Executive Education in the Digital Vortex: The Disruption of the Supply...
The competitive landscape of executive education is feeling a tectonic shift even as demand grows for managerial skills. This study maps and analyzes the major providers of executive education...
View ArticleImmigrant Entrepreneurship in America: Evidence from the Survey of Business...
How do businesses created by immigrants differ from those of natives? This study using the 2007 and 2012 Survey of Business Owners records finds that while immigrant-owned businesses have a modestly...
View ArticleSponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
Corporations increasingly provide sponsors to help women get ahead. The problem, says Katherine Coffman, is that poor design of some programs can hinder rather than help women in the workplace.
View ArticleOp-Ed: What Mark Zuckerberg Can Learn About Crisis Leadership from Starbucks
Starbucks and Facebook present a contrast in crisis leadership, says Bill George. While Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson stepped up to take responsibility and met with victims, Mark Zuckerberg delayed...
View ArticleFirst Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
Do online retailers need physical showrooms? ... When the founder disagrees with the management team ... Will advertisers become more transparent about user data.
View ArticleWe May Have Given Ourselves Too Much Credit for Easing Racial Segregation in...
Racial integration of American businesses hasn't improved much despite 40 years of trying. Rembrand Koning discusses the unexpected reason why.
View ArticleIs Overconfidence a Motivated Bias? Experimental Evidence
People are most at risk of making overly positive self-assessments when their assessment criteria are not clearly defined, reports Jennifer M. Logg and colleagues. Yet, even within ambiguous domains,...
View ArticleAnalyzing the Aftermath of a Compensation Reduction
This study by Christopher Stanton and colleagues reports the effects of commission cuts in a large sales organization. Results help to clarify managers’ implicit constraints, and provide a unique lens...
View ArticleHow to Be a Rebel Leader
In "Rebel Leaders," Francesca Gino argues that business leaders should strive for and encourage rebellion in their workplaces.
View ArticleFirst Look at New Research and Ideas, May 1, 2018
What Works Better: Layoffs or Pay Cuts? ... An ethical person be an unethical negotiator ... Good news or bad? Presenting to the Chai Point Board.
View ArticleShould International Trade in Intellectual Property Be Regulated?
Is intellectual property too valuable an economic asset for the United States to be left unregulated across international borders? asks James Heskett. What do YOU think?
View ArticleWhy Online Retailers Should Hide Their Best Discounts
Online retailers should take a tip from brick-and-mortar stores: shove your best deals to the back of the store. Research by Thales Teixeira and Donald Ngwe.
View ArticleFirst Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
We prefer advice given by machines ... The nurse who became hospital CEO ... Who pays for hospital-acquired infections?
View ArticleA Simple Way for Restaurant Inspectors to Improve Food Safety
Basic tweaks to the schedules of food safety inspectors could prevent millions of foodborne illnesses, according to new behavioral science research by Maria Ibáñez and Michael Toffel.
View ArticleCorporate Tax Cuts Increase Income Inequality
Ethan Rouen and colleagues examine corporate tax reform by estimating the causal effect of state corporate tax cuts on top income inequality. Results suggest that, while corporate tax cuts increase...
View ArticleAmazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide
Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods seemed a Wall Street dream come true. But then Amazon's data-driven efficiency met the customer-driven culture at Whole Foods—and the shelves began to empty. Dennis...
View ArticleNew Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
Big business is poised to make a giant leap in space ... Why you should cherish time over money ... How the rich and poor move further apart.
View ArticleHow Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
Foreign businesses located in at-war countries are often victims of expropriation. Historian Valeria Giacomin explores how German businesses in the United Kingdom and India mitigated risk and even...
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