I like Frank Cross's spin on the Deb proposal.

Connie Bagley
Stanford Graduate School of Business



At 08:31 AM 10/14/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, Deb is right that if we conduct the study it will be viewed as biased.
>But wouldn't a study from an outside consultant that we commissioned and
>paid for be given the same criticism?  When you read the papers, research
>is constantly denigrated as bought and paid for.  I think it might be more
>effective if it were conducted by respected members of other disciplines
>within
>the bschool.  Could we identify some relatively neutral and respected profs
>of marketing, finance, etc. who would conduct the study?
>
>
>At 08:22 AM 10/14/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>>I like Deb's proposal, and would contribute.
>>
>>John Allison
>>
>Frank Cross
>Herbert D. Kelleher Centennial Professor of Business Law
>CBA 5.202
>University of Texas at Austin
>Austin, TX 78712
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