Relative Performance Incentive - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Busting Six Myths About Customer Loyalty Programs

surprising that many retailers have adopted loyalty programs as a convenient mechanism of meaningful differentiation. Ultimately, loyalty programs should offer incentives for shoppers to reduce their store switching by offering them... View Details

Keywords: by Marcel Corstjens & Rajiv Lal; Retail; Consumer Products

19 Jan 2011
First Look

First Look: Jan. 18

analysts' forecasts of firm performance actually reflect any of these factors and which are considered most important. We use survey data from 967 analysts ranking 837 companies to judge how their forecasts are related to evaluations of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

the model, we find that (i) the supply of long- relative to short-term bonds is positively related to the term spread, (ii) supply predicts positively long-term bonds' excess returns even after controlling for the term spread and the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2010
News

Money Matters

the influx of U.S. and European venture capital firms over the past decade, “many went through boom-and-bust cycles and didn’t survive, or decided to withdraw,” explains Khanna. “Those that remain have stopped doing venture capital the way we think of it. While they... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

across space? Why does the law of gravity apply? How do the costs of transporting goods, tasks, and technologies influence firms’ decisions to separate tasks geographically and locate relative to one another? We discuss a variety of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Nov 2017
News

Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

orders and have them delivered to their tables—a service often performed by managers. “Now when I see a customer talking to a manager, it’s a good thing,” says Karavites, smiling. Traditionally, the bank of cash registers that separates... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

02 Sep 2018
News

Havana Rising

shipping routes to avoid sanctions—traveling from the United States to Panama to Jamaica before arriving in Havana four to six weeks later. The history of Cuba’s private sector is relatively new, short, and complicated. After the fall of... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

03 Jun 2016
News

Again in a Great City

Quicken Loans and Rock Ventures headquarters from the suburbs to the downtown area in 2010; and add urban-dwelling millennials, who see opportunity in Detroit’s relatively inexpensive real estate. Of some potential foreign investors... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

May 2018
Case

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's Answer Fund

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Matthew G. Preble

Citation

Educators

25 Aug 2022
News

September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

private equity then exploring the evidence on performance of private equity investments at both the portfolio company level and fund level, documenting the creation of economic value. The book then presents a set of actionable frameworks... View Details

07 Feb 2005
Research & Ideas

How “Career Imprinting” Shapes Leaders

experience, those in early careers don't yet carry with them other strong career imprints, making it relatively easy to cultivate a "new" organizational career imprint. In addition, career imprinting is likely stronger when... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

02 Oct 2015
News

The ‘F’ Word

as well as a relatively new handset technology. The capital intensity made the company vulnerable to external markets. Taken separately, these risks were manageable. Taken together, they added up to failure. The personal lessons ran even... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

21 Mar 2025
News

What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Byron Wien (MBA 1956) was a Wall Street icon. He had a 50-year career that included chief investment strategist roles at Morgan Stanley and Blackstone, and was well... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

relatively pro-business government and an energetic young population and growing middle class that make no secret of aspiring to a better quality of life, complete with all the consumer goods such an existence entails. The downside,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

relatively little about the effect of conflicting labor market institutions on multinational firms' strategic choice and operating performance. With its decision to invest in manufacturing operations in nearly every one of the world's... View Details