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  • 30 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

more important than when information is monopolized by the government. If not constrained, government’s monopoly control of information, combined with its incentives to shape support for its policies, may at some times and in some ways... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • January 2021 (Revised June 2021)
  • Case

Hester Pharmaceuticals (A): A Pricing Dilemma

By: Dante Roscini and John Masko
In August 2019, the leadership of Hester Pharmaceuticals (Hester) had a problem. Italy promised to be a key market for their new breakthrough oncology drug Akrozumab, but for almost two years, its single-payer healthcare system had been unable to agree with Hester on a... View Details
Keywords: Macroeconomics; Trade; Price; Global Range; Global Strategy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Health Care and Treatment; Patents; Monopoly; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Human Needs; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Pharmaceutical Industry; Italy
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  • 13 Dec 2011
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First Look: Dec. 13

against foreign monopolies and cartels. In the article we examine how the Norwegian authorities interacted with international cartels and trusts in seven different cases in the interwar period. The study shows that although there was a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Mar 2010
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First Look: March 23

are sufficiently large, a pure-strategy equilibrium exists where both B firms are active in the market. Although there is competition in the complement market, the monopoly Firm A may earn lower profits in this environment. Consequently,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • July 2017
  • Teaching Plan

'Clarín Lies!': Bias, Post-Truth, and Populism in Argentina's Media War

By: Rafael Di Tella and Sarah McAra
Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-008. View Details
Keywords: Media Regulation; Media; Government and Politics; Policy; Newspapers; Government Legislation; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Monopoly; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Argentina
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  • July 2016
  • Case

The EC Rains on Oracle/Sun (A)

By: Lena G. Goldberg
Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun was on a fast track until the EC's antitrust concerns about open-source MySQL ignited a transatlantic war of words delaying the deal. Sun's performance suffered and its customers were approached by competitors while regulatory... View Details
Keywords: Law; Antitrust; EC Regulation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Multinational Firms and Management; Laws and Statutes; Monopoly; Business and Government Relations
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  • 04 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 4

expectations can be formed, which correspond to two different types of 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... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 04 Dec 2007
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First Look: December 4, 2007

and Consumer Expectations Authors:Feng Zhu and Marco Iansiti Abstract This paper seeks to answer three questions. First, which drives the success of a platform, installed base, platform quality or consumer expectations? Second, when does a View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Nov 2014
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First Look: November 25

concerning whether patents are a creative or a destructive influence on the process of technological development. In this paper I examine the basic patent tradeoff between incentives and monopoly distortions in light of recent... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Apr 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?

idea because the monopoly surplus is higher than that from a duopoly,” Luo explains. This intuition was originally developed by her colleagues Dennis Yao at Harvard Business School and Jim Anton from Duke University. “This threat is more... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Motion Pictures & Video; Entertainment & Recreation; Banking
  • November 1995 (Revised November 1999)
  • Case

National Power and the Privatization of the British Power Generation Industry

By: Willis M. Emmons III and Ed Simnett
The British government privatized the nation's electric utility sector in 1991 through a complex process involving the restructuring of the industry as well as the creation of a new regulatory oversight body. National Power plc, the largest of the privatized power... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Trade; Energy Generation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Markets; Monopoly; Privatization; Opportunities; Diversification; Expansion; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry
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  • 05 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 5, 2008

upgrade sales to an installed base. When profits from the installed base are sufficiently large, a pure strategy equilibrium exists with two B firms active in the market. Although there is competition in the complement market, the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • November 2008
  • Teaching Note

Crossing Borders: MTC's Journey through Africa (TN)

By: Tarun Khanna
Teaching Note for [708477]. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Monopoly; Strategic Planning; Mergers and Acquisitions; Leadership; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Competition; Developing Countries and Economies; Brands and Branding; Culture; Telecommunications Industry; Kuwait; Africa
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  • 14 May 2013
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First Look: May 14

diversion relative to competition for consumers. Both types of competition lead to at least as much search diversion as a monopoly platform. Nevertheless, in the case of competing platforms, the equilibrium level of search diversion... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 18, 2009

for each firm in the duopoly medium to bundle more ads and earn greater total profits than the rival firm in the monopoly medium. Goals Gone Wild: The Systematic Side Effects of Over-Prescribing Goal Setting Authors:Lisa D. Ordonez,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 24

to curb the monopoly power that they create, most standard-setting organizations require the owners of patents covered by the standard to make a loose commitment to grant licenses on reasonable terms. Such commitments unsurprisingly are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

limitations and judo economics, natural monopoly and the effect of market size, technology choice as entry deterrence, endogenous economies of scale, and capacity limitation in commodity markets. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 08 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 8

monopoly platform when the degree of horizontal differentiation between platforms is intermediate (low). On the other hand, more intense competition between active platforms (i.e., less differentiation) leads to less search diversion.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 21, 2009

two-sided proprietary (closed) platforms connecting consumers and producers. Proprietary platforms create two-sided deadweight losses through monopoly pricing but at the same time, precisely because they set prices in order to maximize... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 03 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

Development, Organizational Behavior, and General Management. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/418020-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-414 Enel: The Future of Energy Enel has transformed from the Italian state-owned energy View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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