Economics
Big Fish, Little Fish—Choose Your Pond
Company size, organizational design, and market structure correlate with executive salaries
Researchers: Bård Harstad
January 1, 2008
Letting Go of Voting Rights May Be a Good Investment Strategy
When looking at dual-class firms, dividends are more informative of performance than earnings
Researchers: Jennifer Francis, Katherine Schipper and Linda Vincent
December 1, 2007
Marketing
Healthy Choices
Do people prefer the carrot or the stick?
Researchers: Angela Y. Lee and Jennifer L. Aaker
December 1, 2007
Operations
Are Reservations Recommended?
Offering reservations is costly to restaurants, but they can be beneficial in some cases
Researchers: Alexei Alexandrov and Martin Lariviere
December 1, 2007
Policy
Treasury Debt and Corporate Bond Rates
The bond yield spread reflects a Treasury debt convenience yield for investors
Researchers: Arvind Krishnamurthy and Annette Vissing-Jørgensen
November 1, 2007
Marketing
Discriminating Prices for the Discriminating Consumer
Maximize profitability with different package sizes
Researchers: Romana J. Khan and Dipak C. Jain
November 1, 2007
Economics
Place Your Bids
Strategies for selling and buying in auctions
Researchers: Gillian Ku, Adam D. Galinsky and J. Keith Murnighan
November 1, 2007
Operations
A New Channel Strategy for Dell
The PC industry’s increasing maturity pushed Dell to shift its longstanding direct sales model
Researchers: Sunil Chopra
October 9, 2007
Softening the Blow of Bad News
Some companies offset negative earnings surprises by strategically releasing news of new patents
Researchers: Benjamin Lansford
October 9, 2007
Policy
The Value of a Cabinet Position
In a world where not all ministries are equal, the composition of Japanese cabinets reflects the relative bargaining power of political actors
Researchers: Takanori Adachi and Yasutora Watanabe
October 5, 2007
Operations
Beating the Bottlenecks in E-Commerce
Effectively allocating Web system capacity
Researchers: Wuqin Lin, Zhen Liu, Cathy H. Xia and Li Zhang
September 5, 2007
Finance & Accounting
Pricing a Global Measure of Liquidity Risk
Investors should not overlook the impact of liquidity on the prices of assets
Researchers: Robert Korajczyk and Ronnie Sadka
September 4, 2007
Are Large CEO Severance Packages Justified?
The underlying factors of CEO severance
Researchers: Thomas Lys, Tjomme O. Rusticus and Ewa Sletten
September 1, 2007
Trust Required Here
Trust in both the seller and the marketplace is necessary for buyer confidence
Researchers: Kent Grayson, Devon Johnson and Der-Fa Chen
August 2, 2007
Policy
Mandatory or Voluntary Corporate Disclosure?
Full disclosure is not always a moneymaker
Researchers: Michael J. Fishman and Kathleen Hagerty
August 1, 2007
Economics
Does Location Matter for the Adoption of Internet Technologies in Business?
E-mail is everywhere, but advanced Internet technologies are adopted mostly within establishments in urban-based companies
Researchers: Christopher Forman, Avi Goldfarb and Shane Greenstein
August 1, 2007
Compete or Cooperate?
Choosing the right commercialization strategy as a technology start-up
Researchers: Joshua S. Gans, David H. Hsu and Scott Stern
July 1, 2007
