Sloan School of Management: Recent submissions

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    • The prevalence of user innovation and free innovation transfers: Implications for statistical indicators and innovation policy 

      Gault, Fred; von Hippel, Eric A. (Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Managememnt, Massachusetts Institute of Management, 2009-02-03)
      Statistical indicators have not kept pace with innovation research. Today, it is well understood that many industrial and consumer products are developed by users, and that many innovations developed at private cost are ...

    • To Wave Or Not To Wave? Order Release Policies for Warehouses with an Automated Sorter 

      Gallien, Jérémie; Weber, Théophane (Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008-09-08)
      Wave-based release policies are prevalent in warehouses with an automated sorter, and take different forms depending on how much waves overlap and whether the sorter is split for operating purposes. Waveless release is ...

    • Contingent Claims Analysis and Life-Cycle Finance 

      Bodie, Zvi; Ruffino, Doriana; Treussard, Jonathan (Cambridge, MA; Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008-01-10)
      This paper explores the application of contingent claims analysis (CCA) to two "hot" issues in life-cycle finance: (1) investing for retirement and (2) deciding when, if ever, to switch careers. Participants in individual ...