Female Inventors and Inventions
Does the gender of inventors make a difference for who benefits from their inventions? An analysis by Rembrand Koning and colleagues shows that research teams with women were more likely to produce...
View ArticleUsing Models to Persuade
“Model persuasion” happens when would-be persuaders offer receivers a streamlined way of understanding data they already know, especially when the data is open to interpretation. Using examples from...
View ArticleSolving the Riddle of How Companies Grow Over Time
Can company growth rates persist over long periods of time? A new study of long-lasting enterprises might make CEOs rethink their strategies, says Gary Pisano.
View ArticleThe Impact of Regulation on Strategic Positioning: Self-Regulation in the RTE...
This study examines the responses and performance impacts resulting from industry self-regulation to improve the nutritional content of children’s cereals. Dynamic links between product positioning and...
View ArticleDo National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?
It's a paradox about innovation. Inventors want to keep secret the inner workings of their most commercial technologies, while technological progress relies on transparency. Daniel Gross looks to the...
View ArticleCorporate Purpose and Firm Ownership
This study shows that corporate purpose varies greatly according to the nature of firm ownership, and these differences can be least partly explained by the choices and compensation of the CEOs.
View ArticleThe Economic Cost of Physician Burnout
Doctor burnout takes a toll on physicians and patient care, but there is another cost to be accounted for, says Joel Goh.
View ArticleWhat Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
Almost 1 million Rohingya refugees are sinking deeper into despair while sitting idle in a camp they can’t easily leave. But the opportunity to work might provide a resource more scarce than cash:...
View ArticleComments on Macri's Macro by Federico Sturzenegger
Rafael Di Tella analyzes a paper by Federico Sturzenegger, the Governor of the Central Bank of Argentina under President Mauricio Macri, detailing the country’s efforts to stabilize the economy...
View ArticleBook Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership
In this excerpt from Race, Work, & Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience, the authors discuss the deterioriating state of race relations in the US.
View Article6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees
To support black employees, business leaders must challenge biases and help employees be themselves, says a new book co-edited by Anthony J. Mayo.
View ArticleCan Gimlet Turn a Podcast Network into a Disruptive Platform?
Professors John Deighton and Jeffrey Rayport discuss how two former public radio producers launched the Gimlet Media podcast network, entering the last frontier of digital media. How can they turn a...
View ArticleThe Limitations of Dynamic Capabilities
This paper explains the role dynamic capabilities play in competitive advantage, identifies conditions that make them valuable, and describes two types and various levels of the phenomenon.
View ArticleThe Value Potential of New Business Models
A business model determines the opportunity’s value creation potential and suggests how the resulting value might be distributed among participants pursuing that model. Strategists need to understand...
View ArticleWhat Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
The Business Roundtable proposes that companies be judged on a much higher standard than the traditional "maximize shareholder value." James Heskett asks, is Walmart's recent response to gun violence a...
View ArticleSoul and Machine (Learning)
This paper argues with examples and predictions that while marketing science theory, engineering, and machine learning capabilities are changing the way we think about marketing, true advances will...
View ArticleHow Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers
It happens to the best of companies. One fine day a public relations nightmare explodes and shatters your hard-won trust with customers. What should you do next?
View ArticleFor Better Ideas, Bring the Right People to the Brainstorm
Better ideas emerge when extroverts and people open to new experiences put their heads together, according to research by Rembrand M. Koning. But what about introverts?
View ArticleBirds of a Feather ... Enforce Social Norms? Interactions Among Culture,...
Does culture eat strategy for breakfast? By analyzing the role of a company's social norms—how they develop and why people reinforce them, despite their personal beliefs—this paper offers new insights...
View ArticleVote Choice Formation and the Minimal Effects of TV Debates
TV debates offer ample fodder for political pundits, but do they sway voters? Using voter data from 61 elections in nine countries, the team behind this paper sheds light on the most important factors...
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