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Implications of two-sided advertising in the automotive industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The extreme competition in the automotive industry results in razor-thin profit margins as original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) compete for market share and profits which increase shareholder value. Product differentiation ...
An analysis of nine-ending pricing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Prices ending in 9 are ubiquitous. In this paper I first develop a theoretical model of the effect of such prices on sales and review the empirical literature on the topic. Then I use a data set from an online experiment ...
Strategic challenges of the Japanese investment banking industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Since the collapse of the bubble economy in 1990, Japanese securities houses have suffered serious damage and have not been able to keep up with the progress of the global investment banking industry. During this period, ...
System dynamics simulation of the telecom industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The primary goal of this research effort was to integrate several pieces of relatively simple dynamics simulations into a full blown system dynamics simulation of the telecom industry. The economic simulation model was ...
Predicting the triple beta-spiral fold from primary sequence data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The Triple β-Spiral is a novel protein structure that plays a role in viral attachment and pathogenesis. At present, there are two Triple β-Spiral structures with solved crystallographic coordinates - one from Adenovirus ...
Securitization : a platform for organic economic growth in emerging markets : authored
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
One of the keys to building a solid economy is the existence of a long term debt market. Long term borrowing is crucial for personal home ownership, the creation of critical infrastructure, and the development of major ...
Innovations from the underground : towards a theory of parasitic innovation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
For almost every complex, proprietary system there is a group of users trying to change, modify, or break it. These users have no regard for the carefully constructed business models that manufacturers use to justify their ...
Information visualization of the stock market ticks : toward a new trading interface
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Ticks, the second-to-second trades and quotes of a market, might be considered the atoms of finance. They represent the basic, defining transactions that represent an asset in the market. Almost all financial concepts, ...
Patient orientation and freedom to operate in the management of technology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Can firms keep up with the pace of technological change? This thesis explores the idea that firms differ in their adaptive behavior, namely fast response to technological change, based on their relative resource allocation ...
The valuation and pricing of initial public offerings
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Going public is an incredibly exciting and dynamic event in a company's life. The company and its management are transformed and will forever have to conduct their business differently. During the mid to late 1990s, many ...