Op-Ed: Trump’s Tariffs Could Harm Allies as Much as Opponents
President Trump's duties on steel and aluminum could carry immediate political gain but long-term economic pain for some American industries and global allies, say, says Dante Roscini.
View ArticleEvidence of Decreasing Internet Entropy: The Lack of Redundancy in DNS...
Stabilizing the domain name resolution (DNS) infrastructure is critical to the operation of the internet. Single points of failure become more consequential as a larger proportion of the internet's...
View ArticleNowcasting Gentrification: Using Yelp Data to Quantify Neighborhood Change
Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim, and Michael Luca find that data from digital platforms (in this case, Yelp) can help forecast which neighborhoods are gentrifying and provide new ways to measure...
View ArticleFirst Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
When expressing gratitude invites exploitation ... Do stock buybacks ultimately hurt workers? ... Price controls at the supermarket.
View ArticleElectronic Health Records Were Supposed to Cut Medical Costs. They Haven't.
Digitizing patient information promised to cut health care costs by driving down administrative expenses. So why can it cost a doctor more than $200 to process a single bill? New research by Robert...
View ArticleUsing Online Prices for Measuring Real Consumption Across Countries
This study by Alberto Cavallo and colleagues shows that online prices may enhance data of the International Comparisons Program, dramatically improving the frequency and transparency of purchasing...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s open letter to CEOs has reignited the “shareholders versus stakeholders” debate. Bill George says it's not much of a debate: mission-driven, values-centered companies perform...
View ArticleMarch 13, 2018
Not a bad speech…for a rookie ... What’s the next step for Redfin? ... Do sponsorships work to promote women?
View ArticleFeeling Stressed? Try Sniffing Your Romantic Partner's Shirt
Attention business travelers: Reducing on-the-road stress might be as simple as tucking a loved one’s t-shirt into your suitcase, according to new research by Marlise Hofer, Hanne K. Collins, Ashley V....
View ArticleTargeted Price Controls on Supermarket Products
Governments sometimes consider targeted price controls when popular goods become less affordable. Looking at price controls in Argentina between 2007 and 2015, this study’s findings suggest that new...
View ArticleBackhanded Compliments: How Negative Comparisons Undermine Flattery
This study by Ovul Sezer, Alison Wood Brooks, and Michael I. Norton explores the psychology of backhanded compliments.
View ArticleAmount and Diversity of Digital Emotional Expression Predicts Happiness
Emoticons might seem trivial because they require just the tap of a finger, but this study shows how emoticons make a difference in overall emotion expression. People use emoticons to highlight the...
View ArticleThanks for Nothing: Expressing Gratitude Invites Exploitation by Competitors
Think more carefully and strategically about expressing gratitude while negotiations are still underway. Even if negotiators feel grateful for concessions from a counterpart, it may not help them, and...
View ArticleLone Wolves in Competitive Equilibria
The Lone Wolf Theorem, proven by McVitie and Wilson (1970), states that any agent who is unmatched in one stable partnership assignment is unmatched in every stable assignment. This new study in...
View Article8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager
What does it mean to bring your individual environmental values to work every day? Here's how eco-friendly managers can practice what they preach.
View ArticleCountering Political Risk in Colonial India: German Multinationals and the...
Examining German businesspeople interned in British camps in India during both World War I and II, this study identifies major issues and questions for future scholarly research on internment. Research...
View ArticleFirst Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018
What's wrong with compliance programs? ... How African American women become senior executives.
View ArticleWhy Artificial Intelligence Isn't a Sure Thing to Increase Productivity
As companies adopt artificial intelligence to increase efficiency, are their employees skilled enough to use those technologies effectively? Prithwiraj Choudhury looks to the US Patent and Trademark...
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