Costco - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 May 2010
Research & Ideas

Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends

Starbucks, and Costco would emerge from there a decade or so later? If so, this has strong implications for policymakers interested in, say, improving Detroit's economic prospects. View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2005
What Do You Think?

Is There an “Efficient Market” in CEO Compensation?

tax. This has effectively capped salaries, but invites unlimited compensation in other forms. Several high-performing companies such as Costco Wholesale and Whole Foods Markets limit CEO pay to some multiple of the average salary paid to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers

Universal Desire for More Equal Pay" by Sorapop Kiatpongsan and Michael I. Norton, copyright 2014, Perspectives on Psychological Science "Executive Paywatch: High-paid CEOs and the Low-Wage Economy," copyright 2015, AFL-CIO Thinking back to the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

16 May 2018
News

ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup

Alumni Runner-up prize with Magma Trading, a stock market for block-size trades that he calls “the Costco of trading.” Benoit Dupont (PLDA 20, 2016) (Europe region) took the $5,000 Crowd Favorite prize with his pitch for WeMaintain, a... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

restaurants in the LA area and sold frozen dumplings and other Korean foods in Costco across the U.S., and KCON.tv, a digital media channel, were experiencing commercial success in the U.S. market. But at the same time, there was some... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

27 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

The Coffee Economy That Bloomed Out of Nowhere

example, the California-based Rogers Family Company exports coffee from its farm, Finca Peru Paris, and sells it at major retail outlets such as Costco stores on the west coast of the United States. Lurtz points out that the most... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Food & Beverage; Agriculture & Agribusiness

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

broad-assortment retailers are facing impacts across almost every category in their stores. Reading the commentary of equity analysts, one is impressed by the extent to which supercenters like Walmart and warehouse clubs like Costco have... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

13 Jan 2021
News

Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

Europe that had exposure to Costco before. Morrell: Amira had something of a Silicon Valley mindset in the first days of BulkWhiz. She was ready to move fast, break things, prove the demand for her product, and then scale. That kind of... View Details

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