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Methadone Maintenance and HIV Prevention: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Zaric, Gregory S.; Brandeau, Margaret L.; Barnett, Paul G. - In: Management Science 46 (2000) 8, pp. 1013-1031

takes into account disease transmission from drug injection and sexual contacts. The health benefits of methadone … gained. Costs considered include all health-care costs (including cost of HIV care and other health care) and the cost of … methadone maintenance. The analysis shows that expanding existing methadone maintenance programs is a cost-effective health …

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Resolving Inconsistencies in Utility Measurement Under Risk: Tests of Generalizations of Expected Utility

Bleichrodt, Han; Abellan-Perpiñan, Jose Maria; … - In: Management Science 53 (2007) 3, pp. 469-482

This paper explores inconsistencies that occur in utility measurement under risk when expected utility theory is assumed and the contribution that prospect theory and some other generalizations of expected utility can make to the resolution of these inconsistencies. We used five methods to...

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A Reference Lottery Metric for Valuing Health

Magat, Wesley A.; Viscusi, W. Kip; Huber, Joel - In: Management Science 42 (1996) 8, pp. 1118-1130

-term health effects. We use a computer-based survey approach to elicit choices among residential locations that pose different … utility metric for valuing health status. The results were corroborated by a strong positive correlation between the risk …-risk trade-off values and relative aversion scores for the different health outcomes, as well as by the relative values of …

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Crowdsourcing New Product Ideas over Time: An Analysis of the Dell IdeaStorm Community

Bayus, Barry L. - In: Management Science 59 (2013) 1, pp. 226-244

Several organizations have developed ongoing crowdsourcing communities that repeatedly collect ideas for new products and services from a large, dispersed "crowd" of nonexperts (consumers) over time. Despite its promises, little is known about the nature of an individual's ideation efforts in...

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Money-Back Guarantees: Helping the Low-Quality Retailer

McWilliams, Bruce - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 8, pp. 1521-1524

>This paper was accepted by J. Miguel Villas-Boas, marketing. …

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Product and Price Competition with Satiation Effects

Caro, Felipe; Martínez-de-Albéniz, Victor - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 7, pp. 1357-1373

marketing lever (price) and the firm's ability to offer products that generate less satiation. In particular, we show that when …

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Empirical Investigation of Retail Expansion and Cannibalization in a Dynamic Environment

Pancras, Joseph; Sriram, S.; Kumar, V. - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 11, pp. 2001-2018

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Estimating Structural Models of Equilibrium and Cognitive Hierarchy Thinking in the Field: The Case of Withheld Movie Critic Reviews

Brown, Alexander L.; Camerer, Colin F.; Lovallo, Dan - In: Management Science 59 (2013) 3, pp. 733-747

Film studios occasionally withhold movies from critics before their release. Because the unreviewed movies tend to be below average in quality, this practice provides a useful setting in which to test models of limited strategic thinking: Do moviegoers seem to realize that no review is a sign of...

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Branco, Fernando; Sun, Monic; Villas-Boas, J. Miguel - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 11, pp. 2037-2056

>This paper was accepted by Pradeep Chintagunta, marketing. …

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Vertical Differentiation with Variety-Seeking Consumers

Zeithammer, Robert; Thomadsen, Raphael - In: Management Science 59 (2013) 2, pp. 390-401

. This paper was accepted by J. Miguel Villas-Boas, marketing. …

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