Problems and Challenges - Publications - Faculty & Research

June 2007
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Race-Based Judgments, Race-Neutral Justifications: Experimental Examination of Peremptory Use and the Batson Challenge Procedure

By: Samuel R. Sommers and Michael I. Norton

01 Jun 2020
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Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?

organization and prepared to challenge its own doctrines about how it operates to drive more resilient features into the entire platform (e.g. supplier partnerships and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

10 Dec 2012
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How Nonprofits Can Use Data to Solve the World’s Problems

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

associates; and building deeper roots in our communities. Audrey Choi (MBA 2004) Chief Sustainability Officer and CEO, Institute for Sustainable Investing, Morgan Stanley Now Is the Time for Bold Leadership... View Details

02 Mar 2016
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Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?

Silicon Valley deceiving itself in thinking that security and privacy in the use of its products can be preserved? Is Apple’s refusal to unlock the phone, as important as it is to its business future, anything more than an effort to delay... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

25 Apr 2014
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Making travel possible for people with physical challenges

Darren Brehm (MBA 2007) launched an online travel guide and mobile app to help people with physical challenges find accessible hotels, restaurants, and activities, as well as... View Details

January 2013 (Revised June 2014)
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Key Challenges of Applying IFRS to Islamic Finance

By: David F. Hawkins and Lee Hodder

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December 2007
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Bias in Jury Selection: Justifying Prohibited Peremptory Challenges

By: Michael I. Norton, Samuel R. Sommers and Sara Brauner

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2013
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How Concentrated Is the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services Industry? Myth vs. Reality

By: Alvin J. Silk and Charles King III

We analyze changes in concentration levels in the U.S. Advertising and Marketing Services industry using data from the U.S. Census Bureau's quinquennial Economic Census and the Service Annual Survey. These data, heretofore largely ignored, allow us to redress some of... View Details

Keywords: Concentration Levels; Data; U.S. Census Bureau’s Quinquennial Economic Census And The Service Annual Survey; Measurement Problems; Herfindahl-Hirschman Index; Concentration Ratios; Advertising; Advertising Industry; North and Central America

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March 2014
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Uptake of Rapid Diagnostic Tests: A Development Challenge

By: Nava Ashraf, Andrew Boozary and Kristin Johnson

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Pandemics; Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias; Zambia

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05 Jul 2016
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Mobilizing 'Big Teams' For The World's Biggest Challenges

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Selling your Heritage: The Challenge of Legacy Divestitures

This paper studies companies that diversify away from and later divest their historical cores, or "legacy" businesses. There are many reasons a firm might undertake this strategy, including a concentration of the legacy business in a declining... View Details