Publications

19 Oct 2022
News

Number One in Formula One

2007
Article

Pairwise Comparison and Numbers Skepticism

By: Nien-he Hsieh, Alan Strudler and David H. Wasserman

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January 2015 (Revised March 2018)
Case

The Stories Behind the Numbers

By: Steven Rogers and Francisco L. Roman

Article

Improved Bounds on the Sizes of S.P Numbers

By: Paul Myer Kominers and Scott Duke Kominers

A number which is S.P in base r is a positive integer which is equal to the sum of its base-r digits multiplied by the product of its base-r digits. These numbers have been studied extensively in The Mathematical Gazette. Recently, Shah Ali... View Details

Keywords: Mathematical Methods

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17 Jun 2020
News

Covid-19 is distorting inflation numbers around the world

May 2017 (Revised June 2017)
Case

ATH Technologies (A): Making the Numbers

By: Robert Simons and Jennifer Packard

An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) refocusing process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must... View Details

Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Balancing Innovation And Control; Performance Management; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Profit; Geographic Location; Governance Controls; Innovation and Invention; Management Succession; Performance Evaluation; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry

10 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

How Numbers Talk to People

one reason: a death in the customer's family. A look at the number of waivers showed double-digit growth for the past three years. Either there was a death epidemic, or customers had figured out they could get their money back this way.... View Details

10 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Hard Numbers on Social Investments

purpose companies have the potential to produce positive IRRs. However, because of the unique problem of exit that these companies seem to exhibit, their ability to provide market rates of return as an asset class are limited. A number of... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

April 1995 (Revised October 1995)
Case

Unemployment in France: "Priority Number One"

By: David A. Moss

Explores the problem of French unemployment on the eve of the presidential elections of 1995. Traces the development of social and economic policies under President Mitterrand and surveys leading explanations for the nation's mounting unemployment crisis. One major... View Details

Keywords: Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Employment; Economics; Government and Politics; Political Elections; Social Issues; Wages; France

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Patent search: a given number search

When a number is cited in a literature but I am not sure if it is a patent application or a issued patent number, what should I do? Here is an example: the given number found in a literature is 4021865. You... View Details

02 Jul 2011
News

The Moral Behind All the Numbers

April 2012
Article

Storybook-keepers: Numbers and Narratives in Nineteenth-Century America

To give an account of something is to tell a story about it, and to hold someone accountable is to make him responsible for that story. This essay explores the ways bookkeepers wove numbers into narratives and the way the stories they told influence their... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Accounting; United States

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August 1981 (Revised September 1985)
Background Note

How to Avoid Getting Lost in the Numbers

Provides some hints and tips to students who encounter difficulty in performing quantitative analyses of case studies. Describes how to approach the numbers and suggests devices they can use to overcome their problems. View Details

Keywords: Measurement and Metrics; Cases