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
Juli 5, 2011
Policy
An Unhealthy Market for Competition
Health insurance companies in the U.S., not consumers, control the market
Researchers: Leemore S. Dafny
Juli 5, 2011
Developing Stock Exchanges In Developing Countries
The impetus for a new stock exchange can determine its fate
Researchers: Klaus Weber, Gerald F. Davis and Michael Lounsbury
Juni 1, 2011
Juni 1, 2011
Policy
Abundant Resources, Yet Little Freedom
Why dictators of resource-rich countries muzzle the press
Researchers: Georgy Egorov, Sergei Guriev and Konstantin Sonin
Juni 1, 2011
Strategy
Remaining the Market Leader
The role of learning-by-doing and organizational forgetting
Researchers: David A. Besanko, Ulrich Doraszelski, Yaroslav Kryukov and Mark Satterthwaite
Juni 1, 2011
Innovation
Age and Great Invention
Scientists who make breakthroughs are older than ever
Researchers: Benjamin F. Jones
Mai 19, 2011
Social Impact
Driving Biofuel Adoption
Brazil’s consumers offer a peek at attitudes towards alt-fuels
Researchers: Alberto Salvo and Cristian Huse
Mai 1, 2011
Strategy
Firming Up the Foundations of Game Theory
Elucidating the role of information in strategic interactions
Researchers: Olivier Gossner, Ehud Kalai and Robert Weber
Mai 1, 2011
Sifting through Stock-Based Compensation
Managers and analysts use the expense for different purposes
Researchers: Mary E. Barth, Ian Gow and Daniel J. Taylor
Mai 1, 2011
Strategy
Consumers, Cars, and Common Sense
The role of gas prices in American automobile purchases
Researchers: Meghan Busse, Christopher R. Knittel and Florian Zettelmeyer
Mai 1, 2011
Policy
Ballooning Budgets
Why federal budgets grow, but rarely shrink
Researchers: Daniel Diermeier and Pohan Fong
April 6, 2011
Finance & Accounting
Debt Markets During the Crisis
Failure to see the big picture led to a breakdown
Researchers: Arvind Krishnamurthy
April 1, 2011
Marketing
When Uncertainty Is a Sure Thing
Points and prizes can make for successful product promotion
Researchers: Kelly Goldsmith and On Amir
April 1, 2011
Policy
A Potentially Fatal Illness, An Unpredictable Vaccine
Yearly flu vaccine notable for uncertainty in both supply and demand
Researchers: Kenan Arifoğlu, Sarang Deo and Seyed Iravani
April 1, 2011
Marketing
A Widespread Stigma
Why are people with mental illness judged unfairly?
Researchers: Nicolas Rüsch, Andrew Todd, Galen Bodenhausen and Patrick Corrigan
April 1, 2011
Finance & Accounting
Synchronicity Pays
Instant messaging helps traders buy and sell at the right time
Researchers: Serguei Saavedra, Kathleen Hagerty and Brian Uzzi
März 14, 2011
Entrepreneurship
Not All VCs Are Created Equally
High-quality venture capitalists can improve financial management and reporting
Researchers: Wan Wongsunwai
März 2, 2011
Marketing
Talk to Your Doctor About…
How consumer drug ads affect prescribing practices
Researchers: Ying Xie and Lakshman Krishnamurthi
März 2, 2011
