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- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
http://www.benedelman.org/publications/request/?doc=913061 Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/913061-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 813-164 Grupo RBS (A) No description available. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
may benefit from limited developer access. Second, an open platform may lead to higher investment than a proprietary platform. Third, opening one side of a proprietary platform may lower incentives to invest in platform quality. Fourth, the structure of access View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
where the goods are not priced but the services are. This is not to say that in the past, medical schools could not legally acquire cadavers from another program. A school could, for instance, call another school, even one out of state,... View Details
- 13 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt
institutions instead, which the industry churned out en masse. One result: many financial institutions placed not only themselves, but the broader financial system, at risk. When a financial institution can no longer repay its debts, it... View Details
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
and development, Jones says. California was another major player, offering wind firms fixed energy prices and guaranteed income streams for several years. These had the effect of luring major manufacturing companies from other industries... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
an additional 5 million people full-time, non-executive employees making up to about $50,000 per year. Any number of outcomes are predicted: More jobs. Fewer jobs. More productivity. Less productivity. Lower profits. No significant effect... View Details
- 01 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure
exacerbated if the manager has little or no control over the information that the labor market sees (i.e., is mandated beyond the manager's control). Q: Given the current debate about financial transparency, do you see accountants... View Details
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
plan’s rationale, noting that climate-change efforts had cost Unilever $200 million in 2011 and predicting a political crisis if something was not done about inequitable growth. “Total profits of the consumer goods industry will be wiped out in 30 years if View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Jun 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Promise of Channel Stewardship
distributors, although important and useful for a certain portfolio of products, are no longer appropriate for a different subset. How can you overcome resistance from a powerful channel partner, such as a brand-name manufacturer or a... View Details
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
Given the nature of some unusually thoughtful responses, there was no consensus on the question of whether Walmart has reached its full potential. Comments raised even more interesting questions surrounding the dynamic of relationships... View Details
- 18 Apr 2005
- Research & Ideas
Tips to Reinvent the Department Store
department stores will once again redefine themselves." David Overton, vice president and director of strategic planning and research for JC Penney, said, "Our biggest competitors are no longer the other department stores."... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
to the unrealistically purist view that it was in the business of producing only high-performance footwear for competitive athletes. Nike has since changed its ways, but several years of less-than-stellar sales was the price the company... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 13 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 13, 2008
prices, the former implies convexity in the smaller of the two valuations, the latter linearity. In either case, the price is at least their average and hence spiteful. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 27
$60 million "bonus" in IBRD loans, an amount that rises in years when IBRD loans are in high demand, particularly for countries in the most influential seats. This effect is more likely driven by informal rules and norms in the boardroom than by the power of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
consumers large discounts when they prepay for participating firms' goods and services. Within a model of repeat experience good purchase, we examine two mechanisms by which a discount voucher service can benefit affiliated firms: price... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 25, 2008
asked to consider whether entry into web services by Amazon, which had established its brand in retail, represented a prudent move by the company. The case provides an opportunity to highlight the benefits of AWS's variable pricing for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Industrial Giant
reach the Internet and request in-car traffic updates, news headlines, weather reports, sports scores, stock quotes, and e-mail." On the face of it, OnStar has huge potential. There is no denying the popularity of cell phones and... View Details
- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
consideration of the opportunity for Peru and other South American growers to exploit counter-seasonal export opportunities, selling into northern-hemisphere markets when prices peak. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
and/or number of display-only items have no significant impact on these decisions. These findings reveal a novel choice behavior in commonly encountered settings such as online marketplaces. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
Abstract—This paper examines the direct private equity investment strategies across sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and their relationship to the funds' organizational structures. SWFs seem to engage in a form of trend chasing, since they are more likely to invest at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne