Price Metrics - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

forthcoming American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Using Online Prices for Measuring Real Consumption Across Countries By: Cavallo, Alberto, Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar, and Marcel P. Timmer Abstract—We... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Apr 2015
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First Look: April 21

valuation of the startup by 17.1%-22.0%. April 2015 Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Seesaws and Social Security Benefits Indexing By: Weinzierl, Matthew Abstract—The price indexation of Social Security benefit payments has emerged... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

methods. Myth Number 1: Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs reduce returns on capital and long-run shareholder value. Reality: Companies committed to ESG are finding competitive advantages in product, labor, and capital markets, and portfolios that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15

where a firm monetizes its product through sponsors rather than setting prices to its customer base. We analyze strategic interactions between an innovative entrant and an incumbent where the incumbent may imitate the entrant's business... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jul 2012
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HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling

take greater responsibility for maintaining their health. In the future they will have a health score, much like their credit score, that is based on well-established metrics that will motivate them to improve their health. Inevitably,... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Health

30 Oct 2005
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Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

has to know the answer to four basic questions. Your setting for this span is determined by the kind of behavior you want to see. To ensure compliance with detailed directives, hold managers to narrow measures. To encourage creative thinking, make them responsible for... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008

asked to consider whether entry into web services by Amazon, which had established its brand in retail, represented a prudent move by the company. The case provides an opportunity to highlight the benefits of AWS's variable pricing for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007

Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsCommon Agricultural Policy and the Future of French Farming Harvard Business School Case 707-027 Presents the history and evolution of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, from early View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Jun 2007
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Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?

to maintain just one product. Hospitals want to control the health care delivery system, and they've become oligopolists or monopolists in many markets, thus obviating price and quality competition, and they've become vertically... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health

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