Goods and Commodities - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

How Hackathons Help Decide Platform Winners and Losers

know the costs and benefits of joining a particular platform, adds Clough. “We’re acknowledging that developers often don’t have good information.” Wu became interested in hackathons as a doctoral student at... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

29 Aug 2011
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Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums

gone to UChicago, too. "We'd start talking about where to eat in Hyde Park, or about the school's PhD lab, and we'd go from there," Cohen says. "It seemed to grease the wheels for a good conversation View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

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After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade

partners found that they could increasingly count on credit as a way of doing business, enabling them to acquire goods for American clients with far more capital than the company had. By 1860 the Heard & Co. purchases came to $1.5... View Details

February 2008 (Revised March 2008)
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Terumo (A)

By: David Godes, Masako Egawa and Mayuka Yamazaki

Terumo faces two challenges: how to sell its catheter products in the U.S. and its new “Solution Pack” in its domestic market, Japan. The case provides rich detail on the firm's evolution from a manufacturer of thermometers to a seller of commodity products like... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Expansion; Global Strategy; Sales; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Japan; United States

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24 Apr 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

April 2018 Management Science Offline Showrooms in Omni-channel Retail: Demand and Operational Benefits By: Bell, David R., Santiago Gallino, and Antonio Moreno Abstract—Omnichannel environments where... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

support have loosened." Through her research into how businesses and communities interact, Kanter is finding ways for the two to join forces as companies move into the global economy. In fact, she says, what's View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

30 Jan 2017
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Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

of individual investors are able to wield great influence on management teams of companies in their investment portfolios. By contrast, index funds almost run on autopilot—with no active investor analyzing companies, rewarding those that make View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

01 Oct 2002
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HBS Association of Ireland: Connecting at Home and Abroad

Photographed at a recent HBSAI Speaker Luncheon were (from Left) Brendan O'Reilly (12th OPM), guest speaker Harry Lorton (15th OPM), Jim Barry (MBA '94), and George Good (43rd PMD). Photo courtesy HBSAI... View Details

January 1990 (Revised March 1994)
Case

Royal Ahold NV

By: Richard F. Meyer

Contains a general description of a large international retailer. Focus is on the major financial risks facing the company: exchange rate risk and commodity price risk. This case is an introduction to financial risk management. It poses some of the major problem areas. View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Currency Exchange Rate; Futures and Commodity Futures; Trade; Distribution; Financial Services Industry

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IFC: Europe; Decarbonization and Sustainable Production - Course Catalog

renewable energy, as well as developing and implementing sustainable production technologies in industries ranging from consumer goods to food and horticulture. We will visit... View Details

01 Jun 1997
News

Blockbuster Deals

commitments," Badaracco notes. "When an M&A; modifies or breaks these contracts, as they sometimes must, compensation may be due to people and groups that reasonably depended on the company to make good on... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry

21 Nov 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

others. Our results can help explain a variety of behavioral phenomena including the structure of social insurance programs, patterns of public good provision, and why transactions that turn money into time... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Sep 2009
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The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation

Aleh Tsyvinski of Yale and Mikhail Golosov of MIT) looks at optimal commodity taxation when individuals' abilities are related to their preferences over different goods. It turns out that the best taxes may... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy - Course Catalog

higher political risk, and slower growth. Understanding what constitute good institutions and how institutions influence economic and political... View Details

13 Dec 2022
News

The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith

football were also highlights. Breakfast in Spangler on Saturday morning with a friend was also a good way to end the week." Can you finish this statement? "My HBS experience was..." Reggie: "One of the most positive, life-changing... View Details

03 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

exception. What they have in common are good reasons for foreign businesses and Western governments to cheer the changes. In Bahrain, the Khalifa family, members of Islam's Sunni sect, rules over a majority... View Details

Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities

14 Aug 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent—but what good does this talent do if no... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Global Trade, Capital and National Institutions - Course Catalog

intermediate goods led by Multinational Corporations (MNCs). Foreign direct investment (FDI) became the dominant source of foreign private capital for many emerging markets, promising additional productivity gains for recipient countries.... View Details

01 Oct 1997
News

Antitrust in Historical Perspective

questions. Yet, the conceptions of business that each question implies can be (and historically have tended to be) mutually exclusive. Everybody wants goods and services made available at low prices. But... View Details

Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

16 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Advice on Advice

In business, good advice is priceless. Managers who are anxious and confused when confronted with corporate challenges can find that a piece of sound advice from a colleague can instill a sense of calm View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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