Technologies for reproducing and redistributing digital goods have made it more difficult to earn profits from their sale, leading to concerns that socially valuable digital products with non-convex production technologies may not be brought to market. However, digital goods are often jointly supplied with non-digital products, and changes in distribution...
This paper develops a performance evaluation approach in which a fund manager's skill is judged by the extent to which the manager's investment decisions resemble the decisions of managers with distinguished performance records. The proposed performance measures use historical returns and holdings of many funds to evaluate the performance of...
The higher you rise in the corporate ranks, the more you're expected to speak on public occasions, and the shorter the preparation time often is. The temptation is to wing it or, if you do prepare something, not to rehearse but to rely on your native ability and good luck...
PHILADELPHIA -- The Social Enterprise Initiative of the Harvard Business School Club of Philadelphia ("HBSCP") hosted its third annual nonprofit conference yesterday on the campus of The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. Approximately 50 CEOs and Executive Directors from major regional/local nonprofit organizations attended the conference, titled "People...
This paper summarizes a multi-year research effort to understand the role of process performance in the overall efficiency of banks. By focusing on the process as the unit of analysis, the paper considers how technology, human resources, and most importantly, the interaction between these factors of production contribute to overall...
Enhanced salaries of graduates, admissions selectivity and peer rankings cited NEW YORK -- In publishing the first empirical evidence measuring the value of academic research on business school performance, NYU Stern Marketing Professor Peter Golder, with Debanjan Mitra of the University of Florida, use data to challenge the...
Expansion of Eliza's personalized, interactive approach will drive healthier behavior across a wider Highmark population BEVERLY, Mass. -- Highmark announces the selection of Eliza Corporation as its exclusive provider of automated, phone-based healthcare communications. Eliza's call programs - backed by a patented speech recognition technology...
Seasoned Executive Joins Intelligent Switching Leader MILPITAS, Calif. -- ConSentry Networks announced today that Joe Golden has joined the company as chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors. Golden brings to ConSentry more than 28 years of experience in the telecommunications...
Lingerie e-tailer revamps Web store to personalise customers' experiences LONDON -- ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc.), the premier provider of e-commerce software and platform neutral optimization services, today announced that figleaves.com, the world's largest online retailer of branded lingerie, sleepwear, swimwear, hosiery and underwear, is...
Company Founded by Pioneers in Emerging Field of Cancer Metabolism CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Agios Pharmaceuticals, the first biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel drugs that target key metabolic pathways to fundamentally disrupt cancer cells' ability to grow and survive, today announced that it...
DALLAS -- Valtech, Inc. (www.valtech.us) an international software development provider of OnDemand[TM] solutions and Agile and Lean coaching, training, and business process management today announced that Howard "Bud" Phillips has joined the company as VP of transformation services. Valtech's transformation services helps clients translate their business requirements...
Free Online Challenge Exam Allows Participants to Test Their Knowledge Against Indian Tenth Grade Final Exams ASPEN, Colo. -- Bob Compton, executive producer of the documentary film Two Million Minutes, announced today the release of the "Third World Challenge" powered by IndianMathOnline. The...
Aerohive Networks, creators of thecontroller-less "cooperative control" wireless LAN WLAN architecture, announced today thatwireless industry veterans Bob O'Hara and Bill Rossi have joined thecompany's Advisory Board. O'Hara, co-founder of Airespace, is widelyregarded as a pioneer in the wireless LAN industry for his significant...
If Kristine Johnson gets fewer than seven hours of sleep at night, she barely makes it through the workday. So when that happens, Johnson, a 33-year-old San Francisco office manager, takes a nap. She’s slept in a lawn chair on the roof of her office, in a locked...
WASHINGTON -- With Barack Obama's bid for the White House, the torch has been passed to a new generation in more ways than one: For the first time, the best-known Kennedy on the presidential campaign trail is named Caroline. As Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of...
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Selectica (NASDAQ:SLTC), a leading provider of enterprise contract lifecycle management and sales configuration solutions, today announced that James Pardee has been named interim Chief Financial Officer and will start with the company immediately. Mr. Pardee brings more than 25 years of experience to...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/57e41f/sony_vs_samsung_t has announced the addition of the "Sony vs Samsung: The Inside Story of the Electronics' Giants Battle For Global Supremacy" report to their offering. Sony vs. Samsung is business history at its best! It explores the divergent fortunes...
Apartment search resource rolling out eStara Form to Phone and eStara Click to Call nationally, delivering qualified leads to sellers in real-time to generate faster responses CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- ATG (Art Technology Group, Inc.), the premier provider of e-commerce software and platform neutral optimization services,...
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