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Creating Brand Value - Course Catalog

partners? How do different relational roles contribute to differential costs and benefits to firms? How does a consumer-brand relationship form and evolve over time? Why do some relationships decline and... View Details

01 Dec 2019
News

Case Study: Farming It Out

innovative product that has a potential for large cost savings, yet it is not protected from competitive developments. Hence, reaching critical mass and name recognition should be foremost in its strategy. The Microsoft approach would... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Agriculture

11 May 2021
Blog Post

Q+A on the Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force with Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) and Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020)

focus areas across the school: the actual socioeconomic diversity of the class itself the cost of attending HBS the cost of extracurricular and social experiences, which are less formally included in the... View Details

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Field Course: Business Plans for Innovating in Health Care, Q2 - Course Catalog

acquisition costs through extensive field work. The teaching team will do their best to assure that the relevant doors are opened to you. Present your progress toward your goals to the class every two weeks, in a PowerPoint, and ask for... View Details

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Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog

these new practices actually alter company behavior, or create social value? How is and how should social value be defined and measured? In public markets, we evaluate the costs and benefits of negative... View Details

01 Mar 2010
News

Sole Mates

disgusted by corruption. They worry about school fees, the price of rice, the cost of fuel, and the crime rate. For me personally, Liberia is an enjoyable place. Health care is a little scary: The X-ray machine at the major hospital... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

06 Dec 2011
First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

perspective of originators. All originators benefit from the presence of additional informed investors in bad times, but each originator minimizes his reliance on costly informed capital in good times by issuing safe securities. Our model... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009

airline's need to slow its growth rate in the response to increasing fuel costs and the effects of major operational crisis for the airline in February 2007. In 2005, JetBlue—typically viewed as a low-cost carrier (LCC)—made a move that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2011
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Alumni Books

women to share what they notice, to the benefit of the bottom line. C-Scape: Conquer the Forces Changing Business Today by Larry Kramer (MBA ’74) (HarperBusiness) The business landscape used to be easier to chart. The routes connecting... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; National Security and International Affairs; Government

29 Apr 2014
First Look

First Look: April 29

are less informed. The main reason is that price information leads user expectations to be more responsive and therefore amplifies the effect of price reductions. Platforms with more market power benefit because higher responsiveness... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2012
News

Get Creative

about relative advantage, you can achieve it several ways. You can provide more benefits for the same cost, the same benefits for less cost, or a lot more benefits for slightly... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

03 Oct 2019
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Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns

are putting those satellites up there that will benefit directly or other third parties that could rise from that is one thing we could look at. The cost of access to space though is really the key thing.... View Details

Keywords: Space Research and Technology; Government

16 Dec 2020
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A Creator in the Era of Disruption

but the communities needed a lot more than loans. The loans were just the beginning. They needed the ability to just buy things that weren't available. Simple things like pots could cost twice what they would in another place. They didn't... View Details

04 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

Don’t Lose Money With Customers

they are able to extract for themselves. Jet engine manufacturers, for example, typically sell their wares at little or no cost but generate substantial revenue from lucrative maintenance contracts. Monitoring relationship health, the... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

25 Jul 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

rates, deal premiums, and completion rates in the UK, relative to the other European G-10 countries. We find that M&A deal volumes in the UK declined significantly in the aftermath of the 2011 Reforms, relative to deal volumes in the European G-10 countries. We... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

May 2018
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The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble

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Educators

23 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

Every year depression affects one in every five employees and costs American businesses $210 billion in medical bills and lost productivity. In fact, for every worker with a depressive disorder, a company loses an average of 32 productive... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

07 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies

The steep market drop in the early days of the COVID-19 crisis is being used as a laboratory to study the importance of companies investing in stakeholder relations with their employees, suppliers, and customers, and how those investments could be strategic resources... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services

16 Dec 2002
Lessons from the Classroom

Marrying Distance and Classroom Education

together that would be like a network that would come together in a larger sense. You could handle some of the face-to-face dynamics and get the benefits of some of that but also some of the benefits of the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Jul 2009
Research & Ideas

Social Network Marketing: What Works?

camera. Sony can either advertise on Facebook and accept a very low click-through rate, or give away free cameras to several Facebook members (potentially at a lower cost than advertising) and generate a viral campaign. Our research shows... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Advertising; Publishing; Retail

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