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- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
We end by running instrumental variable estimates using indices of export prices for each state to instrument for revenues per capita. Our instrumental variable estimates confirm our results that states with View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Evolution of Agribusiness
being low-margin commodity producers to higher-margin providers of "solutions." The future for this massive industry will be both exciting and complex. To feed the world, production must double by 2050, while dealing with... View Details
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
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Mariama Keita
cocoa. One of the cases she has found especially relevant involved an Indian company that helps farmers understand worldwide commodities pricing. "Greater information gave them greater power," Mariama says. "The farmers... View Details
- 02 Feb 2010
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 2
confirm our results that states with commodities that had higher price increases had lower risk premia. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-027.pdf Elections and Discretionary Accruals:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
investments from overlapping funds, left the Berkshire team in a difficult situation. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/218028-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 118-034 Fair Value Accounting Controversy at Noble Group (A) Noble Group was a large... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
nearly all markets for commodities, the result was a significant spike in the prices of food, fuel, and raw materials. Rising commodity prices, in turn, have intensified inflationary pressures for China,... View Details
- November 2003 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Can Florida Orange Growers Survive Globalization?
By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan
Florida Citrus Department has to deal with increasing competition from Brazil. What position should the industry take on its existing tariff? Who benefits? Who loses? View Details
Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Trade; Price; Globalized Markets and Industries; Goods and Commodities; Competition; Competitive Strategy
Goldberg, Ray A., and Hal Hogan. "Can Florida Orange Growers Survive Globalization?" Harvard Business School Case 904-415, November 2003. (Revised March 2004.)
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
globalized world. During the late nineteenth century both countries flourished as major exporters of commodities to the industrialized nations in North America and Europe. Argentina did so well that it became one of the richest countries... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Lessons of New-Market Disruption
Kittyhawk team had layered in components and features that inflated the price point well beyond $50, and Kittyhawk's strategic flexibility was constrained by its growing losses. Epilogue In the end, HP's Kittyhawk was discontinued and... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
international conservation organizations in 2004. "It goes way beyond the stock price of the companies they lead. It means solving the biggest problems that the world faces. And the new generation is impatient; they don't want to wait to... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- Blog Post
Exploring Cleantech at HBS
write a case on a challenge they are facing, or do a high level industry scan to explore a broader trend. Cleantech can be a risky career choice – businesses are often highly capital intensive and vulnerable to commodity View Details
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
analysis, the fish will lose every single time," he said. "And you'll have extinction after extinction after extinction." But the farmers benefit from other political decisions. Because of government subsidies, the price... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
Illustrations by Franziska Barczyk Illustrations by Franziska Barczyk Back in 1985, when Michael Jackson paid what at the time was an eye-popping $47.5 million for ATV Music—and with it the Beatles’s back catalog—he justified the sum by reportedly saying that, just as... View Details
- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
tournament will garner 770 billion minutes of attention. The fact that most will view the matches as they are played makes the tournament even more valuable to advertisers—a key principle of "Attention Economics," which focuses on what has become a scarce... View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
New Research: Surviving Bankruptcy, Useful Economics, and Retirement
Mercadal “We use a detailed dataset on electricity transactions to investigate the impact of market-based deregulation in the context of the United States electricity sector. We find that the increase in markups dominates despite modest efficiency gains, leading to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Where Conservation Means Business
four-inch-thick volumes of Moody’s financial directories from the early 1900s. And Anderson demonstrated the delicate work of making an almost invisible repair to a torn page in a Dutch commodities price... View Details
Keywords: Roger thompson
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
drivers. It is a model customers are familiar with.” And it’s a model she believes could also transform the coffee industry and other commodity supply chains. Courtesy Margaret Nyamumbo “The economics of coffee are some of the most... View Details
- 05 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
In Praise of Marketing
compare prices over the web irons out cross-border price differences and expands trade. A poor farmer in India can check commodity prices on the... View Details
- 18 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 18
unfavorable expectations face an additional constraint: their prices and first-party content investment need to be such that low (zero) participation equilibria are eliminated. This additional constraint typically leads them to invest... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel