Strategy
Concrete Collusion
Economic data reveals little competition in Brazil’s cement industry
Researchers: Alberto Salvo
October 1, 2011
Policy
Patently Unfair
Large firms use amicus briefs in patent cases to their advantage
Researchers: David Orozco and James G. Conley
October 1, 2011
Marketing
When Memory Serves
Customers better remember low prices
Researchers: Yuxin Chen, Ganesh Iyer and Amit Pazgal
October 1, 2011
Finance & Accounting
When Investors Disagree
Differing opinions influence financial market trading patterns
Researchers: Snehal Banerjee and Ilan Kremer
October 1, 2011
Strategy
Commissions, Kickbacks, and Consumers
Brokers responding to financial incentives can benefit consumers
Researchers: Roman Inderst and Marco Ottaviani
September 1, 2011
Leadership
Downplaying Social Pain
Snubs and rejections hurt worse than others think they do
Researchers: Loran Nordgren, Kasia Banas and Geoff McDonald
September 1, 2011
Finance & Accounting
Hiring and Firing at the Top
Industry conditions matter when looking to hire or fire a CEO
Researchers: Andrea Eisfeldt and Camelia Kuhnen
September 1, 2011
Sight Over Sound
Mode of communication matters in negotiations
Researchers: Roderick Swaab, Adam D. Galinsky, Victoria Medvec and Daniel Diermeier
September 1, 2011
Operations
A Surprising Secret to Netflix’s Runaway Success
A little uncertainty can go a long way
Researchers: Achal Bassamboo, Sunil Kumar and Ramandeep Randhawa
September 1, 2011
Opting Out, or Overlooking Discrimination?
How the framework of “free choice” can obscure the reality of gender inequality
Researchers: Nicole Stephens and Cynthia S. Levine
August 1, 2011
Economics
Performing Best When It Matters Most
Critical ability is a key to success
Researchers: Julio González-Díaz, Olivier Gossner and Brian W. Rogers
August 1, 2011
Economics
Adding Friction to the Market
In employment, making hiring and firing easier is not always the way to go
Researchers: Niko Matouschek, Paolo Ramezzana and Frédéric Robert-Nicoud
August 1, 2011
Policy
The Financial Reporting Fast Lane
Unexpected reactions to real-time reporting
Researchers: Ronald A. Dye
August 1, 2011
Economics
Riding the High Income Wave
High earners ride higher, but rougher, economic waves
Researchers: Jonathan A. Parker and Annette Vissing-Jørgensen
August 1, 2011
Is Entrepreneurship Missing in Shanghai?
The start-up spirit is surprisingly lacking in the Chinese megacity
Researchers: Yasheng Huang and Yi Qian
August 1, 2011
Economics
Where Busy Bees and Business Converge
The striking similarities between ecological and organizational networks
Researchers: Serguei Saavedra, Brian Uzzi and Felix Reed-Tsochas
July 5, 2011
Finance & Accounting
Jumps in the Market Make for Jumpy Investors
Short-lived market events can have long-term effects on the appetite for risk
Researchers: Viktor Todorov
July 5, 2011
Finance & Accounting
Today’s Rising One-percenters
The growing gap between the very rich and everyone
Researchers: Steven Kaplan and Joshua Rauh
July 5, 2011
Marketing
One, Two, Three Stats and More at the Old Ballgame
Identifying baseball’s best players and most reliable statistics
Researchers: James Piette, Shane T. Jensen, Blakeley B. McShane, Alexander Braunstein and Abraham J. Wyner
July 5, 2011
Policy
An Unhealthy Market for Competition
Health insurance companies in the U.S., not consumers, control the market
Researchers: Leemore S. Dafny
July 5, 2011
