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- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
multiplied by a marginal Federal borrowing cost of 3 percent), eliminating any price advantage of Medicare. The comparison between the administrative expenses of private insurers and Medicare also ignores the fact that Medicare pays no... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Of Value and Values
stock picker, Generation doesn’t artificially constrain its choices, and the performance of the firm at this time would suggest that its returns can be competitive with traditional global equity funds whose returns are tracked in relation... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
The news last October of Chevron's proposed acquisition of Texaco for $36 billion in stock was hardly surprising to industry analysts. The planned merger — which would streamline projects and save some $1.2 billion annually — was... View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Bypass Marketing: Are Docs Influenced?
of five doctors believed that DTCA did not provide information in a balanced manner, and a similar proportion felt that it encouraged patients to seek treatments they did not need. Physicians as a group were more equivocal about other... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
Sloan Management Review (forthcoming) Abstract Many people today in the information technology world and in corporate boardrooms are talking about "big data." Many believe that, for companies that get it right, big data will be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Hit Pause
Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong When we take stock of our success, we often consider productivity a key performance metric. But making the most informed... View Details
- 13 May 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #5: Phyllis Newhouse, CEO, Entrepreneur, Leader
free energy. As exciting as Heliogen’s technology sounded, it paled in comparison to the story of Phyllis Newhouse herself, the first African American female CEO to ring the bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Below is an edited version... View Details
- 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
- 29 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 29, 2018
associated with a 0.5% increase in housing prices. Moreover, Yelp measures of local business activity provide leading indicators for housing price changes and help to forecast which neighborhoods are gentrifying. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Reinventing Marketing
advertising industry. Other important work is being done by four new assistant professors, including Narakesari Narayandas's study of long-term relationships between manufacturers and vendors, Susan M. Fournier's work on customers' brand loyalty, John T. Gourville's... View Details
- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
Joel put it, “Though I get the point that their behavior excludes competitors, the consumer would seem to benefit for now. What I wonder is why there is not more aggressive enforcement where the consumer is clearly being hurt, as demonstrated by excessive View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail; Technology; Telecommunications; Communications; Consumer Products; Service
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HBS Alumni Research Tips: Company Research | Baker Library
Mergent Intellect Search by name or ticker for companies. Profiles include financials, filings, and comprehensive company histories. GlobalData Disruptor Database focusing on tech-driven trends and innovation. In addition to financials, profiles include recent deal... View Details
- 12 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors
that the Chinese wall was no protection at all for the independence of the analysts. Trying to sell IPOs, analysts gave glowing recommendations to firms which collapsed within months. Trying to support the stocks of firms previously sold... View Details
Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
¡Vamos al Cine!
will control 51 percent of the cinemas in Mexico City, one of the world's most-populated urban areas. To reach the working poor, Heyman decided to cut ticket prices by about half in low-income neighborhoods while building the same... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
bills-in-progress which would address important, but incremental, changes, such as methane waste prevention in fracking. “But the most important policy thing we can do is to price carbon,” he said, which would reduce carbon production and... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
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Economist Intelligence Unit | Baker Library
and telecommunications industries. Data tool can be used to compare economic data across or within countries or to report on prices of commodities in countries throughout the world. Get Access HBS Faculty, Students, and Staff Remote... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
comparing social relations, for instance prebrokering versus postbrokering, reveals a broker’s impact; (d) brokering can influence others’ relationships positively or negatively; and (e) information and incentives are two principal means... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
AMC stock at its opening price of $18 a share. (The company's employees were given the same deal.) The articles that reported this news also wondered if AMC was a good investment, given the rise of online... View Details
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
South Africa, for example, the government's support for the transfer of assets to the historically disenfranchised native African community—a laudable social objective—has affected the development of the capital market. Such transfers usually View Details
- 12 Sep 2006
- First Look
First Look: September 12, 2006
of a scientist's research. Moreover, the magnitude of the effect of this flurry is influenced by context—such as the presence of coauthors who patent and the patent stock of the scientist's university. Whereas previous research emphasized... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne