COST Control - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

How Software Platforms Revolutionize Business

including streaming content). Even the best product design will end up subordinated to the best multi-sided platform. Software platforms have also been the source of much creative destruction. The reduction in transaction costs and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services

17 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

forthcoming Handbook of International Trade and Transportation Transportation Cost and the Geography of Foreign Investment By: Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Chen Abstract—Falling transportation costs and rapid... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 May 2020
News

Better Than Cash

in sanitation or health or education, it starts with a payment system everyone can use.” Goodwin-Groen offers the example of a mother who has to pay for her children’s schooling once each semester. She needs to save money for several months to do so; in low-income... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

Short Takes

who doesn't stockpile at all risks getting an inferior deal the next time around. Retailers' ability to control their inventory storage costs also plays an important role in this balancing act. As Chun... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

30 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

capital are also important for the effect of FDI on economic growth. Download working paper: http://papers.nber.org/papers/W12522 A New Framework for Analyzing and Managing Macrofinancial Risks of an Economy Authors:Dale F. Gray, Robert C. Merton, and Zvi Bodie... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2017
News

Flight Path

engineers devoted a good chunk of 2015 and most of 2016 to developing a drone that could be piloted in real time through a complex, three-dimensional course of gates and obstacles. That meant creating a lightning-fast radio system and View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

30 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Reflecting on my service

$4,000,000 of equipment and challenged to become fluent in Pashto. By twenty-two, I was part of a small team leading hundreds of men on the battlefield, conducting dozens of raids and capturing Taliban leaders to destabilize the insurgency. Unfortunately, the most... View Details

17 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Let Customers Call the Shots

definition of that for the layman? How long has the concept been around in marketing? Wathieu: The idea involves letting consumers take control of variables that are conventionally pre-determined by marketers: product characteristics,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

20 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

information technology companies. When I analyzed founder versus non-founder compensation, I found that there is a large "founder discount" (averaging about $30,000 a year), even after controlling for all of the other... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

16 May 2011
Research & Ideas

What Loyalty? High-End Customers are First to Flee

service quality are more or less immune from the high-end challenger. These findings suggest that before mounting a counterattack on a competitor's incursion, it's important to understand your customer priorities and your business's place along the service View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2022
News

Case Study: Glass Half Full

extensions that would justify the heavy investment necessary to build a brand outside of Amazon. The question is whether there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Should Humpierres risk leaving Amazon in order to retain more control of the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2018
News

Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers

sector has been dominated by big players. A few buyers like Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland dominate global commodity trades, while a cluster of conglomerates like Monsanto and DuPont control vital farm inputs like seeds and chemicals,... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

02 Oct 2008
What Do You Think?

Workout vs. Bailout: Should Government Take Advantage of the Buffett Effect?

to have cost citizens about $200 billion, a sum that went to those who were more expert at determining value than the government's representatives. The proposal would have immediate effects, but they might not be as noticeable to "Main... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

paper, "Cost of External Finance and Selection into Entrepreneurship," Nanda looks at how entrepreneurial activity is affected across various groups of individuals when a tax reform increases the cost of financing a business.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

07 Apr 2011
What Do You Think?

When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?

them lack of public credit for prevention (as opposed to recovery), political opposition to preemptive actions, and the sheer cost of insuring against meltdowns (Phil Clark). David Physick responds with questions: "Is the question... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

20 Jan 2015
News

Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized

health care system. Bushkin’s unassuming item is MedKaz®, a 4-GB flash drive carried on a keychain or in a wallet that can hold a lifetime of medical records, giving patients control over their data and providing a full picture for... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

21 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

risen to economic and business prominence in many industries. This paper first lays out a simple micro-founded framework that aims to organize academic and managerial thinking about MSPs. It argues that any MSP performs one or both among two fundamental functions:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Feb 2000
Research & Ideas

Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care

at its upper end." Christensen sees the same pattern in health care. Sophisticated procedures and treatments, along with an abundance of highly trained professionals, have combined to drive costs out of sight. Today's general... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

12 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

mutually agreed-upon transfers with compensation and are located within the task network. Placing a transaction in a particular location in turn requires work to define, count (or measure), and pay for the transacted objects. The costs of... View Details