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  • 13 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?

sacred; business cherishes results. Science should be about openness; business is about secrecy. Science demands validity; business requires utility. So, the tensions are deep. What has happened is that we have tried to mash these two... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Biotechnology
  • June 2008
  • Article

How Are Preferences Revealed?

By: John Beshears, James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian
Revealed preferences are tastes that rationalize an economic agent's observed actions. Normative preferences represent the agent's actual interests. It sometimes makes sense to assume that revealed preferences are identical to normative preferences. But there are many... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Attitudes; Microeconomics
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  • 26 Jun 2007
  • Working Paper Summaries

Contracting in the Self-reporting Economy

Keywords: by Romana L. Autrey & Richard Sansing; Accounting
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

Do Not Trash the Incentive! Monetary Incentives and Waste Sorting

By: Alessandro Bucciol, Natalia Montinari and Marco Piovesan
This paper examines whether monetary incentives are an effective tool for increasing domestic waste sorting. We exploit the exogenous variation in the pricing systems experienced during the 1999-2008 decade by the 95 municipalities in the district of Treviso (Italy).... View Details
Keywords: Household; Cost Management; Consumer Behavior; Wastes and Waste Processing; Motivation and Incentives; Public Administration Industry; Italy
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  • 16 Nov 2010
  • First Look

First Look: November 16, 2010

populations. While we have considerable evidence that donors are more generous if they know their assistance benefits a preferred group, we know little about the demand for such information. To start closing this gap, we study transfers... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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An Exploration of Marketing's Impact on Society: A Perspective Linked to Democracy

By: John A. Quelch and Katherine Jocz
The authors propose a political theory perspective for examining the impact of the modern aggregate marketing system on consumer welfare and society. Specifically, they suggest that the benefits marketing delivers to consumers are similar to the conditions required for... View Details
Keywords: Government and Politics; Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Welfare
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  • 01 Apr 2024
  • In Practice

Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes

businesses need to know in 2024. Alexander MacKay: Focus on finding balance Since 2021, as companies faced supply shocks and changes to demand in an inflationary period, executives have increasingly focused on consumer price elasticities.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Retail; Consumer Products
  • 26 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 26, 2016

June 2016 PLoS ONE Social and Spatial Clustering of People at Humanity's Largest Gathering By: Barnett, Ian, Tarun Khanna, and Jukka-Pekka Onnela Abstract—Macroscopic behavior of scientific and societal systems results from the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Saving and Consumption Responses to Student Loan Forbearance

By: Justin Katz
How do households adjust savings and consumption in response to liquidity from debt relief? I study this question using policy variation induced by federal student loan forbearance in the 2020 CARES Act and an individual-level panel of daily financial transactions for... View Details
Keywords: Saving; Consumer Behavior; Borrowing and Debt; Interest Rates; Financial Liquidity; Personal Finance; Government Legislation
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  • 24 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018

April 2018 Management Science Offline Showrooms in Omni-channel Retail: Demand and Operational Benefits By: Bell, David R., Santiago Gallino, and Antonio Moreno Abstract—Omnichannel environments where customers shop online and offline at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Strategy and Execution for Emerging Markets

founder wants to take that model and replicate it in Brazil, for example, he needs logistics and financing infrastructure. Even if the demand for flat-panel TVs exists, he can't just go and do the same thing. The Vizio example highlights... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • September–October 2013
  • Article

The Dynamic Advertising Effect of Collegiate Athletics

By: Doug J. Chung
I measure the spillover effect of intercollegiate athletics on the quantity and quality of applicants to institutions of higher education in the United States, popularly known as the "Flutie Effect." I treat athletic success as a stock of goodwill that decays over... View Details
Keywords: Choice Modeling; Entertainment Marketing; Heterogeneity; Panel Data; Structural Modeling; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Higher Education; Ethics; Consumer Behavior; Advertising; Sports; Advertising Industry; Education Industry
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  • 27 Feb 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Why Companies Should Share Their DEI Data (Even When It’s Unflattering)

pandemic’s uneven demands on labor markets and supply chains. The study notes that Amazon’s 2020 EEO-1 suggested that three in five workers hired to cover the pandemic surge in sales were people of color, but only 3.6 percent of its... View Details
Keywords: by Shalene Gupta
  • Research Summary

Output and asset price fluctuations

What are the sources of business cycles? How are these shocks propagated in the economy? Why are their effects so persistent? How can we explain asset price fluctuations? How are shocks transmitted internationally?To study these questions, I have developed a series... View Details

  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

Based on the fact that stores prioritize carrying products for which local demand is high, we test the hypothesis that introducing the STS functionality increased the retailer’s overall sales dispersion. We find that, on average, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 22, 2015

International Management Entrepreneurial Imagination and a Demand and Supply-side Perspective on the MNE and Cross-border Organization By: Jones, Geoffrey, and Christos Pitelis Abstract—This article explores the role of entrepreneurial... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 09 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 9, 2016

formulating a strategy, markets and segments are typically important categories. But only customers buy. Hence, for most firms, de facto strategy and much resource allocation are the aggregate result of the deals their salespeople close.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

the possible exception of the first. Managers work within this system and their team members understand that they are constrained by it. Managers who succeed at meeting their team members’ drive to acquire: Set clear expectations by which performance is evaluated View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
  • 07 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

The Better Way to Forecast the Future

Whether it’s booking a hotel, renting a movie, or buying a car, many of us consult multiple reviews before deciding. It’s called aggregating opinions, and we do it without even thinking about it. Crowdsourcing works so well, in fact, says... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 26 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

Shi, Thales S. Teixeira, and Michel Wedel Abstract—Consumers have an increasingly wide variety of options available to entertain themselves. This poses a challenge for content aggregators who want to effectively promote their video... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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