This book examines issues related to the alignment of business strategies and analytics. Vast amounts of data are being generated, collected, stored, processed, analyzed, distributed and used at an ever-increasing rate by organizations. Simultaneously, managers must rapidly and thoroughly...

We examine whether the patterns of entry and exit established in prior work continue to persist, despite recessions in 2001 and 2008, the introduction of the new Form 990 in 2008, and claims of increased IRS enforcement. We find that charity net entry rates remain positive and consistent over...

We examine the claim that nonprofits markets have become more crowded over time. A naïve examination of the data indicates that the number of nonprofits has increased rapidly over the past two decades. However, this approach does not account for increases in population, income, or other demand...

This paper introduces a new empirical approach to the nonprofit literature which can measure competition between nonprofit organizations. Our approach provides a framework to determine when and how the number of firms may be incorporated in empirical competitive analysis. We then systematically...

Few studies have examined the relationships between drug use, health services utilization and the cost of medical care for a community-based sample of drug users. The purpose of this study was to analyze recently collected data on chronic drug users (CDUs), CDUs who were also injecting drug...

This paper examines how estimates of the price elasticity of demand for beer vary with the choice of alcohol price series examined. Our most important finding is that the commonly used ACCRA price data are unlikely to reliably indicate alcohol demand elasticities--estimates obtained from this...