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Daniel Raff
Associate Professor


Education

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987; BPhil, Oxford University, 1978; MPA, Princeton University, 1976; BA, New College, 1973

Recent Consulting

Competitive strategy in manufacturing and services (including financial services); deal design

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1994-present. Previous appointments: Harvard University; Oxford University. Visiting appointments: Columbia University Schools of Business and Law

Other Positions

Faculty Research Fellow and Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1988-present; Sloan Senior Research Fellow, Wharton Financial Institutions Center, 2000-present

Professional Leadership

Trustee, Business History Conference, 1998-2001; Chair, Investment Committee, 2001-present; Chair, Audit and Budget Committee and Trustee ex officio, Economic History Association, 2001-present

Publications
Daniel Raff, N. L. Lamoreaux, P. Temin (2002), Beyond Markets and Hierarchies: Towards a New Synthesis of American Business History, Reginald H. Jones Center for Management Policy, Strategy and Organization working paper
Daniel Raff (2001), Risk Management in an Age of Change, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Global Financial Services Practice
Daniel Raff, C. H. Fine (2001), Internet-Driven Innovation and Economic Performance in the American Automobile Industry, The Economic Payoff from the Internet Revolution, R. Litan and A. Rivlin, eds., Washington: The Brooklings Institution
Daniel Raff (2000), Superstores and the Evolution of Firm Capabilities in American Bookselling, Strategic Management Journal
Daniel Raff (1999), Sears Roebuck in the Twentieth Century:Competition, Complementarities, and the Problem of Wasting Assets, Learning By Doing in Organizations, Markets, and Nations, N.R. Lamoreaux, D.M.G. Raff, and P. Temin, eds., Chicago: University of Chicago Press

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Knowledge@Wharton
Get Me Rewrite: What's Next for Murdoch's Media Empire? 07/20/2011
Bad News for Borders — and for Publishing 07/19/2011
More Wizardry in the Book World 06/24/2011
E-textbooks: The New Best-sellers 03/03/2010
Wanted: A President Who Can Lead During a Time of 'Daunting' Challenges 10/01/2008
Getting a Read on Amazon's New Kindle 12/12/2007

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Raff Daniel

Daniel  Raff
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raff@wharton.upenn.edu

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Research Interests:
Business history and strategy