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February 1, 2008

Predicting Customer Lifetime Value

When is it sensible to give perks to customers?

February 1, 2008

When Should a Firm Decentralize?

Corporate features can determine your organization’s design

January 3, 2008

(When and How) Do Markets Learn?

The surprising market reactions to ambiguous corporate policies

January 1, 2008

Big Fish, Little Fish—Choose Your Pond

Company size, organizational design, and market structure correlate with executive salaries

December 1, 2007

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

December 1, 2007

Healthy Choices

Do people prefer the carrot or the stick?

December 1, 2007

Are Reservations Recommended?

Offering reservations is costly to restaurants, but they can be beneficial in some cases

November 1, 2007

Discriminating Prices for the Discriminating Consumer

Maximize profitability with different package sizes

November 1, 2007

Nobel Designs

Understanding mechanism design

October 9, 2007

Softening the Blow of Bad News

Some companies offset negative earnings surprises by strategically releasing news of new patents

October 1, 2007

Collaboration and Creativity

The small-world problem

September 5, 2007

Beating the Bottlenecks in E-Commerce

Effectively allocating Web system capacity

September 4, 2007

Pricing a Global Measure of Liquidity Risk

Investors should not overlook the impact of liquidity on the prices of assets

August 2, 2007

Trust Required Here

Trust in both the seller and the marketplace is necessary for buyer confidence

August 1, 2007

Mandatory or Voluntary Corporate Disclosure?

Full disclosure is not always a moneymaker

August 1, 2007

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

Woman chooses from soaps at grocery store
July 1, 2007

Supply Chain Coordination with Revenue-Sharing Contracts

A missed opportunity?

June 7, 2007

“Acting White” or Just Acting Rationally?

Social pressures to fit in can explain the black–white educational achievement gap

June 6, 2007

Tax Incentives and the City

Are cities wise to use tax incentives to compete for companies?

June 5, 2007

Celebrity Analyst Influence on the Stock Market

Does the stock market react more strongly to earnings forecasts issued by celebrity analysts?

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