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- 12 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 12
static, envy-free equilibria. Furthermore, convergence is efficient, and the entry of low-quality advertisers does not slow convergence. Because our approach predominantly relies on assumptions common in the sponsored search literature,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 12, 2008
problems in the renovation of the 27-floor, 60,000 square meter complex. The WTC owners, two Dutch financial institutions, had hired TvT in 1995 to advise how to best handle their property's underperformance, which stood 20% empty and had prematurely aged. 1. Should...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 14
cannot price discriminate among stores because the intermediaries' incentives are aligned with the marginal stores. Second, competition among intermediaries may lead to more or less search diversion relative to monopoly, depending on...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
suggestion would be to expand their service to DC, which is very transient and should be a good opportunity. —Susan Holliday (AMP 187, 2014) My advice is D2C, since the connection to the end customer is hugely valuable. But to scale, they should View Details
- 13 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 13
is the impact of foreign bank entry on the pricing and availability of credit in developing economies? The Mexican banking system provides a quasi-experiment to address this question because in 1997 the Mexican government radically...
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Tech Investment the Wise Way
here cover a wide range including outright sale, renting, charging by the transaction, advertising and subscription models, licensing, or even giving away the product and selling after-sale support and services. Having a sense of View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 19
uncertainty, and the development of specialized expertise, while the benefits of greater breadth are linked to the economies of scope achieved by sharing common resources, such as advertising or production capacity, across activities....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 25
ad platform can offer, an advertiser may forego use of an ad platform that the advertiser otherwise finds profitable. Mergers between ad platforms can increase advertiser...
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Martha Lagace
- 06 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 6
low-quality ad-sponsored competitor. In addition to competing through adjustments of tactical variables such as price or the number of ads a product carries, we allow the incumbent to consider changes in its business model. We consider...
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Martha Lagace
- 26 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different
competitive vigilance that ultimately pushes them down a path of conformity. They will notice, for example, that competitor A has decided to offer a couple of new features in this market, or that competitor B has raised its prices in that...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
January 2017 Review of Financial Studies Being Surprised by the Unsurprising: Earnings Seasonality and Stock Returns By: Chang, Tom Y., Samuel M. Hartzmark, David H. Solomon, and Eugene F. Soltes Abstract—We present evidence consistent with markets failing to properly...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 15
business relations, and then reputation and regulatory relations. The impact on stock price has been much less significant, and this could be attributed to stock prices not reflecting the impact on employee...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
permanent cash flow shocks and transitory discount rate shocks to asset prices and returns. An increase in the cross-country correlations of cash flow shocks raises the risk of a globally diversified portfolio at all horizons. By...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Fierce Competitors Apple and Amazon Became ’Frenemies’ Over eReaders
is not really making a profit on hardware sales. It prices its hardware low as a way to encourage people to buy a lot of e-books." Apple, on the other hand, makes several hundred dollars on each iPad sale, able to charge a premium because...
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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
Jennifer M. Koen (MBA 1997), director of innovation for Godiva Chocolatier, explains that Godiva is in the process of a top-down refresh of its brand that will involve retooling its product, packaging, advertising campaign, Web site, and...
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- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Answering the Call
little data available regarding other variables that would also influence the product’s price. “The company’s president came to us with the idea for a case because he was perplexed about how to price the new pile driver and hammer pads,”...
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- 16 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 16, 2008
scholars, and others. Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308092 Clear Channel 2006 Harvard Business School Case 208-083 The Board of Directors of Clear Channel Communications, a radio broadcasting and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 14
Cash coupons and circulars advertising the week's specials, were slow to embrace the new pricing format and began leaving the retailer in droves. Under enormous pressure to turn things around as the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
to be known as the Black-Scholes option pricing model. "Don't misunderstand me—getting some education about your financial affairs is a good idea, just as having some understanding of your medical needs is a good idea," Merton...
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- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
short-term oriented investor base. Moreover, we find that short-term oriented firms have higher stock price volatility, and that this effect is mitigated for firms with more long-term investors. We also find that short-term oriented firms...
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Sean Silverthorne