We examine how online customer reviews for one generation of a product affect sales of another generation in the same product series. The main intriguing result is that previous generation valence has a positive impact on current generation sales; however, current generation valence has a...

In 2008, Chile implemented a targeted voucher program that increased voucher values for disadvantaged students at participating schools by approximately 50%. Although disadvantaged students made substantial fourth grade test score gains that other studies have attributed to the program, our...

In recent economic and business environment, firms, especially startups, are interested in financial opportunities, such as capital raising and acquisition. Typically, potential investors will be attracted by firms that exhibit nice trends of profit growth, and therefore firms need to manage...