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- 15 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 15, 2008
the technology bubble to examine the hypothesis that inexperienced investors play a role in the formation of asset price bubbles. Using age as a proxy for managers' investment experience, we find that around the peak of the technology... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Tipping Point
Kenyan coffee farm. The price of coffee beans on the global market is under $1 a pound, while the actual cost to produce that pound is between $1.62 and $2. The coffee farms are profitable only when they rely on free labor, typically from... View Details
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
private equity partner, was planning its options after seven years of investment. There were four growth levers Mavi could pull, but each involved selecting one growth path while neglecting another. Should the company invest in growth domestically or internationally?... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Case Study: Moment in the Sun
173, 2007) Go big or go home. Instead of competing against the “heavies” in a “land grab,” Ario should position itself as a target for acquisition or as a partner. The heavies and the IPO market value innovative tech and business models... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
state-of-the-art graphics, to target the right audience, and to measure responses instantly. But many experts contend that Internet advertising is still in its infancy. There is a widely held belief that in the future we will compare... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 16 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
Researchers Use Google Street View to See the Future of Cities
safety. “Surprisingly, income and housing prices had little correlation with improvement” Next, they obtained Street View images from the same streets captured in 2007 and 2014. After algorithmically removing image pairs containing... View Details
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Rocket Science Retailing
sales data. Early product sales, appropriately adjusted for variations in price and availability, are an excellent predictor of overall sales (see the exhibit "No Need for a Crystal Ball"). In fact, retailers that exploit these... View Details
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
sales began to slide. While Steinhafel believed that Target's long-term strategy and positioning were right, he pondered a set of strategic and operational challenges. Did Target have the right mix of offensive and defensive tactics to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Apr 2004
- What Do You Think?
Should We Brace Ourselves for Another Era of M&A Value Destruction?
into the acquisition price that it is difficult to realize value for the acquirers? Is the information regarding human resources just too difficult to obtain during a sensitive acquisition process? Or do acquirers talk a good game about... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Case Study: A Souped-Up Strategy
interests, and then reserve their spot. Hosts set the price of their meals, and Bookalokal earns a commission on each meal. Soon after launching the site, however, Bookalokal's market expanded. It turns out that local diners—especially... View Details
- 21 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 21, 2008
higher prices can increase use, either by targeting distribution to high-use households (a screening effect), or by stimulating use psychologically through a sunk-cost effect. We develop a methodology for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
targeted firms. These results suggest a need to check the power of NPEs through changes in U.S. IP policy, in particular to screen out trolling early in the litigation process. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
A. G. Lafley, MBA 1977
P&G recently reported the strongest earnings in its long history, and its stock price has doubled since 2000. Key ingredients in the company's resurgence include innovation, micromarketing, and an emphasis on nurturing talent. Notes... View Details
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
for new features. Our paper introduces a dynamic mixed duopoly model in which a profit-maximizing competitor (Microsoft) interacts with a competitor that prices at zero (Linux), with the installed base affecting their relative values over... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Case Study: The Credit Bureau
Mobley cart them away. The concept resonates with Mobley’s target customers, who for now are in the NYC area (where the company is based), although its service areas will change to keep pace with shifting demands, Ramírez says. “The... View Details
- 17 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood
Television (both owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.), paid in excess of $22 million to acquire the film's global distribution rights. Students are asked to make some of the same cost-to-benefit analyses considered by Singh and his team: Should the mass-market View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
delivery business in a number of countries, including the UK, France, Italy, Brazil, and Canada. It went public in 2014, became a FTSE-100 company in 2017, and is currently worth $5 billion. That’s the price of an incorrect answer to... View Details
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Prior stock price peaks of targets affect several aspects of merger and acquisition activity. Offer prices are biased toward recent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
David Grabowski, and David Cutler Abstract— Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) has been credited with lowering risk-adjusted readmission rates for targeted conditions at general acute care hospitals. However, these... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Jun 2008
- Research & Ideas
Rethinking Retirement Planning
to be known as the Black-Scholes option pricing model. "Don't misunderstand me—getting some education about your financial affairs is a good idea, just as having some understanding of your medical needs is a good idea," Merton... View Details