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- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
Publication:Stanford Social Innovation Review (summer 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the paper: http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/in_search_of_the_hybrid_ideal Coordinating Marketing and Sales in B2B... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
When Standard & Poor's Rating Services lowered its long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States from AAA to AA+ on August 5, it was a shot heard 'round the world. Stock markets plummeted, investors covered their eyes,... View Details
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work with minimal structure and a desire to create something new. Attributes of Successful Staff Members Flexibility Attention to detail Ability to multitask and to embrace a broad spectrum of tasks from the mundane to complex Passion for... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
Baker returned to the United States and was involved for many years in a variety of trading activities that took him to some two dozen countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Observing further how corruption could subvert markets... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
authors examine how 20th-century shifts in global governance norms and structures eventually left the high seas open for predatory attacks. Reviewing contemporary debates about how best to combat piracy, they conclude that the solution... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Faculty Retirements
He is a former visiting research associate and trustee of the Marketing Science Institute and was a Ford Foundation Visiting Professor at the European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management in Brussels. At HBS, Silk served as... View Details
- September 2017 (Revised June 2021)
- Supplement
Tempur Sealy International (C)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle
Analyzes the commercial relationship between Tempur Sealy and Mattress Firm following the events discussed in the (B) case. View Details
Keywords: Porter's 5 Forces; Bargaining Power; Buyer Power; Customer Power; Supplier Power; Negotiations; Value Capture; Consumer Durables; Consumer Discretionary; Mattresses; B-2-B; Industry Dynamics; Compensation; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Competition; Cooperation; Private Equity; Distribution; Negotiation; Industry Structures; Leadership; Customers; Relationships; Distribution Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; South Africa
Esty, Benjamin C., and Lauren G. Pickle. "Tempur Sealy International (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 718-424, September 2017. (Revised June 2021.)
- September 2017 (Revised June 2021)
- Supplement
Tempur Sealy International (B)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Lauren G. Pickle
Analyzes the commercial relationship between Tempur Sealy and Mattress Firm following the events discussed in the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Porter's 5 Forces; Bargaining Power; Buyer Power; Customer Power; Supplier Power; Negotiations; Value Capture; Consumer Durables; Consumer Discretionary; Mattresses; B-2-B; Industry Dynamics; Compensation; Corporate Strategy; Business Strategy; Value Creation; Competition; Cooperation; Private Equity; Distribution; Negotiation; Industry Structures; Customers; Relationships; Leadership; Distribution Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Esty, Benjamin C., and Lauren G. Pickle. "Tempur Sealy International (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 718-423, September 2017. (Revised June 2021.)
- 21 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?
engine for innovation and job creation to drive competitiveness, while also providing a path to a prosperous lifestyle for countless American families. But today, small businesses are not creating these jobs at the rate that we need. The recession saw an unprecedented... View Details
- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
interest to torch the planet. Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, points out that insured losses from extreme weather events have risen five-fold in the last 30 years. He wonders if the financial markets face the risk of a... View Details
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
structure of financial assets and non-fundamental risk. An asset is fragile if its owners collectively have to buy or sell. Such assets are susceptible to non-fundamental price movements. An asset can be fragile because of concentrated... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
poor financial markets, b) increases in the share of FDI or the relative productivity of the foreign firm leads to higher additional growth in financially developed economies compared to those observed in financially under-developed ones, and c) other local conditions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Dot Vertigo
prices and market capitalizations, loss of market share, failure to innovate, and reactionary cost-cutting). Organized in three parts, Dot Vertigo addresses the issue of business disorientation; the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
headlines and rack up revenues in the billions, a number of smaller U.S. companies — some publicly traded, others privately owned — refuse to be overshadowed. However modest their comparative size, their market share still reaches into... View Details
- 13 Dec 2016
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December 13, 2016
exception. Yet providers and payers continue to try to stymie competition. Many are actively pursuing consolidation, buying up market share, and increasing their bargaining power. In this article, the authors argue that health care payers... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 29
differences in ownership structure across countries, measured by the difference in sectoral vertical integration indexes, are smaller in sectors with similar levels of protection. Finally, ownership View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Yes, You Can Raise Prices in a Downturn
Ross to write the paper "Performance Pricing in Tough Times." Shapiro, an authority on marketing strategy and sales management, is the Malcolm P. McNair Professor of Marketing, Emeritus at Harvard Business School. Ross is a... View Details
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
Working PapersStrategic Interactions in Two-Sided Market Oligopolies Authors:Emmanuel Farhi and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Strategic interactions between two-sided platforms depend not only on whether their decision variables are strategic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
financing a risky venture. Structured experimentation, popularized by Eric Ries’ The Lean Startup, has been widely embraced as the gold standard for how to approach the commercialization of radical new ideas. From Boston to Beijing to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
closed, co-located organizations develop systems with larger Cores. Our findings establish some "stylized facts" about the fine-grained structure of large, real-world technical systems, serving as a point of departure for future... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne