Matching - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Feb 2013
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Pistachios beat Blackberry in Super Bowl's advertising match

July 1999
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Note on Statistical Tests for a Randomized Matched Pair Experimental Design, A

By: Alvin J. Silk

Concerns understanding the conditions under which an experimental design that employs matching and randomization may result in gains in precision as compared to a design that utilizes randomization and independent samples--i.e., no matching. An empirical example is... View Details

Keywords: Marketing; Performance Efficiency; Mathematical Methods

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18 May 2020
Working Paper Summaries

No Line Left Behind: Assortative Matching Inside the Firm

Keywords: by Achyuta Adhvaryu, Vittorio Bassi, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo; Fashion

2010
Other Paper

Matching and Sub-Specialization by Technical Complexity in Cardiac Surgery

By: Kyna Fong and Robert S. Huckman

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2010
Working Paper

Matching with Couples: Stability and Incentives in Large Markets

By: Fuhito Kojima, Parag A. Pathak and Alvin E. Roth

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April 1996
Article

The National Resident Matching Program as a Labor Market

By: A. E. Roth

Keywords: Labor; Markets; Programs

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July 1991 (Revised March 1992)
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Matching the Process of Product Development to Its Context

By: Robert J. Dolan

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News

How Carl Icahn Met His Match in eBay’s Donahoe

17 May 2021
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Why Workplaces Need to Match Technology with Work Goals

2014
Working Paper

Hidden Substitutes

By: John William Hatfield and Scott Duke Kominers

In this paper, we show that preferences exhibiting some forms of complementarity in fact have an underlying substitutable structure. Specifically, we show that some preferences that are not substitutable in the setting of many-to-one matching with contracts become... View Details

Keywords: Many-to-One Matching; Many-to-Many Matching; Stability; Substitutes; Matching With Contracts; Slot-Specific Priorities; Sherlock; Market Design; Contracts; Marketplace Matching; Balance and Stability

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30 May 2018
Research & Ideas

Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?

it had on the rack. I was surprised to see that the outfit I was holding in my hand was $10 cheaper online—from the same store. I asked the cashier if she would honor the online price in-store; she politely declined, saying the store didn’t View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

May 1997
Teaching Note

Module Overview: Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains: Matching Supply and Demand TN

By: Ananth Raman

Prepares students to configure operating and distribution systems to provide product (or service) supply to match customer demand. Begins by introducing students to the supply-demand mismatch problem, documenting its significance in many companies, and suggesting ways... View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Working Capital; Distribution; Cost of Capital; Management Practices and Processes; Supply Chain Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Supply and Industry

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