Online Price Index - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Dec 2006
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Fixing Price Tag Confusion

rental charge and a charge for the remote. Do partitioned prices help the consumer make an informed decision or just add to his or her confusion? Do partitioned prices increase demand? Is an View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

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01 Mar 2016
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Faculty Q&A: Price Check

17 Aug 2016
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The Empirical Economics of Online Attention

Keywords: by Andre Boik, Shane Greenstein, and Jeffrey Prince; Media & Broadcasting

December 2023
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What Can Stockouts Tell Us About Inflation? Evidence from Online Micro Data

By: Alberto Cavallo and Oleksiy Kryvtsov

We use a detailed micro dataset on product availability and stockouts to construct a direct high-frequency measure of consumer product shortages during the 2020-2022 pandemic. We document a widespread multi-fold rise in stockouts in nearly all sectors early in the... View Details

Keywords: Prices; Stockouts; Inventories; Supply Disruptions; COVID-19 Pandemic; Supply Chain; Product; Demand and Consumers

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Dot.com: Online Pet Retailing

By: Tom Nicholas and David Chen

From 1995 to 1999, the U.S. experienced a period of tremendous growth in its information technology (IT) sector. The IT industry, although it accounted for less than 10% of the U.S. economy's total output, contributed disproportionately to economic growth. One market... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Price Bubble; Growth and Development Strategy; Failure; Competitive Strategy; Online Technology; Retail Industry

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13 May 2016
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A billion prices can't be wrong

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Professor Israeli utilizes econometric methods and field experiments to study pricing and channel management. Her current research examines how the prevalence of the online channel affects both the interactions between manufacturers and their downstream channel... View Details

Keywords: Pricing; Pricing Policies; Channel Management; Online Marketing; Online Retail; Field Experiment; Analytics; Econometric Analysis

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Professor Israeli utilizes econometric methods and field experiments to study pricing and channel management. Her current research examines how the prevalence of the online channel affects both the interactions between manufacturers and their downstream channel... View Details

Keywords: Pricing; Pricing Policies; Channel Management; Online Marketing; Online Retail; Field Experiment; Analytics; Econometric Analysis

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09 Feb 2012
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Sharpening Your Skills: Online Marketing

Questions To Be Answered: What's the strategy for managing consumer reviews on my site? Do people watch online video ads?. How can I get more out of my customer loyalty campaign? Are online coupon programs... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Technology

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Summer 2013
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Real Estate Prices During the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression

By: Tom Nicholas and Anna Scherbina

Using new data on market-based transactions we construct real estate price indexes for Manhattan between 1920 and 1939. During the 1920s prices reached their highest level in the third quarter of 1929 before falling by 67% at the end of 1932 and hovering around that... View Details

Keywords: Property; Market Transactions; Price; Value; Financial Crisis; Investment; Real Estate Industry; New York (state, US)

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March–April 2020
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Pricing Policies that Protect your Brand

By: Ayelet Israeli and Eugene F. Zelek Jr.

When customers seek out online deals, it seems like a win for everybody: Brands, retailers, dealers, and distributors sell more goods, and buyers get a bargain. What's not to like? Here's the problem: Lured by rock-bottom online prices, customers often end up dealing... View Details

Keywords: Price; Policy; Brands and Branding; E-commerce

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Awards

INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Practice Award

By: Kris Johnson Ferreira

Winner of the 2014 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Revenue Management and Pricing Section Practice Award with Murali Narayanaswamy, Philip Roizin, Jonathan Waggoner, Bin Hong Alex Lee, and David Simchi-Levi for "Analytics for an... View Details

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Options: Historical Prices

How do I find historical option prices? Options Metrics via WRDS provides historical price and implied volatility data for the U.S. equity and index options markets, on an option by option basis. Once you... View Details

01 Dec 2007
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Faculty Research Online

HBS Working Knowledge is an online forum for innovation in business practice, offering a first look at new thinking from HBS faculty. Read the complete articles summarized below by visiting their Web links. Broadband: Remaking the... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Broadcasting (except Internet); Information; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Manufacturing