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- 05 Jun 2012
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First Look: June 5
agendas, whose strategies to build viable business models proved crucially dependent on two exogenous factors: the prices of alternative conventional fuels and public policy. Supportive public policies in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
of M&A activity must take place; mandatory public reporting must be required documenting experience and outcome information based on defined standards (just as the SEC requires reporting of certain information); and Medicare pricing... View Details
- 01 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Slow, Steady Battle to Fix Cancer Care
how are you supposed to negotiate a price with the insurers?" Feeley says. "All these things are phenomenally intertwined." Measuring Outcomes Michael Porter's Institute for Strategy and... View Details
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
chains have engaged in private political strategies prompting transnational corporations (TNCs) to adopt codes of conduct and monitor their suppliers for compliance, but it is not clear whether organizational structures established by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
structure may affect borrowing costs. Corporate legal structure refers to the legal fragmentation of a firm into multiple, separately incorporated entities. This fragmentation is bound to be a factor when lenders determine the pricing of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 05 Dec 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Walmart Defying Economic Gravity?
earner happy to have the job ; and (2) wastage (that) seems to abound in the cavernous stores ." Cheri Thomas cited saturation of its markets, especially in the United States, as a concern, adding that "Walmart's fixation on low View Details
- 13 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Managing to Learn: How Companies Can Turn Knowledge into Action
to the unrealistically purist view that it was in the business of producing only high-performance footwear for competitive athletes. Nike has since changed its ways, but several years of less-than-stellar sales was the price the company... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Global Brands: Connecting With Consumers Across Boundaries
elements of the marketing mix when it comes to brand building. Developing new products provides an edge in product differentiation, he said, and pricing should be as important to marketers as it is to retailers. As for distribution, in a... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 12 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Crowded at the Top: The Rise of the Functional Manager
before—coordinating all the top minds in the top office. "CEOs are spending more and more time with their direct reports, in larger and longer meetings," says Julie M. Wulf, an associate professor of strategy at Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Aug 2005
- HBS Case
Classic Cases Live On at HBS
consider how the sales strategy would need to be adjusted in order to succeed with both a coated and an uncoated product." How Much You Asking for that Pile-Driver Pad? Case: Cumberland Metal Industries: Engineered Products... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
history of these entities.... When it is monetized" (whether by competition or government) "the for-profit enterprise will select the lowest price alternative." But Allen Howlett expressed reservations about this approach,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 28 Jun 2022
- Book
The Moral Enterprise: How Two Companies Profit with Purpose
evolution in this kind of moral thinking. For if markets are not genuinely “free”—if, for example, firms are free to influence the political system in ways that shape the rules of competition to benefit themselves, or if prices do not... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 04 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 4, 2007
clubs," we show that 1) fees serve as a signal of price discounts, such that stores that charge fees are perceived as offering better deals for identical items; 2) the presence of fees can increase consumer spending and overall store... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
she worked on Moroccan agricultural policy with a team of consultants. "I was just an intern," Ashraf says, "but as I looked around the boardroom I realized that not one of these people had ever actually talked to a farmer in Morocco. And yet they were designing a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 15
available at positive prices. We characterize the size of the p2p network as a function of the firm's pricing strategy and show that the firm may be better off setting high prices, allowing the network to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Scientific Discovery
to patient. For companies to endure, they need to be prepared to encourage scientists, reassure investors, handle uncertainty, and navigate the regulatory environment. Chandra sees the course as delving into the business strategy that... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
beginnings of the genomic research industry and all the companies that grew —and are still growing —from that. It was also the time when the concept of diagnostic related groups DRGs was introduced. DRGs essentially redefined health-care services as products that could... View Details
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
eligible for a discount on the purchase price conditional on their achieving the sales targets set by the franchisor. We show that car dealers (franchisees) who exclusively deal in cars of the brand offered by the franchisor receive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 2
users-sophisticated and unsophisticated. Only sophisticated users adjust their expectations in response to platforms' price changes. We study the effect of the fraction of sophisticated users on platform profits. A monopoly platform's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Stanford Lets Students Customize
also take an integrated approach. And even in the discipline-based foundations courses, we often look at issues from a general management perspective, which requires some integration.” The new curriculum comes with a hefty price tag. To... View Details