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- 2009
- Working Paper
In Favor of Clear Thinking: Incorporating Moral Rules into a Wise Cost-benefit Analysis
By: Max H. Bazerman and Joshua D. Greene
Bennis, Medin, and Bartels (2009) have contributed an interesting paper on the comparative benefit of moral rules versus cost-benefit analysis. Many of their specific comments are accurate, useful, and insightful. At the same time, we believe they have misrepresented... View Details
Bazerman, Max H., and Joshua D. Greene. "In Favor of Clear Thinking: Incorporating Moral Rules into a Wise Cost-benefit Analysis." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-001, July 2009.
- March 2019
- Article
A Structural Analysis of the Role of Superstars in Crowdsourcing Contests
By: Shunyuan Zhang, Param Singh and Anindya Ghose
We investigate the long-term impact of competing against superstars in crowdsourcing contests. Using a unique 50-month longitudinal panel data set on 1677 software design crowdsourcing contests, we illustrate a learning effect where participants are able to improve... View Details
Keywords: Crowdsourcing Contests; Superstar Effect; Bayesian Learning; Utility; Economics Of Information System; Dynamic Structural Model; Dynamic Programming; Markov Chain; Monte Carlo; Learning; Competition; Performance Improvement
Zhang, Shunyuan, Param Singh, and Anindya Ghose. "A Structural Analysis of the Role of Superstars in Crowdsourcing Contests." Information Systems Research 30, no. 1 (March 2019): 15–33.
- 1992
- Book
Two-Sided Matching: A Study in Game-Theoretic Modeling and Analysis
By: A. E. Roth and M. Sotomayor
Keywords: Game Theory
Roth, A. E., and M. Sotomayor. Two-Sided Matching: A Study in Game-Theoretic Modeling and Analysis. Paperback ed. Cambridge University Press, 1992. (Winner of Frederick W. Lanchester Prize Awarded for the best contribution to operations research and the management sciences published in English presented by Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science.)
- 1990
- Chapter
Analysis of Cost Variances for Management Control in Hospitals
By: S. Datar, R. Banker and S. Das
- 1995
- Conference Presentation
Social Structure and Alliance Formation Patterns: A Longitudinal Analysis
By: Ranjay Gulati
- Article
The Valuation of Cash Flow Forecasts: An Empirical Analysis
By: S. N. Kaplan and R. S. Ruback
Kaplan, S. N., and R. S. Ruback. "The Valuation of Cash Flow Forecasts: An Empirical Analysis." Journal of Finance 50, no. 4 (September 1995).
- January 2014
- Article
China's 'New Regionalism': Subnational Analysis in Chinese Political Economy
By: Meg Rithmire
The study of Chinese political economy has undergone a sea change since the late 1990s; instead of debating the origins and direction of national reform, scholars have turned to examining the origins of local economic variation. This essay reviews recent work in... View Details
Rithmire, Meg. "China's 'New Regionalism': Subnational Analysis in Chinese Political Economy." World Politics 66, no. 1 (January 2014).
- 1999
- Article
Ethical Universals in Practice: An Analysis of Five Principles
By: M. C. Moldoveanu and H. H. Stevenson
Moldoveanu, M. C., and H. H. Stevenson. "Ethical Universals in Practice: An Analysis of Five Principles." Journal of Socio-Economics 28, no. 1 (1999).
- 1980
- Other Unpublished Work
Congress Ned Pattison - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox
Keywords: Decision Making
- February 2004
- Supplement
Ford Motor Company: Quality of Earnings Growth Analysis (A)
By: David F. Hawkins
- October 1985
- Background Note
Analysis and Reporting of Intercorporate Investments and Business Combinations
By: David F. Hawkins
Keywords: Financial Reporting
Hawkins, David F. "Analysis and Reporting of Intercorporate Investments and Business Combinations." Harvard Business School Background Note 186-078, October 1985.
- September 1994 (Revised August 2003)
- Exercise
EXTEND Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (C), Exercise Three
By: Roy D. Shapiro
Third set of exercises meant to be used with EXTEND, a simulation system created by Imagine That, Inc. of San Jose, California. These exercises allow students to investigate the impact of variable processing times on the performance of simple in-line processes.... View Details
Keywords: Business Processes
Shapiro, Roy D. "EXTEND Simulation Exercises in Process Analysis (C), Exercise Three." Harvard Business School Exercise 695-021, September 1994. (Revised August 2003.)
- 1995
- Working Paper
From Technological Potential to Product Performance: An Empirical Analysis
By: Marco Iansiti
- October 1990
- Article
Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default
By: S. C. Gilson, J. Kose and L. H. P. Kang
This study investigates the incentives of financially distressed firms to restructure their debt privately rather than through formal bankruptcy. In a sample of 169 financially distressed companies, about half successfully restructure their debt outside of Chapter 11.... View Details
Gilson, S. C., J. Kose, and L. H. P. Kang. "Troubled Debt Restructurings: An Empirical Analysis of Private Reorganization of Firms in Default." Journal of Financial Economics 27, no. 2 (October 1990): 315–353.
- Article
Radiation Passive Shield Analysis and Design for Space Applications
By: Mike Horia Teodorescu and Al Globus
Teodorescu, Mike Horia, and Al Globus. "Radiation Passive Shield Analysis and Design for Space Applications." SAE Transactions: Journal of Aerospace 114-1 (2005): 179–188.
- 2014
- Working Paper
Visualizing and Measuring Software Portfolio Architectures: A Flexibility Analysis
By: Robert Lagerstrom, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Alan MacCormack and David Dreyfus
In this paper, we test a method for visualizing and measuring software portfolio architectures and use our measures to predict the costs of architectural change. Our data is drawn from a biopharmaceutical company, comprising 407 architectural components with 1,157... View Details
Keywords: Design Structure Matrices; Software Architecture; Flexibility; Software Application Portfolio; Complexity; Applications and Software; Forecasting and Prediction
Lagerstrom, Robert, Carliss Y. Baldwin, Alan MacCormack, and David Dreyfus. "Visualizing and Measuring Software Portfolio Architectures: A Flexibility Analysis." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-083, March 2014.
- 2012
- Article
The Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services: An Economic Analysis
By: Mohammad Arzaghi, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis and Alvin J. Silk
We address a puzzle surrounding the shift from bundling to unbundling of U.S. advertising agency services and the slow pace of change over several decades. We model an agency’s decision as a tradeoff between the fixed cost to the advertiser of establishing a... View Details
Keywords: Bundling; Unbundling; Advertising Agency Services; Fixed Cost; Higher Media Prices; Volume; Diversification; Advertising; Change; Advertising Industry; United States
Arzaghi, Mohammad, Ernst R. Berndt, James C. Davis, and Alvin J. Silk. "The Unbundling of Advertising Agency Services: An Economic Analysis." Review of Marketing Science 10, no. 1 (2012).
- 1960
- Other Unpublished Work
Radio Station WCMF - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox and J. Sterling Livingston
- 1961
- Other Unpublished Work
Radio Station WECB - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox and J. Sterling Livingston
- 1983
- Other Unpublished Work
Orbiting Space Observatory - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox