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- 17 Nov 2015
- Lessons from the Classroom
How Activist Investors Became Respectable
sometimes be thin and their conclusions questionable. But in an era of chronically slow economic growth, activists will find shareholders increasingly open to their overtures. Let the record show that they have evolved from slightly disreputable players on the View Details
- 15 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Lessons Not Learned About Innovation
rare, but too many executives swing for the fences with each new innovation. This not only marginalizes people who work on smaller projects, but also tends to result in projects modeled on existing market successes—that is, not that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 17
majority of newsvendor settings. When demands are uncensored, subjects tend to order below the normative quantity when facing high margin and above the normative quantity when facing low margin, but in neither case beyond mean demand... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
guidance on the design of optimal call patterns in route sales. Our analyses reveal that the long-term persistence effect of detailing is more pronounced for specialist physicians, whereas the contemporaneous marginal effect is higher for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
analytics revolution when they hired former Wall Street trader Ernie Adams in 2000. Yet another example can be seen in New England’s propensity to exploit league rules to gain a marginal advantage. For example, in a 2015 playoff game... View Details
- 08 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 8
to sell condoms are randomly allocated to four groups. Agents in the control group are hired as volunteers, whereas agents in the three treatment groups receive, respectively, a small monetary margin on each pack sold, a large margin, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
this framework for the time path of U.S. policy require central parameters of the model, namely the elasticity of taxable income or the marginal social welfare weights on top earners, to take unconventional values. We use inferred social... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
consumers who have access to vouchers must generally be lower than those of consumers who do not have access to vouchers. Offering vouchers tends to be more profitable for firms that are patient or relatively unknown and for firms with low View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 17
margin and penny profit are discussed. The note gives students a foundation for analyzing marketing cases, as well as providing an analytical structure and process for completing a marketing plan. The note is accompanied by a free Excel... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
variance. The second is the latent components approach suggesting the importance of sensitivity to losses and diminishing sensitivity to marginal increases in payoffs. The third approach, risk acceptance, relates to the willingness to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration. F. Warren McFarlan: Donations matter more than ever This is the time when tangible support really matters as the funding sources are drying up for so many social enterprises. Your support may be the View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 03 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
Authenticity over Exaggeration: The New Rule in Advertising
for example, it diminishes that person and marginalizes the brand," Deighton says. "I think the central idea here is that in the future, brands will be more talked about than talking." View Details
- 22 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 22, 2007
other distortions measured in the literature. The second uncertain policy we consider concerns marginal tax rates. We obtain similar results once we adjust for the impact of tax rates on income. Download the paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
ethanol from corn. The cooperative has performed well in comparison to other producers, but margins in the industry had declined as industry production levels neared market demand limits. MME farmers needed to decide whether to take... View Details
- 21 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 21, 2009
distinguishing between direct and complementary spillovers, we examine (1) the extent to which a hospital's specialization in areas related to cardiovascular care directly impacts performance in cardiovascular care (direct spillovers) and (2) whether the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
hospital-year observations and 59 mergers, reveals differences in post-merger customer-mix reconfiguration strategies. For-profit hospitals increase their share of the insured patients and decrease their share of uninsured patients after the merger, while non-profit... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
How to Use Free Shipping as a Competitive Weapon
seller." Shoppers who come closest to the free-shipping threshold generally represent the lowest margin orders for the seller. "It's particularly damaging," says Ngwe, "when you realize shoppers are filling their... View Details
- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
between Microsoft and Intel. Tech companies contend with high, upfront fixed costs and low marginal costs. They deal with the effect of standards in locking in customers and raising switching costs. With the unique aspects of the... View Details
- 07 Nov 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is Less Becoming More?
these marginal differentiators and expend their creative efforts on new products and processes that create value, instead of slapping a new coat of paint on shopworn goods." Sandi Edgar wrote, "Instead of trying to weed out new... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
companies feared that the precedent set by the South African move would undermine their control over valuable intellectual property in the developing world. But the suit sparked international outrage against the industry, prompting a very public and unflattering look... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman