Consumer Price Index - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Rocket Science Retailing

sales data. Early product sales, appropriately adjusted for variations in price and availability, are an excellent predictor of overall sales (see the exhibit "No Need for a Crystal Ball"). In fact, retailers that exploit these... View Details

Keywords: by Marshall L. Fisher, Ananth Raman & Anna Sheen McClelland; Retail

March 1997 (Revised July 1999)
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S1 Corporation

S1 is a fast growing subsidiary of the Samsung Group in South Korea that sells business security products. S1 has implemented a number of marketing initiatives that the company president would like to have evaluated. View Details

Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Price; Salesforce Management; Consumer Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; South Korea

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03 Sep 2020
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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... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health

09 Jan 2014
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Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’

and pointed to the future. These had various names, such as Babson's Composite Plot and the Harvard Economic Service's Index of General Business Conditions. Forecasters also devoted time to sales and marketing. Successful forecasting... View Details

Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman

30 Apr 2001
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Big Companies, Big Opportunities—Big Questions

product," he said. "We gave the consumer more value, and we priced for it, and by and large, the consumer actually paid for it." One other important lesson... View Details

Keywords: by Julie Jette

09 Feb 2010
First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

explanation of price rigidity has the advantage of being consistent with the observation that the typical size of price increases is nearly invariant to inflation. Lastly, the paper turns to some government... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Pre-Industrial Credit in Practice

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 Imagining Pre-Industrial Credit Credit and... View Details

26 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

their organizational structures. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54625 forthcoming Journal of Consumer Research Learning to Become a Taste Expert By: Deighton, John A., and Kathryn A. Latour... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

25 Aug 2015
News

Sunset in the East?

coauthor of Can China Lead? Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth, to answer alumni questions about what this trend might portend. With property price slides precipitating previous financial crises in Japan and the United States, what... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Real Estate; Health, Social Assistance

March 2007 (Revised March 2007)
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Burt's Bees: Leaving the Hive

Rapid growth is pushing Burt's Bees' natural personal care products into mass distribution channels, with products and brand elements that are less quirky, more commercial than they used to be. Indeed, CEO John Replogle believes that by focusing on efficacious,... View Details

Keywords: Growth Management; Consumer Behavior; Asset Pricing; Entrepreneurship; Distribution Channels; Product Development; Brands and Branding; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; United States

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24 Apr 2014
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Addressing roadblocks to innovation in health care

convenes health care management educators to develop and implement new curricula for health care management education. She also recommends policy changes, such as standards for health care IT and transparency to consumers on the View Details

18 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon

price remains a primary determinant of whether a consumer will buy a product, free shipping provides an added enhancement for online merchants to consider. Shoppers are only one-tenth as sensitive to... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Retail

01 Mar 2004
News

Protecting against the Erosion of Brand Value

When Barnes & Noble rolled out a line of “store-brand” classic books last summer, the publishing industry gasped.The company aimed to provide consumers with high-quality books at prices significantly below... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2016
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Feedback

—Barbara Thornton (MBA 1995) Practicing PWYW Re: The Price Is Right As part of my financial services, I help retirees identify and implement their optimum Social Security claiming strategy. Pricing this... View Details

09 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

A Diagnostic for Disruptive Innovation

pricing trends. Read product reviews in industry journals. Quick-and-dirty market research can also help identify the dimensions along which customers are overserved. The other group of customers to look for is nonconsumers, who generally... View Details

Keywords: by Scott D. Anthony, Mark W. Johnson & Matt Eyring

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Baker Old Class Collection | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

first half of the twentieth century. The rich holdings include trade publications, government documents, corporate histories and publications, and business directories, including material documenting the cotton trade such as prices... View Details

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

to lift wages by $2 per hour. However, increasing wages by $1 could still leave these people with below-living wages. Second, there are cases where improving a firm’s social impact does not help financially. In some cases consumers are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

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Dream Realities - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Dream Realities Eugene Hutchinson. Decorative Crystal, ca. 1934. olvwork490097 Alfredo... View Details

11 Jun 2007
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

01 Apr 2000
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The World at a Click

services for leisure and small-business travelers. Consumers enjoy one-stop shopping for airline tickets, car rentals, vacation packages, hotels, and cruises, as well as a wealth of travel news and merchandise. "Preview Travel and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelly

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