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  • 02 Jun 2022
  • Video

Risks, Opportunities, and Investments In the Era of Climate Change

  • September 2021
  • Article

Trials and Terminations: Learning from Competitors' R&D Failures

By: Joshua L. Krieger
I analyze project continuation decisions where firms may resolve uncertainty through news about competitors' research and development (R&D) failures, as well as through their own results. I examine the trade-offs and interactions between product-market competition and... View Details
Keywords: Research and Development; Projects; Failure; Decision Making; Learning
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  • February 2010
  • Supplement

Marketing Analysis Toolkit: Market Size and Market Share Analysis (CW)

By: Thomas J. Steenburgh and Jill Avery
This Excel worksheet contains sample problems, prebuilt Excel models to run market sizing and market share analyses, and charts and graphs which help visualize the results. It is designed to accompany Marketing Analysis Tookit: Market Size and Market Share Analysis.... View Details
Keywords: Mathematical Methods; Marketing Strategy; Decisions; Strategic Planning; Market Participation; Sales; Forecasting and Prediction; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques
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  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Targeting, Personalization, and Engagement in an Agricultural Advisory Service

By: Susan Athey, Shawn Cole, Shanjukta Nath and Jessica Zhu
ICT is increasingly used to deliver customized information in developing countries. We examine whether individually targeting the timing of automated voice calls meaningfully increases engagement in an agricultural advisory service. We define, estimate, and... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Knowledge Dissemination; Customization and Personalization; Performance Effectiveness
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  • 25 Feb 2020
  • News

Profits and Purpose

very different perspective. Then George joined us the third year. I have to say that I had never realized how important accounting was to the future of civilization until I started working with George. We can talk about saving the planet, but if you can’t View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

    Changes in Quality of Care After Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions

    The hospital industry has consolidated substantially during the past two decades and at an accelerated pace since 2010. Multiple studies have shown that hospital mergers have led to higher prices for commercially insured patients, but research about effects on... View Details

    • Research Summary

    Capital flows in a Globalized Economy: The Role of Policies and Institutions (joint with Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan and Vadym Volosovych)

    By: Laura Alfaro
    We describe the patterns of international capital flows in the period 1970-2000. We then examine the determinants of capital flows and capital flow volatility during this period. We find that institutional quality is an important determinant of capital flows.... View Details
    • Forthcoming
    • Article

    The Stock Market and Bank Risk-Taking

    By: David S. Scharfstein and Antonio Falato
    We argue that stock market pressure to generate earnings encourages banks to increase risk. We measure risk using confidential supervisory ratings as well as financial information released in regulatory filings. We document that there is an increase in the risk-taking... View Details
    Keywords: Stock Market; Financial Markets; Business Earnings; Banks and Banking; Risk and Uncertainty
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    • 2016
    • Working Paper

    The Stock Market and Bank Risk-Taking

    By: David S. Scharfstein and Antonio Falato
    We argue that stock market pressure to generate earnings encourages banks to increase risk. We measure risk using confidential supervisory ratings as well as financial information released in regulatory filings. We document that there is an increase in the risk-taking... View Details
    Keywords: Stock Market; Financial Markets; Business Earnings; Banks and Banking; Risk and Uncertainty
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    • 2008
    • Article

    Industrial Specialization and Regional Clusters in the Ten New EU Member States

    By: Orjan Solvell, Christian H.M. Ketels and Goran Lindqvist
    Purpose—The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of regional concentration patterns within ten new European Union (EU) member states, EU10, and make comparisons with EU15 and the US economy.
    Design/methodology/approach—Industrial... View Details
    Keywords: Geographic Location; Policy; Employment; Industry Clusters; Industry Structures; European Union; United States
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    • 23 Aug 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Waves in Ship Prices and Investment

    Keywords: by Robin Greenwood & Samuel Hanson
    • Article

    Are Online and Offline Prices Similar? Evidence from Large Multi-Channel Retailers

    By: Alberto Cavallo
    Online prices are increasingly used for measurement and research applications, yet little is known about their relation to prices in physical stores, where most retail transactions occur. I conduct the first large-scale comparison of prices simultaneously collected... View Details
    Keywords: Online Prices; Offline Prices; Multi-channel Retailers; Price; Internet and the Web; Measurement and Metrics; Retail Industry
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    • 14 Feb 2014
    • HBS Seminar

    John Van Reenen, LSE, CEPR, and NBER

    • March 2021
    • Article

    Bayesian Signatures of Confidence and Central Tendency in Perceptual Judgment

    By: Yang Xiang, Thomas Graeber, Benjamin Enke and Samuel Gershman
    This paper theoretically and empirically investigates the role of Bayesian noisy cognition in perceptual judgment, focusing on the central tendency effect: the well-known empirical regularity that perceptual judgments are biased towards the center of the... View Details
    Keywords: Visual Perception; Bayesian Modeling; Perception; Judgments
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    • Web

    Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    initial foundation of this body of work. This large body of work includes numerous theoretical and empirical papers on the concept of clusters and their impact on economic performance. He also created the... View Details
    • March 2011
    • Case

    Cash Flow Productivity at PepsiCo: Communicating Value to Retailers

    PepsiCo developed a new metric that better measured the value added by Pepsi products than did gross margin, the traditional metric used by retailers to determine shelf space and promotional activity. The new metric, cash flow productivity, captured the value of... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Cash Flow; Measurement and Metrics; Distribution; Performance Productivity; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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    Male Circumcision and HIV/AIDS: The Macroeconomic Effects of a Health Crises (with Eric Werker and Brian Wendell)

    Theories abound on the possible impact of AIDS on economic growth and savings in Africa; yet there have been surprisingly few empirical studies to test the mixed theoretical predictions. In this paper, we examine the impact of the AIDS epidemic on African nations... View Details
    • July 2019
    • Article

    Which of These Things Are Not Like the Others? Comparing the Rational, Emotional, and Moral Aspects of Reputation, Status, Celebrity, and Stigma

    By: Timothy G. Pollock, Kisha Lashley, Violina P. Rindova and Jung-Hoon Han
    In this review of the literature on reputation, status, celebrity, and stigma we develop an overarching theoretical framework based on the rational, emotional, and moral aspects of each construct’s unique sociocognitive content and the mechanisms through which it... View Details
    Keywords: Celebrity; Stigma; Reputation; Status and Position; Emotions; Moral Sensibility
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    • October 2002 (Revised February 2006)
    • Case

    Codex Alimentarius and Food Labeling

    By: Ray A. Goldberg and Hal Hogan
    Codex Alimentarius is a set of international food standards devised by the Codex Commission, a body within the United Nations jointly sponsored by the FAO and WHO. The purpose of the standards is to harmonize global trade in food products and agricultural commodities,... View Details
    Keywords: Standards; Trade; Agreements and Arrangements; Food; Agribusiness; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Globalization; Health; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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      The Stock Market and Bank Risk-Taking

      We argue that stock market pressure to generate earnings encourages banks to increase risk. We measure risk using confidential supervisory ratings as well as financial information released in regulatory filings. We document that there is an increase in the risk-taking... View Details