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Patent search: Cortellis

How can I begin a patent search in Cortellis and can I search by therapeutic areas, e.g.? Cortellis for Competitive Intelligence combines a collection of pharmaceutical industry data and life science related content into a single View Details

30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

distinct geographic markets, we show that such combinations can reduce competition among merging hospitals for inclusion in insurers' networks, leading to higher prices (or lower-quality care). Using data on... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

04 Dec 2007
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retail outlets, such that stores with membership fees are more popular even when they offer the same goods at the same prices as stores without fees. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-029.pdf Dynamics of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2020
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Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?

the most interest: “The value of diversification is as true for supply chains as it is for investment portfolios Amazon is just the topic of the article but the same could be said for digital platforms that dominate their industry.” Jacob... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

19 Nov 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

E-Santa: Is Retail Ready for Digital Christmas?

Banning Big Box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers Research shows how regulations designed to protect independent retailers from big box competition may backfire. Empathy: The Brand Equity of Retail Retailers can offer great product... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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Cost of doing business

U.S. Energy Information Administration. International Energy Statistics: Prices and costs for energy, including electricity, petroleum, natural gas and more. U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service. Current World Production, Markets, and Trade... View Details

Daniel Guggenheim

The American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) was a trust set up to give William Rockefeller control of all mineral resources in America. Refusing to sell out to Rockefeller, Guggenheim engaged in both price View Details

Keywords: Metals

02 Apr 2013
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users-sophisticated and unsophisticated. Only sophisticated users adjust their expectations in response to platforms' price changes. We study the effect of the fraction of sophisticated users on platform... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 May 2013
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working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44724 Strategic Search Diversion, Product Affiliation and Platform Competition By: Hagiu, Andrei, and Bruno Jullien Abstract—Platforms use search diversion... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2011
Teaching Note

Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 (TN)

By: David B. Yoffie

Teaching Note for 711462. View Details

Keywords: Industry Structures; Competitive Strategy; Competition; Price; Brands and Branding; Food and Beverage Industry; United States

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10 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 10

Publications February 2015 RAND Journal of Economics Performance Responses to Competition Across Skill-Levels in Rank Order Tournaments: Field Evidence and Implications for Tournament Design By: Boudreau, Kevin J., Karim R. Lakhani, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Sep 2020
Op-Ed

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 charge for a treatment, while... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health

06 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018

policies: There are retailers who offer to self-match and retailers who explicitly state that they will not match prices across channels. Using a game-theoretic model, we investigate the strategic forces behind the adoption (or... View Details

13 Jul 2010
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forces. We recognize the advantage of using fair values in circumstances where these are based on observable prices in liquid secondary markets, but caution against expanding fair values to financial reporting more generally. We conclude... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2021
News

Action Plan: Whole Sale

of Walmart’s beauty business. Balbale was a vice president at the Vitamin Shoppe in the mid-2010s when he saw Amazon and startup e-tailers moving into the wellness category. The competition inspired him to transition into the e-commerce... View Details

Keywords: April White; ecommerce; bricks and mortar; marketing; beauty

01 Dec 2007
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The Wise Men

finance, when more attention should be paid to getting out in the field to find out what’s really going on and why. If teaching becomes largely quantitative and the computer is the dominant resource, case writing and field research become relatively less important, and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna

20 Jul 2020
Op-Ed

It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees

rather than what they want? Is it reasonable for employers to be allowed a tax benefit for paying for health insurance benefits, but not their employees, when the insurance is primarily funded through reductions in employee income? Must health insurance View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard J. Boxer; Health; Insurance

30 Oct 2018
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Paths of Victory

Reflecting HBS’s standing as the top school for entrepreneurs (according to the most-recent PitchBook rankings), the annual HBS New Venture Competition has helped Harvard Business School students and alumni launch dozens of new... View Details

Keywords: Alumni New Venture Contest; Support Activities for Transportation; Transportation; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

20 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

economics, demonstrating a persistent concern with market fairness—not only fair prices for consumers but also fair competition among businesses. Proponents of fair trade collaborated with regulators to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

October 2000
Background Note

Sustaining Value

By: Robert J. Dolan

Describes the challenges a firm faces in building and sustaining a value proposition over time. Describes major ways in which the marketing environment changes over time and the methods a firm can use to protect its market position. View Details

Keywords: Price; Marketing Strategy; Competition; Situation or Environment

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