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- 31 Oct 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017
heterogeneity in consumer sophistication could explain the prevalence and persistence of misconduct at such firms. Misconduct is concentrated at firms with retail customers and in counties with low education, elderly populations, and high...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 03 May 2016
- First Look
First Look, May 3, 2016
116-007 Dollar General Bids for Family Dollar In spring 2015, Dollar General's CEO Rick Dreiling was looking ahead to retiring at year's end but worried about ensuring continued growth for the company he had built since 2008 into a market leader in the U.S. View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
negative trend. For example, to welcome people back to its stores, J.C. Penney ran deep discount sales for Mother's Day and Veterans Day. By November 2013 the retail stores posted positive sales comparisons...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
was still the world’s largest company, with over $480 billion in annual revenue and operations in 28 countries. Although it had mostly vanquished its rival discount retailers in the U.S., it was struggling...
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Carmen Nobel
- 23 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Psychology, Pathology, and the CEO
market share. Its Mach3 shaving system was a blockbuster product, but the company was suffering the effects of its own reliance on trade loading—the practice of offering discounts to retail customers at the...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
outstanding. The increased debt from the deal would increase the risk to the company and to the existing bonds, and the bonds' prices would fall significantly as a result. Students can use discounted cash flow techniques to value the LBO....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017
are used as a modeling framework for such studies, this data inadequacy can manifest itself as imprecision in the elements of the transition matrix. In this paper, we study how to compute maximal and minimal values for the discounted...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
hyperbolic discounting and shows in the field that the impact of intrapersonal conflict can be large in magnitude. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-099.pdf How Is Foreign Aid Spent? Evidence from a Natural Experiment...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Taxi Wars of Jakarta
customers amid an explosion of online retail options. Grab users can also courier parcels or order food delivery through its app. Go-Jek’s app does those things too, and also lets users order concert tickets and even a beautician to their...
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- 05 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 5
computationally light two-step estimator. Second, we illustrate how discount factors can be estimated in a dynamic structural model using field data through a combination of (1) an exclusions restriction separating current and future...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
correlation has implications for managerial actions regarding targeting and optimal discounting. We find that retailers can make misleading inferences about the impact of targeted discounts when they ignore...
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Martha Lagace
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
findings contribute to the corporate strategy literature by shedding light on the roots of the diversification discount and by showing how analysts' research enables investors to overcome asymmetric information. Paper:
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Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 8, 2008
is a time-honored approach, particularly in media and entertainment. When space is limited on store shelves and in traditional distribution channels, producers tend to focus on a few likely best sellers, hoping that one or two big hits will carry the rest of their...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month at HBS - MBA
Government Health Care / BioTech Manufacturing Private Equity Real Estate Retail Social Enterprise Technology Venture Capital Audiences Audiences FirstGen+ College Diverse Perspectives International LGBTQ+ Military Socioeconomic Inclusion...
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- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
Divergence between rich and poor countries since 1820. Download working paper: http://www.nber.org/papers/w19010 Improving Store Liquidation By: Craig, Nathan, and Ananth Raman Abstract—Store liquidation is the time-constrained divestment of View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
actually released in 1995. The year brought no major new musical genre to generate album sales the way rap and alternative rock had in previous years. "Product returns from financially pinched retailers were very heavy last year,...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
Retailing, supply chain experts Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman explain how to use analytics to better manage your inventory for faster turns, fewer discounted offerings, and fatter profit margins. Featuring case studies of View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 18 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]
down from the semicircular banks of seats in Aldrich 9. Price tags (retailers wouldn't have to re-mark them for discounted sales). Billboards. Sheet music (self-turning scores). Eyeglasses with news headlines projected inside the lens...
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by John S. Rosenberg
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
installations. Q: What are you working on next? A: These days, online shoppers face deceptive offers that promise discounts ("$10 off your next order") while they attempt to check out at ordinary View Details
- 23 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 23
30-year customer of Filene's Basement, a retailer offering fashion goods at discounted prices, who was eventually fired by the firm. The case traces how company actions taken in the name of customer...
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Anna Secino