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  • June 2014
  • Supplement

Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 Student Supplement

By: Mihir Desai and Elizabeth A. Meyer
This is the student spreadsheet supplement to case 214-085, Financial Policy at Apple, 2013 (A). View Details
Keywords: Apple; Steve Jobs; Forecast; Forecasting; Forecasting And Prediction; Shareholder Activism; Share Repurchase; Dividends; Financial Ratios; Preferred Shares; Cash Distribution; Corporate Finance; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Republic of Ireland
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  • 01 Feb 2000
  • News

Breaking Down Barriers: The Electronic Wallet

As people get more accustomed to using the Internet to conduct business transactions, their demands will become more sophisticated. Cyberspace is jam-packed with startups trying to second-guess what consumers of the future will want.... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
  • Web

Buy Now, Pay Later: The Secondary Credit Market

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting Credit in a... View Details
  • August 2015
  • Article

Cost Conscious? The Neural and Behavioral Impact of Price Primacy on Decision-Making

By: Uma R. Karmarkar, Baba Shiv and Brian Knutson
Price is a key factor in most purchases, but it can be presented at different stages of decision making prior to a purchase. We examine the sequence-dependent effects of price and product information on the decision-making process at both neural and behavioral levels.... View Details
Keywords: fMRI; Retail Promotion; Purchase Decisions; Price; Value; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Product Marketing; Retail Industry
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    Jon Staff

    Point Foundation mentor, and a Harvard Business School Entrepreneur-in-Residence. He earned his AB and MBA from Harvard University and lives in Brooklyn and Boston with his husband, Michael. Jon can be particularly helpful with: - Brick-and-mortar businesses -... View Details
    • 2011
    • Chapter

    How Does Simplified Disclosure Affect Individuals' Mutual Fund Choices?

    By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
    We use an experiment to estimate the effect of the SEC's Summary Prospectus, which simplifies mutual fund disclosure. Our subjects chose an equity portfolio and a bond portfolio. Subjects received either statutory prospectuses or Summary Prospectuses. We find no... View Details
    Keywords: Information; Corporate Disclosure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Consumer Behavior; Retirement; Personal Finance; Investment Funds; Microeconomics
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    • 2001
    • Case

    Value Pricing at Procter & Gamble (B)

    By: R. Lal
    Keywords: Price; Valuation; Consumer Products Industry
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    • 01 Dec 2019
    • News

    Capitalizing the Corner Shop

    more product and move to the next level? There are very few places to turn.’ ” The data backed up Kehinde’s experiences: Last year, the International Finance Corporation estimated the credit gap for small businesses in Nigeria to be at... View Details
    Keywords: Dan Morrell
    • Article

    The Pitfalls of Pricing Algorithms: Be Mindful of How They Can Hurt Your Brand

    By: Marco Bertini and Oded Koenigsberg
    More and more companies are relying on pricing algorithms to maximize profits. The use of artificial intelligence and machine learning enables real-time price adjustments based on supply and demand, competitors’ activities, delivery schedules, and so forth. But... View Details
    Keywords: Algorithmic Pricing; Dynamic Pricing; Price; Change; Information Technology; Brands and Branding; Perception; Consumer Behavior
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    • 01 Sep 2024
    • News

    From the Classroom to Casablanca

    To put what they have learned in the classroom to the test in the field, more than 900 HBS first-year students embarked in May on the FIELD Global Immersion (FGI), a cornerstone of the MBA Program since 2012. This experiential learning opportunity dispatches students... View Details
    Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
    • Web

    Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Visual Collections

    HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Introduction Credit in Pre-Industrial Society Credit and the Market Economy: The Rise of Credit Reporting Credit in a... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2014
    • News

    Taking the Lead in Support of HBS

    matter of thinking it through, making a plan, and then executing. Annual giving to HBS is a unique op-portunity for graduates who work for companies with matching gift programs to leverage their impact." —Judith Haberkorn (AMP 111, 1992) Retired President of View Details
    Keywords: Finance; Finance; Finance
    • September 2007
    • Supplement

    Corning: Convertible Preferred Stock (CW)

    By: Malcolm P. Baker and James Quinn
    Keywords: Stocks; Consumer Products Industry
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    • June 2003 (Revised August 2003)
    • Case

    Pension Policy at The Boots Company PLC

    By: Luis M. Viceira and Akiko M. Mitsui
    In early 2000, the trustees of the pension scheme at Boots considered a proposal to move 100% of the pension assets into a bond portfolio, which would be passively managed. The Boots Co. PLC was a leading retailer of cosmetics and toiletries in the United Kingdom, and... View Details
    Keywords: Performance Productivity; Employees; Asset Management; Capital Structure; Investment Portfolio; Consumer Products Industry; United Kingdom
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    • April 2010
    • Supplement

    Metabical: Pricing, Packaging, and Demand Forecasting Recommendations for a New Weight Loss Drug, Faculty Spreadsheet (Brief Case)

    By: John A. Quelch and Heather Beckham
    Keywords: Return On Investment; Forecasting; Pricing Policies; Demand Planning; Demand and Consumers; Price; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment Return
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    • March 1989 (Revised August 1994)
    • Case

    Avon Products

    Avon Products announced both a change in its business focus and a reduction of its dividend in June 1988. To offset the likely stock price effect of the dividend reduction, Avon announced at the same time an unusual exchange offer, under which it would take up to 25%... View Details
    Keywords: Diversification; Capital Markets; Corporate Finance; Consumer Products Industry
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    • July 1991 (Revised August 1991)
    • Supplement

    Philip Morris Companies, Inc. (C)

    By: Samuel L. Hayes III
    Supplements the (B) case. View Details
    Keywords: Risk Management; Stocks; Initial Public Offering; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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    • May 1990 (Revised July 1991)
    • Case

    Workbench Pricing Strategy

    An abridged version of Workbench, most notably the results of two customer surveys, given in their complete form in Workbench. Focuses on the pricing decision for a small contemporary furniture retailer. Should Workbench continue its highly promotional pricing policy... View Details
    Keywords: Price; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry
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    • December 2008 (Revised February 2010)
    • Teaching Note

    Amazon.com: The Brink of Bankruptcy (TN)

    By: Lynda M. Applegate
    Teaching Note for [809014]. View Details
    Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Consumer Products Industry
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      Arjun Chopra

      computing company, where he launched and led their cloud strategy, products and services. He was a member of the board and executive team that raised multiple rounds of financing and spun out smartShift Inc. He led 350+ people, on-boarded... View Details