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- 2023
- Working Paper
Segmented Going-Public Markets and the Demand for SPACs
By: Angela Ma, Miles Zheng and Jessica Bai
We provide a regulatory-arbitrage-based explanation for the origin and proliferation of the Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). SPAC sponsors act as non-bank intermediaries, and the SPAC market structure appeals to yield-seeking investors and riskier,... View Details
Keywords: Special Purpose Acquisition Companies; Non-bank Intermediaries; Regulatory Arbitrage; Adverse Selection; Initial Public Offering
Ma, Angela, Miles Zheng, and Jessica Bai. "Segmented Going-Public Markets and the Demand for SPACs." Working Paper, 2023.
- Article
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Financial Regulation for the Twenty-First Century
By: Leonard J. Kennedy, Patricia A. McCoy and Ethan S. Bernstein
After existing regulatory systems failed to prevent the recent financial crisis, Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a sweeping reform designed to alleviate the crisis and prevent its recurrence. Out of this Act, the Consumer... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; Dodd-Frank; CFPB; Financial Crisis; Reform; New Agency; Market-based Approach; Evidence-based Analysis; Innovative Technologies And Transparency Policies; BEST Practices; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Finance; Financial History; Law; Markets; Organizations; Organizational Design; Business and Government Relations; Balance and Stability; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Banking Industry; United States
Kennedy, Leonard J., Patricia A. McCoy, and Ethan S. Bernstein. "The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Financial Regulation for the Twenty-First Century." Cornell Law Review 97, no. 5 (July 2012): 1141–1176.
- Article
Consumer Price Sensitivity and Price Thresholds
By: Sangman Han, Sunil Gupta and Donald R. Lehmann
Han, Sangman, Sunil Gupta, and Donald R. Lehmann. "Consumer Price Sensitivity and Price Thresholds." Journal of Retailing 77, no. 4 (Winter 2001): 435–456. (Honorable Mention, Davidson Award for Best Paper, Journal of Retailing, 2003.)
- August 1995 (Revised January 1997)
- Exercise
Consumer Behavior Exercise (C)
By: John A. Deighton and Susan M. Fournier
Students are instructed to interview a recent purchaser of a high-involvement/ego-expressive product or service in depth about his/her buying decision. The exercise provides students with first-hand understanding of important concepts in consumer choice domain (e.g.,... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior
Deighton, John A., and Susan M. Fournier. "Consumer Behavior Exercise (C)." Harvard Business School Exercise 596-041, August 1995. (Revised January 1997.)
- July 1992
- Case
Bank One and Increased Consumer Credit
Greyser, Stephen A. "Bank One and Increased Consumer Credit." Harvard Business School Case 593-004, July 1992.
- October 2004
- Article
Demand for Portfolio Insurance and Index Option Prices
By: Kaushik Amin, Joshua D. Coval and H. Nejat Seyhun
Amin, Kaushik, Joshua D. Coval, and H. Nejat Seyhun. "Demand for Portfolio Insurance and Index Option Prices." Journal of Business 77, no. 4 (October 2004).
- 2007
- Working Paper
Digital Interactivity: Unanticipated Consequences for Markets, Marketing, and Consumers
By: John A. Deighton and Leora Kornfeld
The digital interactive transformation in marketing is not unfolding, as many thought it would, on the model of direct marketing. That model anticipated that digital media using rich profiling data would intrude marketing messaging more deeply and more precisely into... View Details
Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Interactive Communication; Marketing Communications; Consumer Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet and the Web
Deighton, John A., and Leora Kornfeld. "Digital Interactivity: Unanticipated Consequences for Markets, Marketing, and Consumers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-017, September 2007.
- 24 Feb 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Recovering Investor Expectations from Demand for Index Funds
- March 2022 (Revised March 2023)
- Case
Commercial Space Stations, Chickens and Eggs, and Demand for Activity in Low-Earth Orbit
By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Brendan L. Rosseau
With the International Space Station set to retire in January 2031, NASA has made clear its desire to transition to commercially-led space stations in low-earth orbit (LEO). But the history of commercial station attempts has been fraught, characterized by a lack of... View Details
- Fast Answer
Consumer demographics
Where do I find data on consumer demographics and buying behavior? You may begin with: Passport provides data and market reports related to View Details
- 24 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Chloe Ho, MBA 2019: Data-Driven and In Demand
on Netflix to personalized healthcare.” As for kicking off her new career post HBS, Ho is excited to be a part of the booming AI revolution that provides not only innumerable consumer benefits, competitive advantage, View Details
Keywords: Technology
- August 2002
- Article
Consumer Control and Empowerment: A Primer
By: Luc Wathieu, Lyle Brenner, Ziv Carmon, Amitava Chattopadhyay, Aimee Drolet, John T. Gourville, A.V. Muthukrishnan, Nathan Novemsky, Rebecca Ratner, Klaus Wertenbroch and George Wu
Wathieu, Luc, Lyle Brenner, Ziv Carmon, Amitava Chattopadhyay, Aimee Drolet, John T. Gourville, A.V. Muthukrishnan, Nathan Novemsky, Rebecca Ratner, Klaus Wertenbroch, and George Wu. "Consumer Control and Empowerment: A Primer." Marketing Letters 13, no. 3 (August 2002): 297–305.
- August 1995 (Revised January 1997)
- Exercise
Consumer Behavior Exercise (A)
By: John A. Deighton and Susan M. Fournier
Students are instructed to interview a recent purchaser of a low-involvement product or service in depth about his/her buying decision. The exercise provides students with first-hand understanding of important concepts in consumer choice domain (e.g., stages in the... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior
Deighton, John A., and Susan M. Fournier. "Consumer Behavior Exercise (A)." Harvard Business School Exercise 596-039, August 1995. (Revised January 1997.)
- August 1990 (Revised September 1990)
- Background Note
Environmental Update: Consumer and Shareholder Influence
Gentile, Mary C. "Environmental Update: Consumer and Shareholder Influence." Harvard Business School Background Note 391-039, August 1990. (Revised September 1990.)
- 26 May 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Unraveling Results from Comparable Demand and Supply: An Experimental Investigation
- 10 Jun 2022
- News
Consumer Responses to Corporate Bankruptcy
- Fast Answer
Consumer confidence
Where can I find information on consumer confidence and sentiment? Conference Board: From the "Economy, Strategy & Fiance page," select "Consumer Dynamics." Surveys... View Details
- June 2002
- Article
Intermedia Substitutability and Market Demand by National Advertisers
By: Alvin J. Silk, Lisa R. Klein and Ernst R. Berndt
Silk, Alvin J., Lisa R. Klein, and Ernst R. Berndt. "Intermedia Substitutability and Market Demand by National Advertisers." Review of Industrial Organization 20, no. 4 (June 2002): 323–348.
- July 2021
- Article
Outsourcing Tasks Online: Matching Supply and Demand on Peer-to-Peer Internet Platforms
By: Zoë Cullen and Chiara Farronato
We study the growth of online peer-to-peer markets. Using data from TaskRabbit, an expanding marketplace for domestic tasks at the time of our study, we show that growth varies considerably across cities. To disentangle the potential drivers of growth, we look... View Details
Keywords: Two-sided Market; Two-sided Platforms; Peer-to-peer Markets; Platform Strategy; Sharing Economy; Platform Growth; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Strategy; Market Design; Network Effects
Cullen, Zoë, and Chiara Farronato. "Outsourcing Tasks Online: Matching Supply and Demand on Peer-to-Peer Internet Platforms." Management Science 67, no. 7 (July 2021): 3985–4003.
Borrowing to Live: Consumer and Mortgage Credit Revisited
Americans are awash in debt. Credit undergirds daily life more than ever before—it is one of the defining aspects of life in the United States today. The damage from a depressed housing market is exacerbated by the subprime lender implosion, sending shock waves... View Details