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university of chicago Saves Money & Justifies Funding With Enterprise Energy Management: The University of Chicago has many diverse facilities on campus, and because energy usage levels vary greatly between departments, the university's Building Automation Systems (BAS) group had to find a way of accurately tracking usage and allocating costs to individual departments. After careful study, the BAS team chose an ION...; Tags: University of Chicago, team; Case studies
An Empirical Study of Factors Relating to the Success of Broadway Shows: This article uses the Cox proportional hazards model to analyze recent Broadway show data to investigate the factors that relate to the longevity of shows. The type of show, whether a show is a revival, and first-week attendance for the show are predictive for longevity. Favorable critic reviews in the...; Tags: longevity; White papers
Video Game Violence and Public Policy: Video games will turn 30 years old in 2002. The industry that started with Pong has become a multi-billion dollar worldwide industry. The growth of electronic games has not been without controversy, however. The subset of games that feature violence, gore, and antisocial behavior has raised concern among parents, educators,...; Tags: Games, violence, video game, game, First Amendment, video, industry, marketing; White papers
An Empirical Assessment Of Private Sector Participation In Electricity And Water Distribution: We analyze a sample of 297 utilities with Private Sector Participation (PSP) and 928 State Owned Enterprises (SOE) in 73 countries in order to evaluate the impact of private sector participation on certain output and quality indicators in the electricity and water distribution sectors. Using PSP-SOE matching, we perform a...; Tags: Performance management, University of Chicago, performance, environment; White papers 2006-12-01
Do Household Savings Encourage Entrepreneurship?: Entrepreneurs have traditionally played an important role in economic growth. They central to many issues in both economic theory and public policy. Because of their importance, many countries have programs and institutions aimed to encourage entrepreneurship. Many leading empirical papers show that, despite the attempts of governmental agencies in general...; Tags: Financial accounting, University of Chicago, entrepreneurship, liquidity, entrepreneur, financial market, theory, agency, financial; White papers 2006-03-01

Mergers and Acquisitions: A Financial Economics Perspective: In this paper, author begins by describing and assessing the different criteria used by financial economists to evaluate merger success. This paper then discuss the empirical evidence on mergers and acquisitions in the corporate finance literature beginning with stock return studies, moving to accounting-based studies, and finishing with some discussion...; Tags: Acquisition, Merger, Financial, University Of Chicago, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations; White papers 2006-02-01
Electric Charges: The Social Construction Of Rate Systems: Price is a central analytic concept in both neoclassical and old institutional economics. Combining the social network perspective with old and new institutionalist approaches to price formation, this paper examines technological, economic, institutional, and political factors that shaped the earliest pricing systems for electricity used in the United States, between...; Tags: Pricing, University of Chicago, social networking, pricing strategy, network; White papers 2005-12-29
Severe Medical Conditions and Loss of Health Insurance Coverage: Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study: Illness increases individuals' demand for health insurance, but may also place them at risk of losing coverage. While public insurance and price restrictions in private markets aim to reduce this risk, little is known about whether severe medical conditions affect the likelihood of losing coverage. This issue is explored in...; Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, University of Chicago, policyholder, health insurance, health care, insurance, risk; White papers 2005-11-12
Optimal Liability for Terrorism: This paper analyzes the normative role for civil liability in aligning terrorism precaution incentives, when the perpetrators of terrorism are unreachable by courts or regulators. The authors consider the strategic interaction among targets, subsidiary victims, and terrorists within a sequential, game-theoretic model. The model reveals that, while an 'Optimal' liability...; Tags: Homeland security, University of Chicago, terrorism, incentive; White papers 2005-10-01
Cementing Relationships: Vertical Integration, Foreclosure, Productivity, And Prices: This paper looks at the reasons for and results of vertical integration, with specific regard to its possible effects on market power as proposed in the theoretical literature on foreclosure. It uses a rich data set on producers in the cement and ready-mixed concrete industries over a year period to...; Tags: University of Chicago, industry; White papers 2005-08-01
An Equilibrium Model of Investment Under Uncertainty: This paper analyzes the optimal investment decisions of heterogeneous firms in a competitive, uncertain environment. It characterizes firms' optimal investment strategy explicitly, and derives a closed form solution for firm value. It shows that in the competitive equilibrium real option premia remain significant. As a result firms delay investment, choosing...; Tags: Investment, University of Chicago, investment strategy, environment; White papers 2005-02-28
Altering Investment Decisions to Manage Financial Reporting Outcomes: Asset-Backed Commercial Paper Conduits and FIN 46: This paper evaluates the manner in which sponsors of highly leveraged Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP) conduits responded to FASB Interpretation No. 46 (FIN 46) Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities an Interpretation of ARB No. 51. By matching commercial paper investors with corporations seeking liquidity, ABCP sponsors facilitate a significant amount...; Tags: Financial accounting, Investment, University of Chicago, commercial paper, conduit, GAAP, liquidity, financial reporting, financing, financial; White papers 2005-03-01
Why High Demand Doesn't Always Mean High Price: Textbook economic theory says that as demand for a product increases, so too should its price. Anil Kashyap and Peter E. Rossi, professors at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, along with Judith Chevalier of the Yale School of Management, prove this theory wrong. In their recent study,...; Tags: Retail, Pricing, theory, pricing strategy, retail company, profit margin, advertisement; White papers 2005-01-31
Weighing the Options: Providing consumers with multiple options sometimes does more harm than good, according to University of Chicago Graduate School of Business professors Christopher K. Hsee and France Leclerc. Hsee and Leclerc argue against the popular belief in marketing that more options are always better. “If your product is good,” says Hsee,...; Tags: marketing; White papers 2005-01-31
Progressively Predicting New Product Performance: The movie industry provides one of the biggest marketing challenges for forecasting sales performance for new products. However, a new model created by Pradeep K. Chintagunta, a professor at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and Ramya Neelamegham of the Amrita Institute of Management in India, now makes...; Tags: Sales force management, Performance management, forecasting, movie, marketing, performance, industry; White papers 2005-01-31
Strategic Marketing Management: Your company’s success is directly tied to its ability to effectively position its organization and market its products and services. Drawing on Chicago’s latest research and distinctive approach to marketing, this program will assist you in forming and evaluating your company's marketing strategies. Particular attention will be focused on product...; Tags: Marketing research, competitive strategy, marketing strategy, marketing, pricing strategy, analysis; Download resources 2005-02-01
Why Reponsiveness to Retail Promotions Varies Across Retailers: Retailers have long relied on three types of promotional tools to sell their products: temporary price cuts, feature advertisements, and in-store displays. A new study now makes it possible for retailers to launch these tools under the conditions that will be optimal for increasing sales. Sanjay K. Dhar and Peter...; Tags: Retail, retail company, tool, strategy, advertisement, sales; White papers 2005-01-31
Marketing Prescription Drugs: Pharmaceutical companies now have a way to measure the effectiveness of their direct sales calls. A new model enables companies to measure the sales increases generated by sales calls on individual physicians. Professors from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business who conducted the study and created the model,...; Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, sales, physician, marketing, industry; White papers 2005-01-31
The Market for Personal Digital Assistants: Manufacturers of high-tech hardware have become increasingly aware that the availability of compatible third-party software strongly influences sales of their products. A new study finds that compatible software will have increased impact on hardware sales in the future. “Firms should evaluate the cost of investing in improving their product or...; Tags: Sales strategy, Tools & Techniques, Sales force management, hardware, sales, PDA, software; White papers 2005-01-31
Banner Ads Click with Consumers: Now that total spending on Internet advertising exceeds spending on some traditional media, it has become even more important for companies to determine the effectiveness of their online advertising expenditures. A recent study by business professors at the University of Chicago determines that banner advertising helps companies retain customers...; Tags: banner advertisement, Internet advertising, online advertising, industry, Web site, Internet, Web; White papers 2005-01-31