Blockchain is a form of distributed ledger technology (DLT) that has grown in prominence, although its full potential and possible downsides are not yet fully understood, especially with respect to Operations Management (OM). This manuscript contributes to filling in this gap. We identify three...

Cyber-risks have generated considerable interest in the media and in the public. Perhaps as a response, regulators are devoting an increasing amount of resources to improving corporate disclosure related to these risks. In contrast, we find that, despite this increased focus, cyber risk...

We show empirically that analysts who display more consistent forecast errors have greater ability to affect prices, and that this effect is larger than that of stated accuracy. These results lead to three implications. First, consistent analysts are less likely to be demoted and are more likely...

We examine the effects of keiretsu structure on capital market timing. Keiretsu groups offer a hybrid structure between fully integrated conglomerates and stand alone firms. We find that past market conditions affect the capital structure of keiretsu firms more than they affect the capital...

We posit that management forecasts that are predictable transformations of realized earnings without random errors are more informative than unbiased forecasts which manifest small but unpredictable errors, even if biased forecasts are less accurate. Consistent with this intuition we find that...