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  • 01 Mar 2011
  • News

The Rankings Game

Illustration by John Kachik Depending on which business school ranking you consult, the best MBA program in 2010 was at the University of Chicago, HBS, the London Business School, or Stanford University. Among the five leading media... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; rankings; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • March 2022
  • Article

Learning to Rank an Assortment of Products

By: Kris Ferreira, Sunanda Parthasarathy and Shreyas Sekar
We consider the product ranking challenge that online retailers face when their customers typically behave as “window shoppers”: they form an impression of the assortment after browsing products ranked in the initial positions and then decide whether to continue... View Details
Keywords: Online Learning; Product Ranking; Assortment Optimization; Learning; Internet and the Web; Product Marketing; Consumer Behavior; E-commerce
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Strategic Disclosure: The Case of Business School Rankings

By: Michael Luca and Jonathan Smith
We empirically analyze disclosure decisions made by 240 MBA programs about which rankings to display on their websites. We present three main findings. First, consistent with theories of countersignaling, top schools are least likely to disclose their rankings, whereas... View Details
Keywords: Voluntary Disclosure; Shrouded Attributes; Information Unraveling; Rankings; Higher Education; Corporate Disclosure; Rank and Position
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  • October 2015 (Revised November 2016)
  • Background Note

'World-Class' Universities: Rankings and Reputation in Global Higher Education

By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby
Discussions of "world-class" universities have become an academic cottage industry in the 21st century, and definitions of the term are complex and at times contradictory. This background note traces the origins of university ranking systems and their evolution from a... View Details
Keywords: Rankings; University Faculty; University Curriculum; University Administration; Higher Education; Education Industry
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Companies: rankings

Where can I find category rankings for companies (e.g., top MBA employers, best places to work, diversity, top brands)? Best Companies Search... View Details
  • 08 Jan 2015
  • News

What Marissa Mayer Got Wrong (and Right) About Stack Ranking Employees

Keywords: stack ranking; management; employee performance; turnarounds; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 14 Nov 2013
  • News

Ranked and yanked

  • November 2023 (Revised December 2023)
  • Background Note

Talent Incubator Rankings

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah L. Abbott
In 2023, The Official Board surveyed 853 executives on the topic of talent incubators/academy companies. Executives were asked to list the top three academy companies within their function, industry, and country. They were also asked: what practices differentiate these... View Details
Keywords: Talent Development And Retention; Hiring; Performance Management; Human Resource Management; Human Capital; Human Resources; Performance; Talent and Talent Management; Organizational Culture
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  • 01 Mar 2007
  • News

Porter Ranks Competitiveness

The United States and Germany remain at the top of the latest global Business Competitiveness Index produced by University Professor Michael Porter and two colleagues at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness. China slipped nine places to No. 64 out of 121... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 03 Oct 2013
  • News

Study: Rankings Affect Student Applications

  • 09 Nov 2015
  • News

Thinkers50 Ranking of Management Thinkers Announced

  • 21 Sep 2009
  • News

Turmoil in the Rankings

  • February 1991 (Revised November 2010)
  • Case

Tennessee Controls: The Strategic Ranking Problem

By: Robert L. Simons and Dale Geiger
Tennessee Controls has instituted a new formal asset acquisition process to rank competing proposals. Judy Starnes, the new division manager, is asked to rank three proposals by using techniques to quantify economic returns, risk, as well as the credibility of the... View Details
Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Governance Controls; Management Systems; Strategic Planning; Mathematical Methods; Electronics Industry
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  • January 1992 (Revised May 1992)
  • Case

Rank Xerox U.K. (A)

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  • 01 Feb 2021
  • Working Paper Summaries

Hate Crime Increases with Minoritized Group Rank

Keywords: by Mina Cikara, Vasiliki Fouka, and Marco Tabellini
  • February 1980
  • Case

Rank Xerox Ltd. (A)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino
Keywords: Computer Industry; Technology Industry
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  • February 1980
  • Case

Rank Xerox Ltd. (B)

By: Michael Y. Yoshino
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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Hate Crime Increases with Minoritized Group Rank

By: Marco E. Tabellini
People are on the move in unprecedented numbers within and between countries. How does demographic change affect local intergroup dynamics? In complement to accounts that emphasize stereotypical features of groups as determinants of their treatment, we propose the... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice; Minority; Hate Crimes; Reference Dependence; Demographics; Rank and Position; Prejudice and Bias; Crime and Corruption
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  • 24 Oct 2012
  • News

The Big Flaw in Corporate Sustainability Rankings

  • Research Summary

A Consistent Weighted Ranking Scheme with an Application to NCAA College Football Rankings (with Chaim Fershtman and Neil Gandal)

The NCAA college football ratings, in which the so-called national champion is determined, has been plagued by controversies the last few years. The difficulty arises because there is a need to make a complete ranking of teams even though each team has a different... View Details