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  • 14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

typically treat their costs as tightly guarded secrets. In six studies, we tested the effect of firm disclosure of the costs to produce a product (i.e., cost transparency) on purchase interest. We began with a natural field experiment... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 29 Jul 2014
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First Look: July 29

economic pacts and clash of regional economic blocks, post-imperial disintegration and trade, and identity and interdependence. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/ukraine-on-the-border-of-europe-and-eurasia/an/714042-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Sep 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations

counterintuitive driver: the fact that in the US, pharmaceutical companies subsidize the purchase of their drugs. Medicare, the government insurer for elderly or disabled people in the US, encourages patients who can’t afford their drug... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand; Insurance; Health; Pharmaceutical
  • 06 Mar 2018
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First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

Cavallo, Alberto, W. Erwin Diewert, Robert C. Feenstra, Robert Inklaar, and Marcel P. Timmer Abstract—We show that online prices can be used to construct quarterly purchasing power parities (PPPs) with a closely matched set of goods and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

ratings? How can KBRA compete with Fitch, Moody's, and S&P? Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/212034-PDF-ENG A New Financial Policy at Swedish Match Bo Becker and Michael NorrisHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 16 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 16

banking" experience. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110049-PDF-ENG Ben Bernanke: Person of the Year? Lakshmi Iyer and Matthew C. WeinzierlHarvard Business School Case 710-051 In response to the economic and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 1

evaluate if the airline's strategy will be sustainable as Emirates faces technical and political challenges to expand and must compete with numerous new players from the Middle East. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Feb 2019
  • News

A Course Correction at Chris-Craft

Riva. The plan for Christ-Craft? Getting rid of generic model, and focusing on “watercraft that were high-quality and unusual in their focus on nautical beauty.” Stellican purchased the company in 2001, and sold it to Winnebago in June... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2006
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Second Acts

When Glen Meakem (MBA ’91) couldn’t persuade his employer, General Electric, that he was on to a hot idea to revamp corporate purchasing using the Internet, he quit and started his own firm, FreeMarkets, which charted the way for... View Details
Keywords: e-commerce; B2B; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 29 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 29

unsolicited gifts will be equally appreciated. At the root of this dilemma is a difference of opinion about what purchasing an unsolicited gift signals: gift givers expect unsolicited gifts will be considered more thoughtful and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 2

Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/312067-PDF-ENG Generation Investment Management (Abridged) Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew PrebleHarvard Business School Case 613-002 Examines the investment process of Generation Investment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Feb 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 27, 2018

about when to use soft versus hard negotiation approaches, two of the notable lessons that arise are (i) the role of apologies after misusing power and (ii) how even “using one’s power for good” can translate into paternalistic outcomes. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008

discounts that are nearly 50% greater than existing customers who are purchasing upgrades of a product. On the product side, one common lock-in strategy—the offering of broad product "suites" which span multiple product... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

old vine vineyard, and has limited resources, he must decide if this is the right investment to make next. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718438-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-496 General Motors and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

purchase interest. Specifically, building on the psychology of disclosure and trust, we posit that cost transparency, insofar as it represents an act of sensitive disclosure, fosters trust. In turn, this heightened trust enhances... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 07 Mar 2017
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First Look at New Research, March 7

consideration of the opportunity for Peru and other South American growers to exploit counter-seasonal export opportunities, selling into northern-hemisphere markets when prices peak. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 3

modules in conjunction with the firm's organizational boundaries and property rights. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2512209 Markets with Price Coherence By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Julian Wright Abstract—In markets with price coherence, the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 May 2013
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First Look: May 7

return on their flagship investment. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/113058-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 313-110 Google's Project Oxygen: Do Managers Matter? Google's Project Oxygen started with a fundamental question... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 10, 2009

an attractive one, as it would allow the state pension to address its "over-commitment problem," one that plagued many institutional investors. But the terms of the arrangement gave Calhoun pause. Purchase the case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

Purchase this case: https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/318085-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 218-100 Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal After the 2015 Nepal earthquake, the Chaudhary Group, a billion-dollar conglomerate in Nepal,... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne