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Dynamic retail assortment models with demand learning for seasonal consumer goods
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
The main research question we explore in this dissertation is: How should a retailer modify its product assortment over time in order to maximize overall profits for a given selling season? Historically, long development, ...
The contracting benefits of accounting conservatism to lenders and borrowers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
In this paper, I examine the ex post and ex ante benefits of conservatism to lenders and borrowers in the debt contracting process. First, I argue that conservatism benefits lenders ex post through a timely signal of default ...
Three essays on modeling dynamic organizational processes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
Essay 1- Effects of Feedback Delay on Learning. Learning figures prominently in many theories of organizations. Understanding barriers to learning is therefore central to understanding firms' performance. This essay ...
The CEO-merger connection : a top leadership perspective on large intercorporate combinations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)
To better understand large mergers and acquisitions (M&A) as major intercorporate strategic maneuvers, I study a key concern from the chief executive perspective at each stage of combining two firms. For the inception ...
A dynamic synthesis of basic macroeconomic theory : implications for stabilization policy analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982)
Repertoires of development in economic divergence on the U.S. - Mexico border
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This dissertation represents a new approach to the age-old social science problem of the underlying causes of economic development. It focuses on two initially very similar cross-border pairs of cities (McAllen, TX - ...
Essays on Risk Sharing and Pricing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This thesis consists of three chapters in asset pricing. Chapter 1 considers an international asset pricing setting with traded and non-traded out puts. It shows that output fluctuations in nontraded industries are a central ...
Design criteria for a knowledge-based English language system for management : an experimental analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975)
Functionally integrating new product development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
A dynamic model for analyzing the emergence of new medical technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983)