supported by enormous variation in output prices. Given the lack of positioning, prices should be a lot more... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Jesse Markham Dies at 93
Jesse Markham, an economist who joined the HBS faculty in 1968, died in his sleep on June 21 in Nashua, New Hampshire. Markham, whose work focused on price theory and industrial organization, was a well-known proponent of the “rule of... View Details
- 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
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Creating a more just and celebrated multicultural world
Sarah Endline (MBA 2001) produces chocolates with a mission. As founder of sweetriot, Endline works directly with Latin American cacao farmers to ensure a fair price for their labor. Founded in 2005, sweetriot’s product mix features dark... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
value (with principles that also apply to governments and nonprofits). For example, rather than merely paying a higher, “fair-trade” price to coffee farmers for their beans, a shared-value approach would dig deeper and focus on improving... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
An Admirable CEO
his low-profile leadership, his focus on the company's core areas of expertise, and his success at continuous improvement of CP's operations. Over the years, Mark has steadily boosted profits while controlling costs, so that the price of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
"Economists are puzzle solvers..."
of your own work that would be familiar to the average noneconomist? Merton: In 1973, when the late Fischer Black, Myron Scholes, and I published the research recognized by this prize, option pricing was considered a fairly esoteric area.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
for me, there's a Staples at the corner. I park, grab my laptop and my briefcase, and sprint down the street. The guy at Staples tells me I can recover my disk with Norton Utilities. I tell him I'm no tekkie, but he tells me it's real easy to use. I'm in a hurry, and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds
business owners in need of strategic planning and competitive analysis. When the team pitched the HourlyNerd model to classmates at FIELD 3’s simulated stock market, which allows peer “investors” to evaluate the business plans, the stock View Details
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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
term familiar to every good HBS student. With its relatively low price tag (about $2.8 million) and low operating costs (40 percent less than existing small jets), the twin-engine Mustang and other “very light jets” (VLJs) represent a... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
creation plans.” What is your favorite HBS case and why? Pradhan: “I don’t know if it is my favorite, but a case that comes to mind that I really enjoyed was “Europe, Russia and the Age of Gas Revolution.” I’d always thought about natural gas View Details
- 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 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
information in the most patient-friendly way. Pricing: The New Frontier by Gabor Rekettye (ETP, 1992) and Jonathan Liu Transnational Press London Price management is growing all over the world, due mainly to the turbulent economic... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
alongside money from mainstream business malpractice. One common technique for moving large sums of illict money, Baker asserts, is falsified pricing in international trade. Invoices can be written to reflect one price, while still... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Internet Tsunami
Hiroshi Mikitani (MBA '93) is the founder, president, and CEO of Rakuten, Japan's leading online shopping destination. He believes that because the Internet allows merchants to circumvent the many intermediaries who jack up prices in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Style Check
1993, has seen the Benetton Group’s share price and revenues decline in recent years. (Only 4 percent of the company’s revenues come from the Americas, while 85 percent are from Europe.) “The company is my highest priority,” he said. “It... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Li & Fung's Global Footprint
entire supply chain, from purchasing thread to delivering finished goods complete with price tags to individual stores. William Fung (MBA 1972) and his older brother, Victor (PhD 1971), who taught at HBS for four years, are the third... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Faculty Research Online
escalating home prices masked cracks in the subprime foundation. HBS lecturer Nicolas Retsinas lays out what went wrong and why. Visit http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5771.html. View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
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Seth Klarman on the Critical Value of the Long View
amounts of greed and nothing good happens—which isn’t fair and isn’t true,” Klarman told the magazine. “I’m not on Wall Street, I’m in Boston, but you’re tarred with that brush.” The article notes Klarman’s displeasure in watching investors’ increased focus on boosting... View Details
- 30 Sep 2024
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The Making of a Streaming Sensation
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: When the Netflix series Geek Girl debuted this summer, it quickly became the second most-watched show globally on the platform. Based on the young adult book series by author Holly Smale about... View Details