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- 2016
- Working Paper
The Empirical Economics of Online Attention
By: Andre Boik, Shane Greenstein and Jeffrey Prince
In several markets, firms compete not for consumer expenditure but instead for consumer attention. We model and characterize how households allocate their scarce attention in arguably the largest market for attention: the Internet. Our characterization of household...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Competition;
Behavior;
Resource Allocation;
Household;
Cognition and Thinking
Boik, Andre, Shane Greenstein, and Jeffrey Prince. "The Empirical Economics of Online Attention." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 22427, July 2016.
- 17 Aug 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
The Empirical Economics of Online Attention
- 2001
- Other Unpublished Work
Inventory Record Inaccuracy: An Empirical Analysis
By: Nicole DeHoratius and A. Raman
- 2016
- Technical Note
Introduction to Experience-Based Forecasting: Empirical Backtesting
By: Y. Grushka-Cockayne and K. C. Lichtendahl
- Article
Measurement of Productivity Improvements: An Empirical Analysis
By: R. Banker, S. Datar and M. Rajan
Banker, R., S. Datar, and M. Rajan. "Measurement of Productivity Improvements: An Empirical Analysis." Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance 2, no. 4 (Fall 1987): 319–347.
- 2015
- Working Paper
Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration
By: Daron Acemoglu, Ufuk Akcigit and William Kerr
The propagation of macroeconomic shocks through input-output and geographic networks can be a powerful driver of macroeconomic fluctuations. We first exposit that in the presence of Cobb-Douglas production functions and consumer preferences there is a specific pattern...
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Keywords:
Economic Fluctuations;
Geographic Collocation;
Input-output Linkages;
Propagation;
Shocks;
Networks;
Fluctuation;
System Shocks;
Macroeconomics
Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, and William Kerr. "Networks and the Macroeconomy: An Empirical Exploration." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-006, July 2015.
- 1 Jun 2015
- Conference Presentation
Empirical Research Opportunities on Inspection and Compliance
Toffel, Michael W. "Empirical Research Opportunities on Inspection and Compliance." Paper presented at the Research on Effective Government: Inspection and Compliance Workshop, University of Maryland. Maryland Center for Economics and Policy and Harvard Business School, Washington, DC, June 1, 2015.
- April 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Supplement
Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (C)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ramona Hilgenkamp
Supplements the (A) case.
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Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ramona Hilgenkamp. "Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 195-218, April 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- 2000
- Working Paper
Empirical Determinants of Chief Political Officer Pay
By: Rafael Di Tella and Ray Fisman
Di Tella, Rafael, and Ray Fisman. "Empirical Determinants of Chief Political Officer Pay." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-040, December 2000.
- Teaching Interest
Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives on Entrepreneurship (Doctoral)
By: Josh Lerner
Entrepreneurship—the formation and growth of new firms—is a complex phenomenon that has historically attracted relatively little academic attention. In recent years, however, scholars in a variety of disciplines have been devoting increasing attention to this topic....
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- November 2003 (Revised September 2021)
- Case
Ivar Kreuger and the Swedish Match Empire
By: Geoffrey Jones and Ingrid Vargas
Taught in Evolution of Global Business. Globalization and corporate fraud are the central themes of this case on the international growth of Swedish Match in the interwar years. Between 1913 and 1932, Ivar Kreuger, known as the "Swedish Match King," built a small,...
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Keywords:
History;
International Finance;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Monopoly;
Business and Government Relations;
Sweden
Jones, Geoffrey, and Ingrid Vargas. "Ivar Kreuger and the Swedish Match Empire." Harvard Business School Case 804-078, November 2003. (Revised September 2021.)
- October 2018
- Article
Competing with Complementors: An Empirical Look at Amazon.com
By: Feng Zhu and Qihong Liu
Platform owners sometimes enter complementors' product spaces to compete against them directly. Prior studies have offered two possible explanations for such entries: platform owners may target the most successful complementors so as to appropriate value from their...
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Keywords:
Amazon;
Complementors;
Co-opetition;
Entry;
Platform-based Markets;
Competition;
Digital Platforms;
Competitive Strategy
Zhu, Feng, and Qihong Liu. "Competing with Complementors: An Empirical Look at Amazon.com." Strategic Management Journal 39, no. 10 (October 2018): 2618–2642.
- Teaching Interest
Empirical Technology and Operations Management Course
I taught a set of lectures on "Introduction to Machine Learning for Social Scientists" as part of this required course for first year PhD students. This module familiarizes students with all the basic concepts in machine learning, their implementations, as well as the...
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National Customer Orientation: An Empirical Test across 112 Countries
Customer orientation is a central tenet of marketing. However, less is known about how customer orientation varies across countries and time. Mintz, Currim, and Deshpandé (Eur. J. Mark., 56: 1014–1041, 2022) propose a country-level construct, national customer...
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- 2022
- Book
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
Sprawling across a quarter of the world’s land mass and claiming nearly seven hundred million people, Britain’s twentieth-century empire was the largest empire in human history. For many Britons, it epitomized their nation’s cultural superiority, but what legacy did...
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Keywords:
Imperialism;
Violence;
Colonialism;
History;
Government and Politics;
Power and Influence;
Race;
Policy;
United Kingdom
Elkins, Caroline M. Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire. New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
- 2014
- Chapter
Building an Infrastructure for Empirical Research on Social Enterprise: Challenges and Opportunities
By: Matthew Lee, Julie Battilana and Ting Wang
Purpose: Despite the increase in empirical studies of social enterprise in management and organization research, the lack of a cohesive knowledge base in this area is concerning. In this chapter, we propose that the underdevelopment of the attendant research...
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Keywords:
Social Entrepreneurship
Lee, Matthew, Julie Battilana, and Ting Wang. "Building an Infrastructure for Empirical Research on Social Enterprise: Challenges and Opportunities." In Social Entrepreneurship and Research Methods. Vol. 9, edited by Jeremy C. Short, David J. Ketchen, and Donald D. Bergh, 241–264. Research Methodology in Strategy and Management. Emerald Group Publishing, 2014.
- Article
Recent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics
By: Nicholas Bloom, Raffaella Sadun and John Van Reenen
We present a survey of recent contributions in empirical organizational economics, focusing on management practices and decentralization. Productivity dispersion between firms and countries has motivated the improved measurement of firm organization across industries...
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Keywords:
Economics;
Management Practices and Processes;
Performance Productivity;
Geographic Location;
Motivation and Incentives;
Factories, Labs, and Plants;
Competition;
Human Capital;
Markets;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Multinational Firms and Management;
India;
Brazil;
United States
Bloom, Nicholas, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen. "Recent Advances in the Empirics of Organizational Economics." Annual Review of Economics 2 (2010): 105–137.
- October 2015 (Revised October 2015)
- Teaching Plan
Ivar Kreuger and the Swedish Match Empire
By: Geoffrey Jones and Jessica Burch
- April 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Supplement
Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (H)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ramona Hilgenkamp
Supplements the (A) case. Contains a denouement.
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Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ramona Hilgenkamp. "Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (H)." Harvard Business School Supplement 195-223, April 1995. (Revised August 1995.)
- April 1995 (Revised August 1995)
- Supplement
Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (E)
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Ramona Hilgenkamp
Supplements the (A) case.
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Herzlinger, Regina E., and Ramona Hilgenkamp. "Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 195-220, April 1995. (Revised August 1995.)