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- 14 May 2013
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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
- 08 Dec 2015
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December 8, 2015
create value by introducing visual transparency between consumers and producers. Although operational transparency has been shown to improve consumer perceptions of service value, existing theory posits that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group), Bloomberg sees cities as focal points in the struggle against global warming and climate change. Urban areas are now home to half the world’s population, consume half the world’s energy, and,... View Details
- 04 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Predictions, Prophets, and Restarting Your Business
awareness of cybersecurity issues. Combined with the ability to block ads, the growing costs of acquiring customers online, the experience of “Zoombombing,” and controls on consumer data by EU regulators and others, it’s unclear how much... View Details
Keywords: by Frank V. Cespedes
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Case Study: Sweat the Technique
their apps (minimizing Nix’s customer acquisition costs), and then used and repurposed by vast communities of fitness consumers in novel ways that only escalate the value to them and to Nix. Yes, Nix still needs the physical product, but... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
countries around the globe as governments have sought to spur competition, innovation, and reduction in prices to consumers," notes Emmons. "The term 'deregulation,' however, often obscures the complexity of the shifting role played by... View Details
- April 2008
- Teaching Note
Marketing Chateau Margaux (TN)
By: John A. Deighton and Leyland Pitt
Teaching Note for [507033]. View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Up by the Roots
its wine, but inferior product from Canada and China had begun flooding the market, driving down retail prices from $50 a pound that year to $12 a pound by 2006. Instead of joining the family business, Hsu went to work for General Mills... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
has Apple had such a difficult job growing beyond the Mac? A: Apple is a computer company, and Jobs has always understood that his core franchise was very closely connected to the core computer franchise. Consumer electronics products,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
expenditures, to manage earnings to meet or beat key benchmarks. This paper examines this hypothesis by testing how different types of marketing expenditures are used to boost earnings for a durable commodity consumer product, which can... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Aug 2010
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First Look: August 3
Determination Through Brand Biography Authors:Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, Jill Avery, and Juliet Schor Publication:Journal of Consumer Research (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of an underdog brand biography (UBB) to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 23
(forthcoming) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/bvillalonga/VillalongaAmit_FM_Final.pdf Working Papers Banking Market Concentration and Consumer Credit Constraints: Evidence from the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
the wider consumer goods industry. I was attracted to product management by the broad range of creative and strategic activities. I felt that product design and pricing were important determinants of... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 10 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Leading with Creative Problem Solving: Ron Kurtz (MBA 1967)
like product attributes, pricing, and distribution. My vision of the future changed to product management in the wider consumer goods industry. I was attracted to product management by the broad range of creative and strategic activities.... View Details
- 14 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017
Benjamin Abstract—I present the institutions and incentives of online reviews, including attracting initial reviews, assuring truthful reviews of genuine experiences, and avoiding inflated or deceptive reviews. I also explore the competition and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
As makers of everything engage in an all-out features war to cram the most services, accessories, and functions into a single product, the real question for many is this: Does the consumer really want an all-in-one digital device? A panel... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Decoding the Promise and Perils of Generative AI
ChatGPT burst into the public consciousness on November 30, 2022. Within two months, the generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) software, which leverages a large language model (LLM) to produce human-like, text-based conversations, had reached an estimated 100... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 May 2020
- News
New Menu
cell-based technology. "If these alternatives are as tasty as their animal-based counterparts, and if they're priced right, then our reliance on animal protein will decrease and the need for factory farming"—a significant contributor to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
underlying price of the asset is increasing. It lures people to overextend credit and to overinvest on the prospect that they too will benefit before the music stops. In this case, the music stopped, and as we know, people are falling off... View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
(Illustration: Dave Cutler) After a decade of extraordinary growth, Nike faced slowing sales in the early 1980s because the normally market-wise company had missed a major turn in the road. Reebok had introduced softer and more comfortable athletic shoes with broad... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron