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March 2002
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Virtuous Cycles: Improving Service and Lowering Costs in E-Commerce

Illustrates how various elements in a customer's encounter with Internet services relying on physical service (labor-intensive customer support and/or logistics) affect one another. Presents a framework that suggests: 1) that improving service quality in specific... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Service Delivery; Performance Efficiency; Performance Effectiveness; Service Industry

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The Cost of Capital for Alternative Investments

By: Jakub W. Jurek and Erik Stafford

Traditional risk factor models indicate that hedge funds capture pre-fee alphas of 6% to 10% per annum over the period from 1996 to 2012. At the same time, the hedge fund return series is not reliably distinguishable from the returns of mechanical S&P 500 put-writing... View Details

Keywords: Hedge Funds; Required Returns; Downside Risk; Index Options; Investment Funds; Cost of Capital; Investment Return; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry

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1999
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The Cyclical Behavior of Prices and Costs

By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Michael Woodford

Keywords: Price; Cost; Business Cycles

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14 Nov 2019
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Health Minute: How Entrepreneurs are Reducing Costs & Improving Outcomes

October 1975 (Revised October 1991)
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Some Comments on Computing Prime Cost Variances

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December 2015
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Nextel Peru: Emerging Market Cost of Capital

By: Luis M. Viceira and Joel L. Heilprin

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2016
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Vicarious Contagion Decreases Differentiation—and Comes with Costs

By: Ovul Sezer and Michael I. Norton

Baumeister et al. propose that individual differentiation is a crucial determinant of group success. We apply their model to processes lying in between the individual and the group—vicarious processes. We review literature in four domains—attitudes, emotions, moral... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Behavior; Groups and Teams; Attitudes; Emotions

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06 Aug 2012
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The high cost of private pension savings

06 Jan 2024
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Economists Count the Cost of ‘Risky’ Science

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Sovereign Debt Buybacks Can Lower Bargaining Costs

By: J. J. Rotemberg

Keywords: Sovereign Finance; Negotiation; Cost; Borrowing and Debt

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Real estate: costs per square foot (commercial)

Where can I find the costs per square foot for commercial real estate construction? There resources provide average costs per square foot: Square Foot Costs Check Harvard... View Details

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Biotech and Pharmaceuticals: R&D spending, production cost

Where to find biotech and pharmaceuticals R&D spending and product cost data? Bloomberg – use BI function to locate R&D spending data Cortellis - special database on pharmaceuticals industry including R&D... View Details

May – June 1991
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Manufacturing Costs for Advanced Composites Aerospace Parts

By: Rebecca M. Henderson, C. Shipp and T. Gutowski

Keywords: Production; Cost; Aerospace Industry

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March 1997
Article

Transactions Costs and Capital Structure Choice: Evidence from Financially Distressed Firms

By: S. C. Gilson

This study provides evidence that transactions costs discourage debt reductions by financially distressed firms when they restructure their debt out of court. As a result, these firms remain highly leveraged and one-in-three subsequently experience financial distress.... View Details

Keywords: Cost; Capital Structure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Information; Finance; Business Ventures

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Research Summary

Managing Financial Reporting and the Effect on Firms' Costs of Capital

Amy P. Hutton's research investigates the impact of capital market forces and firm contracts on financial reporting and disclosure policies. Specifically, her research examines how managers use financial reporting to convey a firm's strategy, and the effect of... View Details