Michael Raith

Professor Raith joined the Simon School in 2002. He has also spent time as full-time or visiting faculty at the University of Chicago, USC, and MIT.

TEACHING INTERESTS

Prof. Raith taught Competitive Strategy for many years, and has more recently been teaching Organization and Strategy (formerly a core MBA course). He has been named to the Teaching Honor several times.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

His research interests include the economics of organiza­tions and industrial economics. He has worked on pricing strategies in the presence of market uncertainty, the effects of financial constraints on firms' behavior in product markets, incentive contracting and performance evaluation in organizations, and the interaction between incentives and communication in various principal-agent settings. Raith's work has been published in the American Economic Review, RAND Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

Publication

• What are We Really Good At? Product Strategy with Uncertain Capabilities Contribution Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal Journal/Publisher/Proceedings Publisher: Marketing Science Volume: 37 Issue: 2
• Optimal Incentives and the Time Dimension of Performance Measurement Contribution Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal Journal/Publisher/Proceedings Publisher: Journal of Economic Theory Volume: 147 Issue: 6
• Resource Allocation and Organizational Form Contribution Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal Journal/Publisher/Proceedings Publisher: American Economic Journal - Microeconomics Volume: 2 Issue: 2,
• Specific Knowledge and Performance Measurement Contribution Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal Journal/Publisher/Proceedings Publisher: RAND Journal of Economics Volume: 39
• The U-Shaped Investment Curve: Theory and Evidence Contribution Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal Journal/Publisher/Proceedings Publisher: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis Volume: 42
• Career Concerns of Bargainers Contribution Type: Journal Article, Academic Journal Journal/Publisher/Proceedings Publisher: Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization Volume: 21

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) London School of Economics and Political Science (1992 — 1996)
• University of Rochester - Simon Business School

Companies

• Associate Professor of Economics and Management University of Rochester (2002)
• Visiting Professor of Applied Economics MIT Sloan School of Management (2011 — 2011)
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance and Economics University of Southern California (2005 — 2006)
• Assistant Professor of Economics University of Chicago Booth School of Business (1997 — 2002)