World Class Faculty & Research / May 1, 2006

Research@Smith: Spring 2006

Increased Customer Satisfaction Increases Stock Price

Most business managers understand intuitively that satisfied customers are the key to a business’ long term success. Changes in a company’s customer satisfaction should be a leading indicator of changes in their expected earnings, and changes in expected earnings are immediately reflected in stock prices.

Trade-Based Analysis of Momentum

The phenomenon of momentum—that stocks which increase in price one year will tend to continue to increase in price over the next year, and that stocks which decrease in price one year will continue to decrease in price over the next year—has intrigued researchers for a long time.

Learning from Heterogenous Experience

When it comes to developing strategic organizational processes, experience may not be the best teacher.

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