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- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion
bond markets, commodity markets, and derivatives markets. In fact, so did all asset classes — not to mention those that benefit when bonuses are big, from vintage Bordeaux to luxury yachts. But these boom years were also misery years,...
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- Profile
Jeremy Burnham
the promotion would increase overall store traffic. Summarizing the value of the FIELD 2 experience, Jeremy says, “Coming from a commodity industry, I didn’t know anything about marketing. In Argentina, I was forced to apply what I’ve...
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- October 1994
- Background Note
Note on Crude Oil and Crude Oil Derivatives Markets
By: Andre F. Perold, Wai Lee and Kuljot Singh
Briefly describes the crude oil markets and common derivatives contracts written on oil. The contracts are oil forward and futures contracts, and over-the-counter oil price swaps.
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Non-Renewable Energy;
Futures and Commodity Futures;
Credit Derivatives and Swaps;
Contracts;
Energy Industry
Perold, Andre F., Wai Lee, and Kuljot Singh. "Note on Crude Oil and Crude Oil Derivatives Markets." Harvard Business School Background Note 295-053, October 1994.
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Pricing Paradise
The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, Bilmes began her career at the Boston Consulting Group, focusing on cost structures in large-scale industries where fractional commodity fluctuations result in...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Critical Information: MIS Monitors the Ever-Changing World of IT
"Multimedia and the Boundaryless Organization." With the creation of services such as online newspapers and television home shopping, information has become a commodity itself, replacing physical products and services. Associate Professor...
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Elaine Gottlieb
- Research Summary
Overview
Hisano’s research addresses the social and cultural implications of technological development and economic changes mainly in the twentieth-century United States. By analyzing the regulation, manipulation, and presentation of food color, her current book project links...
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Keywords:
Business History;
Consumer Behavior;
Agribusiness;
Food And Environment;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Business And Government;
Advertising;
Goods and Commodities;
Food;
History;
Government and Politics;
Marketing;
Business and Government Relations;
Advertising Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Chemical Industry;
United States
- September 1984 (Revised May 1985)
- Teaching Note
Federated Industries (A) TN
By: Robert J. Dolan
Teaching Note for (9-585-104).
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- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
examine a prominent justification for capital income taxation: goods preferred by those with high ability ought to be taxed. In an environment where commodity taxes are allowed to be nonlinear functions of income and consumption, we...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 1999 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
Zucamor S.A.: Global Competition in Argentina
Describes the evolution of Zucamor and its business strategy, particularly after the opening of the Argentine economy in 1992 and 1993. Traces the action that led to its association with U.S. paper giant Union Camp. Poses some of the critical challenges faced by the...
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Keywords:
Business Strategy;
Global Strategy;
Value;
Problems and Challenges;
Business or Company Management;
Goods and Commodities;
Alliances;
Pulp and Paper Industry;
Argentina;
United States
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Zucamor S.A.: Global Competition in Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 599-096, June 1999. (Revised April 2003.)
- Article
Manage the Suppliers That Could Harm Your Brand: Know When to Avoid, Engage, or Drop Them
By: Jodi L Short and Michael W. Toffel
The pandemic has placed a new spotlight on working conditions in factories that supply global companies. To avert problems, firms often impose codes of conduct on their suppliers and perform audits to assess compliance. Do these measures help identify unethical...
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Keywords:
Auditing;
Agency Cost;
Quality And Safety;
Quality Management System;
Quality Management;
Unions;
Environmental Management;
Globalization;
Goods and Commodities;
Governance;
Labor;
Labor Unions;
Wages;
Working Conditions;
Operations;
Supply Chain;
Safety;
Quality;
China;
Bangladesh;
Asia;
Pakistan
Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. Toffel. "Manage the Suppliers That Could Harm Your Brand: Know When to Avoid, Engage, or Drop Them." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 2 (March–April 2021).
- 11 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’
markets. They have shown that the second half of the nineteenth century witnessed a deeper globalization than ever seen previously using that criterion. By 1914 world capital, commodity and labor markets were closely integrated, and more...
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Re: Geoffrey G. Jones
- September 2010
- Article
Do Inventory and Gross Margin Data Improve Sales Forecasts for U.S. Public Retailers?
By: Saravanan Kesavan, Vishal Gaur and Ananth Raman
Firm-level sales forecasts for retailers can be improved if we incorporate cost of goods sold, inventory, and gross margin (defined here as the ratio of sales to cost of goods sold) as three endogenous variables. We construct a simultaneous equations model, estimated...
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Keywords:
Sales;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Distribution;
Goods and Commodities;
Cost;
Public Sector;
Profit;
Mathematical Methods;
Data and Data Sets;
Retail Industry;
United States
Kesavan, Saravanan, Vishal Gaur, and Ananth Raman. "Do Inventory and Gross Margin Data Improve Sales Forecasts for U.S. Public Retailers?" Management Science 56, no. 9 (September 2010).
- 21 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 21
must stabilize its operations at home, where a devalued peso, economic uncertainty, and political instability still linger from the devastating financial crisis. Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=710407 Australia: The Riches...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant
pressure from cut-throat competition in mainland China. Even though TCL was one of the largest Chinese TV manufacturers (even prior to the acquisition of Thomson's assets), commodity TVs and other consumer electronics items were not...
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by Tarun Khanna
- Summer 2018
- Article
Why High-Tech Commoditization Is Accelerating
By: Willy C. Shih
Knowledge embedded within state-of-the-art production and design tools is a powerful force that is leveling the global technology playing field. It democratizes innovation and makes future competition more challenging. This paper describes the knowledge flows through...
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Keywords:
Product Design;
Product Commercialization;
Product Development;
Product Development Strategy;
Production;
Manufacturing Tools;
Manufacturing;
Manufacturing Industry;
Engineering;
Globalization;
Goods and Commodities;
Knowledge;
Commercialization;
Business Strategy;
Corporate Strategy;
Information Infrastructure;
Technology Adoption;
Consumer Products Industry;
Auto Industry;
Semiconductor Industry;
Electronics Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
North America;
Asia
Shih, Willy C. "Why High-Tech Commoditization Is Accelerating." Art. 59420. MIT Sloan Management Review 59, no. 4 (Summer 2018): 53–58.
- May 1988 (Revised March 1990)
- Case
Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) in 1987
By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Sumantra Ghoshal
Describes the development of Matsushita's international operations and the building of its dominant competitive position in the consumer electronics industry. Picks up the major challenges facing the company in 1987 as both its product focus and geographic posture are...
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Keywords:
Global Strategy;
Goods and Commodities;
Product Positioning;
Problems and Challenges;
Business Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Value;
Electronics Industry
Bartlett, Christopher A., and Sumantra Ghoshal. "Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI) in 1987." Harvard Business School Case 388-144, May 1988. (Revised March 1990.)
- December 2001
- Case
iSteelAsia-2001
By: F. Warren McFarlan and Iris T. Li
Presents a follow-up one year later. Shows how this online steel distributor has now reached breakeven. Focuses on the new challenges for the future.
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Keywords:
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Economy;
Goods and Commodities;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Information;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Problems and Challenges;
Steel Industry;
China;
United States
McFarlan, F. Warren, and Iris T. Li. "iSteelAsia-2001." Harvard Business School Case 302-074, December 2001.
- December 2010
- Article
Markets, Morals, and Practices of Trade: Jurisdictional Disputes in the U.S. Commerce in Cadavers
By: Michel Anteby
This study examines the U.S. commerce in human cadavers for medical education and research to explore variation in legitimacy in trades involving similar goods. It draws on archival, interview, and observational data mainly from New York state to analyze market...
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Keywords:
Education;
Goods and Commodities;
Trade;
Lawfulness;
Moral Sensibility;
Market Participation;
Management Practices and Processes;
New York (state, US)
Anteby, Michel. "Markets, Morals, and Practices of Trade: Jurisdictional Disputes in the U.S. Commerce in Cadavers." Administrative Science Quarterly 55, no. 4 (December 2010): 606–638.
- June 2022 (Revised October 2022)
- Background Note
Digital Commerce and Delivery: Preparing Food and Retail Value Chains for a 50-50 World
By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor, Paige Boehmcke and Will Ensor
Increasing digitalization of grocery retail and quick commerce reveals insights about managing complex supply chains at scale and shifting revenue streams from product sales to data monetization. How are the roles of retailers changing? What happens if marginal cost...
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Keywords:
Grocery Delivery;
Grocery;
Digitalization;
Fulfillment;
Delivery;
Supply Chain;
Disruption;
Food;
Supply Chain Management;
Market Design;
Trends;
Value Creation;
Goods and Commodities;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Digital Transformation;
Retail Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
United States;
China
Kerr, William R., Daniel O'Connor, Paige Boehmcke, and Will Ensor. "Digital Commerce and Delivery: Preparing Food and Retail Value Chains for a 50-50 World." Harvard Business School Background Note 822-108, June 2022. (Revised October 2022.)
- 13 Jun 2014
- Op-Ed
World Cup Soccer: 770 Billion Minutes of Attention
tournament will garner 770 billion minutes of attention. The fact that most will view the matches as they are played makes the tournament even more valuable to advertisers—a key principle of "Attention Economics," which focuses on what has become a scarce...
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