Modeling And Analysis - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

run? “It's a question of who will make money and which business models are effective” "There's a huge opportunity to make money here," Henderson, codirector of the Business & Environment... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Utilities

02 Jul 2001
What Do You Think?

Built to Last or Bought to Sell?

preclude considering the option of knocking down and starting all over again if that's what is best for the business ... (but) Kaplan & Foster [authors of the book] seem to be recommending destruction for its own sake." Readers... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

11 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

Riding the Internet Fast Track

business model. If the model is characterized by increasing returns, demand begets still greater demand, as illustrated by eBay's success. A business may also benefit from significant scale economies if big up-front investments View Details

Keywords: by Peter Jacobs

05 Dec 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Marketing

marketing and other expenses to grow the business, and to develop a more accurate estimate of firm value. Using a model for valuing networked customers, Gupta found that in an... View Details

04 Mar 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar

radio—featuring recordings of actual calls for help. Whereas individual car makes and models were usually marketed separately, Huber's team wanted OnStar to have its own distinct brand across the fleet.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto

04 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

The Business of Global Poverty

is increasingly being called on to be part of the solution. How business can do this most effectively is the focus of the GPP's research and scholarly activity. Multinationals Leading The Way While GPP faculty note that it is too early to... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

29 Apr 2008
Research Event

Venture Capital

U.S. economy and policy. Among the major points of discussion: The importance of right-hand tail companies. Distribution of returns and the tensions between limited and general... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

November 1999 (Revised November 2000)
Case

International Business Machines Corporation (C)

By: David F. Hawkins

A financial analyst is examining IBM's 1998 tax note to understand better how the company's 1998 tax note was determined. Teaching purpose: Illustrates deferred tax accounting. View Details

Keywords: History; Earnings Management; Taxation; Decision Making; Business Model; Business Earnings; Information Infrastructure; Mathematical Methods; Private Sector; Accounting Audits; Accounting Industry; Computer Industry

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Educators

Purchase

26 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

What Perceived Power Brings to Negotiations

organizational rank would indicate—recognized experience in a particular style of negotiation, for example. Can such "perceived relative power" make a difference at the table? The short answer is yes. In "Perceived Relative Power View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

14 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

The World in Your Palm?

As makers of everything engage in an all-out features war to cram the most services, accessories, and functions into a single product, the real question for many is this: Does the consumer really want an all-in-one digital device? A panel... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Do We Tax?

There is a mismatch between what many scholars assume is the purpose of taxes and what most people believe for themselves. That mismatch means that the advice experts offer to policymakers and citizens... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Legal Services

13 Jul 2022
Book

Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?

governance structures and norms in place, businesses could help put people, including their workers, and the planet back at their core. Through a series of essays, the book exposes the fault lines between... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

16 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Depression or Euphoria? Navigating the Market’s Mood Swings

to ask themselves what their needs really are, he said, as well as whether the company has a solid economic model and has people capable of formulating good strategy and... View Details

Keywords: by Carrie Levine

22 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

An Economic Principle For Us All: Comparative Advantage

world output and thus consumption and living standards. On the basis of a simple model with just two countries and two goods, he showed that... View Details

Keywords: Re: David A. Moss

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

hundred and fifty volunteers helped screen and interview the applicants who met the September 6 deadline. Winning applicants then received hands-on coaching from McKinsey & Co. View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Jun 2013
Research & Ideas

Advertising Symbiosis: The Key to Viral Videos

at any time. Researchers collaborating with Teixeira then measured the participants' emotional responses with a combination of eye-tracking technology and facial expression analysis software. Click to watch.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

Preetham commented. Omer E. put it this way: "What this suggests is nothing more than the emergence of changing political tides." In fact, in M. F. Procaccini's words, "the whole 'mixed economy' models of the 20th Century... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

16 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Researchers Contribute Globalization of Markets Papers

at the failure of the Japanese economy in light of Levitt's insights. When Levitt wrote "The Globalization of Markets" in 1983, Japanese companies were held up as model competitors. Today, the Japanese economy View Details

Keywords: by Working Knowledge editors

13 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Global Investments Are Still a Good Bet

they become bullish about stocks. These sentiment waves correct themselves, and fundamentals prevail in the long run.” Viceira and his colleagues used a complex econometric View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

20 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak

worse than the financial crisis,” says Mills, who led the United States Small Business Administration from 2009 to 2013. “Many small businesses will not survive more than a month.” Small businesses have been scaling down and temporarily... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Service; Food & Beverage

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