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- 12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
regulatory environment. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/718008-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 718-007 Media Markets Down South: Goldman Sachs' Investment in Grupo Clarín Founded in 1945, Grupo Clarín... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
Walter V. Shipley
company. His skills as a manager helped Chemical successfully complete two large mergers in 1991 and 1996, the latter of which involved the purchase of Chase Manhattan, the name under which Chemical now operates, and created one of the... View Details
Keywords: Finance
Robert W. Galvin
billion in sales in 1987. Among American companies, only Intel produced more microprocessors than Motorola. Galvin was a major architect in the U.S.-Japan semiconductor trade agreement in 1986, in which Japan agreed to increase its View Details
Keywords: Computers & Electronics
Henry M. Flagler
Flagler originally moved to Florida at the suggestion of a physician who believed the temperate climate would be beneficial for his ailing wife. Though his wife died shortly after the move, Flagler was enamored with the then remote state. He View Details
Keywords: Transportation
Donald C. Burr
early 1980s, allowing the company to profitably offer lower fares than its competitors. In 1983, People stock, issued at $8 dollars a share, rose to a high of $50 and split two for one. In 1985, Burr purchased Frontier Airlines, making... View Details
Keywords: Transportation
- 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17
Avenue, a luxury department store chain, has been hard hit by the 2008 financial crisis and stock market crash. Speculation about impending bankruptcy is rampant in the press. The CEO, Stephen Sadove, must decide how to respond. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009
purchase that follows an ad-click (CPA). Our analysis extends classic auction results by allowing players to make bids using two different pricing schemes, while the driving information for bidders' endogenous selection—the conversion... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018
that investors who do not hold a position in the firm are leading consumers. We show that buy-side non-holders who consume calls are more likely to hold positions in competitors and to purchase the stock in the future. In addition, many... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Markets’ Moral Limits
Limits of Markets. At an HBS panel discussion in April with University Professor Rebecca Henderson and HBS associate professor Karthik Ramanna, Sandel said that “the buying and selling of a non-material good changes its meaning.” For example, the View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Action Plan: Whole Sale
online platforms such as YouTube or, more recently, TikTok, to discover new products, but digital sales in the category were not on par with other consumer goods. The explanation: “Beauty is a fun purchase for consumers,” observes... View Details
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
for compensation committees at public companies. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=109036 Hearts on Fire—Brand Development Manager Harvard Business School Case 709-436... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
John Stuart
of diversification, purchasing pet foods companies and other household brands, the most notable of which is the Aunt Jemima line. In 1918, the firm had sales of $123 million, but by the end of Stuart’s tenure, sales reached $277 million... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
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receive Messages, you are consenting to any such charges. Consent to receive Messages is not a condition to make any purchase with us, or to use the Services. Your carrier may restrict or prohibit certain mobile features and certain... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Deals For Sale
purchase goods from distributors. "A retail chain store with several outlets might bid on these items, for example," he says. Auctions are held daily and are done in real time. "You go to the site, see what other people are offering, and... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
The Deleterious Effects of Dirty Money
distribution that is not so skewed as to leave basically half the world out of any ability to purchase the normal products of the free-market system. The system is enhanced when more people are brought into that process. In the book, you... View Details
- 05 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
If Your Customers Don't Care What You Charge, What Should You Charge?
customers,” MacKay says. ‘Shoppers’ are extremely sensitive to price and compare prices every time they go to buy gasoline, MacKay says. ‘Affiliated’ customers, by contrast, are more locked in to repeating a previous purchase and are much... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
all in, purchasing inventory at volume up front to enter the market with an abundance of options? Or should the company continue to take pieces on consignment, offering a limited assortment of plates and bowls to test the demands of the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 22 Aug 2006
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First Look: August 22, 2006
is a need for a fund like this at the time of the case. Supports discussion of specialized versus generalized venture capital funds. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=805075 John Moran and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
How Grocery Bags Manipulate Your Mind
behavioral change, does it change other elements of what you're doing as well?" A Series Of Experiments As their working paper explains, the researchers combined empirical and experimental methods to test the purchasing effect of... View Details
- 15 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 15
Talent Recruitment at frog design Shanghai (B) Supplements 411-040. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/414024-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 714-404 New York City: Bloomberg's Strategy for Economic Development Traces the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne