Publications

Research Summary

Overview

Professor Fabbe’s research interests center on modernization, identity politics, social resilience and cohesion, historical institutionalism, and the political economy of development. Her regional expertise is in the greater Mediterranean region, including southeastern... View Details

01 May 2017
News

What Do Syrians Want Their Future to Be?

October 2001 (Revised November 2001)
Case

Blethen Family and the Seattle Times Company (A), The

By: John A. Davis and Cathy Quinn

Frank Blethen, the fourth-generation publisher of The Seattle Times, ponders the challenges facing this family business. This case reviews the long history of this business and family and asks whether family ownership and management are in the interests of both the... View Details

Keywords: History; Management; Business or Company Management; Family Business; Family and Family Relationships; Family Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry

November 2002 (Revised April 2003)
Case

New York Stock Exchange versus NASDAQ, The

By: Estelle S. Cantillon and Tarun Khanna

Reviews the competition between stock markets, specifically the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, as it plays out both in the United States and internationally. The competition between the two exchanges is interesting because of technological developments and the... View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Globalization; Strategy; Competition; United States

April 1999
Case

Trexel

Describes an interesting plastics technology and an entrepreneur's attempts to build a business around it. Highlights issues around managing technical and market risk. Teaching purpose: Highlights difficult decisions around building a business off of an unproven... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Business Startups; Risk Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Information Technology; Corporate Entrepreneurship

08 Mar 2017
News

The Expert’s Guide to Crying at Work

20 Jul 2010
News

How to Measure Brand Value: Likes, Followers, Influencers, Views? No, Social Currency

Research Summary

Overview

Professor Goh’s primary research interest is applying mathematical models to real-world problems in health care in order to inform, improve, and enhance medical decision making and health policy. His recent work in this domain focuses on developing new methods for... View Details

Keywords: Uncertainty; Optimization; Inventory Management; Health; Decision Making; Supply Chain

Career Coach

Nathan Lasche

them. For students interested in tech, Nathan is happy to help them understand the tech / startup industry in general, which functions and companies may be a good fit, and discuss the pros & cons of... View Details

22 Feb 2018
Working Paper Summaries

Debt Traps? Market Vendors and Moneylender Debt in India and the Philippines

Keywords: by Dean Karlan, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Benjamin N. Roth

05 Oct 2011
News

Raise Taxes on Venture Capital?

2019
Working Paper

Self-Interest: The Economist's Straitjacket

By: Robert Simons

This paper examines contemporary economic theories that focus on the design and management of business organizations. In the first part of the paper, a taxonomy is presented that describes the different types of economists interested in this subject—market economists,... View Details

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March 1995 (Revised August 1995)
Background Note

Options and Put-Call Parity

By: Andre F. Perold and Wai Lee

Illustrates the payoff structure of various positions involving put and call options and the use of put-call parity in understanding the relationships among various positions. Examines the cases of insured equity, interest rate caps and floors, callable and extendable... View Details

Keywords: Stock Options