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Overcoming Large-N, Small-T Issues in Asset Pricing Tests
The large-N, small-T (i.e. large cross-section, short time series) nature of our asset data presents serious estimation problems for empirical asset pricing. In response, the literature tests asset pricing models against 10-25 test assets or portfolios. A... View Details
- January 2011 (Revised April 2014)
- Case
Uptake of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests
By: Nava Ashraf, Natalie Kindred and Richard Sedlmayr
This case describes barriers to adoption of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Zambia and highlights the importance of understanding end users in promoting product adoption. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are simple, easy-to-use tools that provide a relatively reliable,... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Pandemics; Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias; Health Industry; Zambia
Ashraf, Nava, Natalie Kindred, and Richard Sedlmayr. "Uptake of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests." Harvard Business School Case 911-007, January 2011. (Revised April 2014.) (Request a courtesy copy.)
- 03 Dec 2013
- News
PISA Test Results For U.S. Students Are 'Sobering'
- January 2006 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)
By: Debora L. Spar
In 1996, a meningitis epidemic swept across Nigeria. Thousands of children were struck and, lacking appropriate medicine, were liable to die from the disease. Doctors at Pfizer had an antibiotic that could probably save most of these children's lives. The drug was new,... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Health Pandemics; Health Testing and Trials; Developing Countries and Economies; Pharmaceutical Industry; Nigeria
Spar, Debora L., and Adam Day. "Drug Testing in Nigeria (A)." Harvard Business School Case 706-033, January 2006. (Revised July 2006.)
- October 1988 (Revised April 1993)
- Case
Seligram, Inc.: Electronic Testing Operations
Explores the obsolescence of a cost system when technology changes. In particular, it asks students to increase the number of cost center and allocation bases. The firm moves from a one-center, direct labor-hour system to a three-center, direct labor-hour and... View Details
Cooper, Robin. "Seligram, Inc.: Electronic Testing Operations." Harvard Business School Case 189-084, October 1988. (Revised April 1993.)
- February 2001
- Article
Sequential Testing in Product Development
By: S. Thomke and David E. Bell
Thomke, S., and David E. Bell. "Sequential Testing in Product Development." Management Science 47, no. 2 (February 2001).
- March 2006 (Revised July 2006)
- Supplement
Drug Testing in Nigeria (B)
By: Debora L. Spar
Spar, Debora L., and Adam Day. "Drug Testing in Nigeria (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 706-042, March 2006. (Revised July 2006.)
- 14 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing
If there is one job that many software analysts and programmers cannot stand, it is testing software on the path to launch. The grinding concentration and repetitive nature of the tasks serve to drive many techies around the bend.... View Details
- March 2005
- Article
Testing for Agglomeration and Dispersion
By: Marc Rysman and Shane Greenstein
Rysman, Marc, and Shane Greenstein. "Testing for Agglomeration and Dispersion." Economics Letters 86, no. 3 (March 2005): 405–411.
- 2013
- Working Paper
Testing Coleman's Social-Norm Enforcement Mechanism: Evidence from Wikipedia
By: Mikolaj J. Piskorski and Andreea Gorbatai
Since Durkheim, sociologists have believed that dense network structures lead to fewer norm violations. Coleman (1990) proposed one mechanism generating this relationship and argued that dense networks provide an opportunity structure to reward those who punish norm... View Details
Keywords: Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Information Publishing; Social and Collaborative Networks; Social Issues; Societal Protocols
Piskorski, Mikolaj J., and Andreea Gorbatai. "Testing Coleman's Social-Norm Enforcement Mechanism: Evidence from Wikipedia." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-055, December 2010. (Revised September 2011, March 2013.)
- June 2023
- Article
National Customer Orientation: An Empirical Test across 112 Countries
By: Ofer Mintz, Imran S. Currim and Rohit Deshpandé
Customer orientation is a central tenet of marketing. However, less is known about how customer orientation varies across countries and time. Mintz, Currim, and Deshpandé (Eur. J. Mark., 56: 1014–1041, 2022) propose a country-level construct, national customer... View Details
Mintz, Ofer, Imran S. Currim, and Rohit Deshpandé. "National Customer Orientation: An Empirical Test across 112 Countries." Marketing Letters 34, no. 2 (June 2023): 189–204.
- 22 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
LM Wind Power Test and Validation Center
student essays that highlight their reflections. When we visited LM Wind Power’s Test and Validation Center in Lunderskov, Denmark, we saw how they work to optimize the efficiency and safety of their blades through a variety of View Details
- 06 Sep 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
Experimentation and Startup Performance: Evidence from A/B Testing
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Empirical Tests of Information Aggregation
- February 1977 (Revised January 1982)
- Case
Bay Area Test Instruments, Inc.
Schmenner, Roger W. "Bay Area Test Instruments, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 677-186, February 1977. (Revised January 1982.)
- 15 Sep 2008
- News
Teaching To The New Test
- May 2001
- Article
Parallel and Sequential Testing of Design Alternatives
By: C. Loch, C. Terwiesch and S. Thomke
Keywords: Design
Loch, C., C. Terwiesch, and S. Thomke. "Parallel and Sequential Testing of Design Alternatives." Management Science 47, no. 5 (May 2001).
- February 2021
- Article
Testing the Waters: Behavior across Participant Pools
By: Erik Snowberg and Leeat Yariv
We leverage a large-scale incentivized survey eliciting behaviors from (almost) an entire university student population, a representative sample of the U.S. population, and Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) to address concerns about the external validity of experiments... View Details
Keywords: Lab Selection; External Validity; Experiments; Behavior; Surveys; Analytics and Data Science; Analysis
Snowberg, Erik, and Leeat Yariv. "Testing the Waters: Behavior across Participant Pools." American Economic Review 111, no. 2 (February 2021): 687–719.
- 24 Feb 2016
- News
Why It's Best to Take Tests Early in the Day
- September 1986
- Article
A Taxed-Based Test for Nominal Rigidities
By: J. J. Rotemberg, James Poterba and Lawrence Summers
Keywords: Taxation
Rotemberg, J. J., James Poterba, and Lawrence Summers. "A Taxed-Based Test for Nominal Rigidities." American Economic Review 76, no. 4 (September 1986): 659–675.