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Organizational Economics and Physician Practices

Rebitzer, James B. - 2011

Economists seeking to improve the efficiency of health care delivery frequently emphasize two issues: the fragmented structure of physician practices and poorly designed physician incentives. This paper analyzes these issues from the perspective of organizational economics. We begin with a brief...

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Social Networks, Learning, and Flexibility : Sourcing Scientific Knowledge in New Biotechnology Firms

Liebeskind, Julia Porter - 1995

We examine how two highly successful new biotechnology firms (NBFs) source their most critical input -- scientific knowledge. We find that scientists at the two NBFs enter into large numbers of collaborative research efforts with scientists at other organizations, especially universities. Formal...

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Managers and the Management of Organizations

Roberts, John; Shaw, Kathryn - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We critically review the emerging literature in Organizational and Personnel Economics concerning the role of managers and management practices. Our focus is on the middle managers who populate the hierarchies between top executives and front-line employees. We are especially concerned with...

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Understanding Bank Runs : The Importance of Depositor-Bank Relationships and Networks

Iyer, Rajkamal - 2008

We use a unique, new, database to examine micro depositor level data for a bank that faced a run. We use minute-by-minute depositor withdrawal data to understand the effectiveness of deposit insurance, the role of social networks, and the importance of bank-depositor relationships in influencing...

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Investing in Customer Capital

He, Bianca; Mostrom, Lauren I.; Sufi, Amir - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

measures investment in customer capital using sales and marketing expense from income statements, information on salaries paid … to workers in sales and marketing, and text from annual 10-K SEC filings describing firms' sales and marketing strategies … sales and marketing strategies. Industries focused on platform business models, online sales, and the production of high …

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Market Power and Redeemable Loyalty Token Design

Rogoff, Kenneth S.; He, Zhiheng; You, Yang - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Digitalization led to a rapid expansion of loyalty tokens typically bundled as part of product price. An open question is whether issuers are incentivized to make loyalty tokens tradable, raising regulation issues for monetary and banking authorities. This paper argues that an issuer earns more...

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The Inner Workings of the Patient Centered Medical Home Model

David, Guy - 2016

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a model for restructuring primary care with a focus on improved access to care and clinical excellence. However, to date, the evidence on its effect on healthcare utilization and expenditures has been quite mixed. One possible reason for this may lie...

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Can Intangible Capital Explain Cyclical Movements in the Labor Wedge?

Gourio, Francois - 2014

Intangible capital is an important factor of production in modern economies that is generally neglected in business cycle analyses. We demonstrate that intangible capital can have a substantial impact on business cycle dynamics, especially if the intangible is complementary with production...

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Learning by Doing in a Multi-Product Manufacturing Environment : Product Variety, Customizations, and Overlapping Product Generations

Egelman, Carolyn D. - 2013

Extending research on organizational learning to multi-product environments is of particular importance given that the vast majority of products are manufactured in such environments. We investigate learning in a multi-product facility drawing on exceptionally rich data for a manufacturing firm...

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College as Country Club : Do Colleges Cater to Students' Preferences for Consumption?

Jacob, Brian - 2013

This paper investigates whether demand-side market pressure explains colleges' decisions to provide consumption amenities to their students. We estimate a discrete choice model of college demand using micro data from the high school classes of 1992 and 2004, matched to extensive information on...

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