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- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
the Haitian Ministry of Commerce and Trade. “We’ve given a team of 30 farmers a crash course in strategy based on the HBS case method, and we’ve accompanied them on trips to meet potential customers—from coffee dealers in Seattle to mango View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
sustainable use of resources. Wal-Mart, for example, just committed to buy seafood only from MSC-certified fisheries. This decision has rocked the industry because Wal-Mart is the second-largest buyer of fish in the United States. We’re... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
better than they do. You have to be an absolute insider.” Open Mineral’s platform tries to correct this information asymmetry: The dashboard shows miners how many potential buyers might want their concentrate, and shows smelters what... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Father of Modern Advertising
copywriters at Lord Thomas invented the “salesmanship in print” business model that sustained the industry for decades to come. In short, the firm convinced clients that print ads should follow a salesman’s approach, offering the potential View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
decided she wanted to slow down and began looking-belatedly, she adds-for a buyer for her company. "Your business centers around you, but at some point you're not going to be there," she says. "Does your company die a slow death, or is... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
William Fung: E-Commerce and Efficiency
managers are able to e-mail a digital picture of any questionable item to Hong Kong for an instant assessment. But it is Li & Fung’s StudioDirect service that has investors buzzing. For a long time, the company has built a solid reputation among big multinational View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Tedlow on Tires and the Meaning of Life
automakers tried to avoid investing in radials. This country was not like Europe where they have "little doodlebugs scooting around on cobblestones," they said. According to a top Ford executive at the time, "This is a big country with big people and big dogs. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Case Study: The Doctor Deficit
I understand the dilemma. The answer depends on where revenue comes from, how your buyers and sellers are structured (regional, national, or stand-alone), and how strong the network effects are. In this case, staffing doesn’t have as much... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Price Is Right
for buyers, then buyers will pay more for the same good than when exchange norms are salient. This was an easy, no-cost adjustment for a substantive shift in revenues. + ONLINE web-only content Past studies have shown that the way... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
reestablish equilibrium. And until equilibrium is reestablished, there is little prospect of stable or modestly increasing prices. Is the future as bleak as it sounds? There’s always hope. Markets do correct, eventually. There will always be some investment value in a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers
sector has been dominated by big players. A few buyers like Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland dominate global commodity trades, while a cluster of conglomerates like Monsanto and DuPont control vital farm inputs like seeds and chemicals,... View Details
Keywords: Sasha Issenberg
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
The Sparkles in Our Skies
Bain, consumers—perhaps wary of greenwashing in the notoriously opaque industry—have thus far not discerned the difference between the sustainability of the two methods of production. With Aether, Hagemann hopes to change that. Convincing the next generation of jewelry... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
received multiple bids when she put it on the market in early June, selling within three days. “I had no idea of the true market demand for this type of product,” says Harper. “I’m very encouraged that home buyers are educating themselves... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Eric Schiffer
think people were emptying the bottles for the redemption value. However, a buyer who has never made a mistake is not a good buyer. You have to take chances in this business. We like to say we don’t have to go to Las Vegas because we buy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Books
marketers can understand human behavior on a much deeper level and begin to use that knowledge to their advantage. Zaltman argues that marketers need to embrace a new paradigm that connects mind, body, brain, and society. Consider the complex interplay of these factors... View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)
To accomplish that, Margie Yang has focused her efforts on building an operation that relies on best practices and the latest technology for its competitive advantage. One recent HBS grad who works for her, she points out, is using probability and statistics to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
observes. At press time, Neurosmith was in the process of restructuring again, as it lacks the scale and financial resources required to compete effectively in the mass market. While Abercrombie admits that if she doesn’t find a partner or a View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
generalization of Black and Scholes's valuation method made it possible to customize financial claims to suit the preferences of buyer and seller alike and to price those derivative claims directly. Thus Bob's theories are the analytical... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
needed, and supply them with cheaper minutes that it had bought at a bulk discount. Because the buyers would purchase these minutes on credit, it made sense for their neighbors to sell to them, because they could more easily assess the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
application process is open, and qualified buyers are selected on the basis of lotteries and other methods. Our projects attract and retain people in the neighborhood, which contributes to stability, further investment, and a broader tax... View Details