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  • May 2017
  • Case

CNS Worldwide

By: Robert J. Dolan and Karthik Easwar
CNS Worldwide has long been the market share leader in the IaaS cloud server market, yet it has remained unprofitable for years. Industry capacity utilization is low, and prices have declined over 70% over the last decade. CNS is considering withdrawing from the market... View Details
Keywords: Price; Marketing; Performance Capacity; Bids and Bidding; Analysis; Web Services Industry
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Dolan, Robert J., and Karthik Easwar. "CNS Worldwide." Harvard Business School Brief Case 917-531, May 2017.
  • September 2015
  • Case

Eco7: Launching a New Motor Oil

By: John Quelch and Sunru Yong
Aaron Jonnerson, vice president of marketing at the automotive division of Avellin, must make marketing mix decisions for the launch of Eco7, a new environmentally-friendly motor oil. The company's performance has been mediocre, shareholder pressure is increasing, and... View Details
Keywords: Distribution Channels; Environmental Sustainability; Product Launch; Transportation; Energy Sources; Auto Industry
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Quelch, John, and Sunru Yong. "Eco7: Launching a New Motor Oil." Harvard Business School Brief Case 916-507, September 2015.
  • 05 Oct 2015
  • Working Paper Summaries

Online Network Revenue Management Using Thompson Sampling

Keywords: by Kris Johnson Ferreira, David Simchi-Levi & He Wang; Retail
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Ponzi Funds

By: Philippe van der Beck, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud and Dario Villamaina
Many active funds hold concentrated portfolios. Flow-driven trading causes price pressure, which pushes up the funds’ existing positions resulting in realized returns. We decompose fund returns into a price pressure (self-inflated) and a fundamental component and... View Details
Keywords: Investment Funds; Investment Portfolio; Investment Return; Price Bubble; Financial Reporting; Financial Liquidity
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van der Beck, Philippe, Jean-Philippe Bouchaud, and Dario Villamaina. "Ponzi Funds." Working Paper, May 2024.
  • 13 Nov 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Don't Turn Your Marketing Function Over to AI Just Yet

Imagine a future in which a smart marketing machine can predict the needs and habits of individual consumers and the dynamics of competitors across industries and markets. This device would collect data to answer strategic questions, guide managerial decisions, and... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
  • February 1993 (Revised December 1994)
  • Exercise

Corporate Financial Management: Options Exercises

By: Timothy A. Luehrman
This case presents four exercises designed to introduce students to applications of option pricing and decision-tree analysis to real corporate investment problems. Two of the four problems involve decision trees and two involve option pricing. Students should be... View Details
Keywords: Financial Management; Investment; Projects; Corporate Finance
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Luehrman, Timothy A. "Corporate Financial Management: Options Exercises." Harvard Business School Exercise 293-095, February 1993. (Revised December 1994.)
  • February 2010
  • Case

Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap

By: William E. Fruhan
This two-page case demonstrates how to unbundle the cost of credit extensions from product prices by observing the price of a credit default swap. It also explores how credit default swaps work, and how trade creditors are treated under U.S. bankruptcy law. Finally it... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Credit; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Laws and Statutes; Risk Management; Auto Industry; United States
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Fruhan, William E. "Saginaw Parts Co. and the General Motors Corp. Credit Default Swap." Harvard Business School Case 210-056, February 2010.
  • July 2010 (Revised August 2021)
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Vereinigung Hamburger Schiffsmakler und Schiffsagenten e.V. (VHSS): Valuing Ships (CW)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Albert W. Sheen
After booming for more than five years, the global shipping (maritime) industry experienced a dramatic crash in late 2008 as the global financial system froze and the global economy slid into recession. Ship charter rates (revenue) fell by as much as 90% causing prices... View Details
Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Capital Markets; Cash Flow; Financial Liquidity; Banks and Banking; Price; Price Bubble; Contracts; Crisis Management; Market Transactions; Valuation; Shipping Industry
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Esty, Benjamin C., and Albert W. Sheen. "Vereinigung Hamburger Schiffsmakler und Schiffsagenten e.V. (VHSS): Valuing Ships (CW)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 211-701, July 2010. (Revised August 2021.)
  • September 1990 (Revised November 1994)
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Kao Corp.

By: John A. Quelch
As the Japanese diaper market expands, Kao management must determine its response to new product introductions by its two major competitors. Options include launching a new premium priced brand or a new low priced brand, or increasing advertising and promotion... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Marketing Strategy; Industry Growth; Product Launch; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; Japan
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Quelch, John A. "Kao Corp." Harvard Business School Case 591-012, September 1990. (Revised November 1994.)
  • 20 Feb 2018
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Using Yelp to Find the Next Hot Neighborhood

  • 05 Jul 2006
  • Working Paper Summaries

Empirical Tests of Information Aggregation

Keywords: by Pai-Ling Yin; Technology; Web Services
  • April 2008 (Revised December 2008)
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Leveraged Loans 2007

By: Andre F. Perold and Erik Stafford
The leveraged loan market was in a crisis during the summer of 2007, following many years of low realized volatility (less than 4% per annum), an index of leveraged loans had fallen over 5% in the month of July. A sudden drop in capital market prices for an asset class... View Details
Keywords: History; Financial Liquidity; Investment; Financial Crisis; Market Transactions; Disruption; Decision Choices and Conditions; Competitive Strategy; Capital Markets; Crisis Management; Commercial Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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Perold, Andre F., and Erik Stafford. "Leveraged Loans 2007." Harvard Business School Case 208-145, April 2008. (Revised December 2008.)
  • 11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

Conference Proceedings More Amazon Effects: Online Competition and Pricing Behaviors By: Cavallo, Alberto Abstract—I study how online competition, with its shrinking margins, algorithmic pricing... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 2021
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Diagnosing Quality: Learning, Amenities, and the Demand for Health Care

By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Emilio Gutierrez, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo
We study the role of amenities in increasing demand for underutilized healthcare services. We evaluate the offer of a high-amenity diagnostic consultation for cataracts with a randomized price and find that a lower price for the high-amenity consultation increases... View Details
Keywords: Health Care Demand; Amenities; Health Care Quality; Cataracts; Surgery; Health Care and Treatment; Demand and Consumers; Quality; Learning; Mexico
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Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Emilio Gutierrez, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo. "Diagnosing Quality: Learning, Amenities, and the Demand for Health Care." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-110, March 2021.
  • 29 Oct 2015
  • News

Options to Promote Competitive Generics Markets in the United States

  • December 1996 (Revised February 1998)
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Colorscope, Inc.

By: V.G. Narayanan and Joseph Cha
A small company in the graphic arts business faces severe price competition. The company must respond by cutting costs and making process improvements. View Details
Keywords: Cost Management; Price; Business Processes; Performance Improvement; Competition; Fine Arts Industry
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Narayanan, V.G., and Joseph Cha. "Colorscope, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 197-040, December 1996. (Revised February 1998.)
  • 01 Nov 2019
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Prices: Where Have All the Bargains Gone?

    Are We On the Verge of Another Financial Crisis?


    In 2008, a collapse in housing prices triggered a global financial crisis. John Macomber, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, believes history may be about to repeat itself — this time caused by our failure to acknowledge and confront the perils... View Details
    • 20 Jan 2015
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    First Look: January 20

    Costing to Identify Value-Improvement Opportunities in Healthcare By: Kaplan, Robert S., Mary L. Witkowski, Megan Abbott, Alexis Guzman, Laurence Higgins, John Meara, Erin Padden Abstract—As healthcare providers cope with pricing... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    How Much Is a Reduction of Your Customers' Wait Worth? An Empirical Study of the Fast-Food Drive-Thru Industry Based on Structural Estimation Methods

    In many service industries, companies compete with each other on the basis of the waiting time their customers experience, along with other strategic instruments such as the price they charge for their service. The objective of this paper is to conduct an empirical... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Price; Service Delivery; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Food and Beverage Industry; Service Industry
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    Allon, Gad, Awi Federgruen, and Margaret P. Pierson. "How Much Is a Reduction of Your Customers' Wait Worth? An Empirical Study of the Fast-Food Drive-Thru Industry Based on Structural Estimation Methods ." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 13, no. 4 (Fall 2011).
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