Design and Analysis of Switchback Experiments
This paper by Iavor I. Bojinov and colleagues presents a framework for managers to design and run switchback experiments.
View ArticleKeep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
Humans are motivated by four drives: acquire, bond, comprehend, defend. Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams discuss how managers can use all four to keep employees engaged.
View ArticleWhere the Cloud Rests: The Economic Geography of Data Centers
This study quantifies how data center managers make a trade-off between the setup and operational costs of running a facility and capturing local demand.
View ArticleFencing Off Silicon Valley: Cross-Border Venture Capital and Technology...
This study of foreign corporate investment transactions from 32 countries between 1976 and 2015 finds these investments pose a trade-off: While they support young firms in pursuing innovations they...
View ArticleIT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'
Wage growth in IT jobs has moderated following the dot-com boom, according to new research by Ruiqing Sam Cao and Shane Greenstein.
View ArticleBankruptcy and the COVID-19 Crisis
Analyzing the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on bankruptcy filing rates in the United States, this study finds that large businesses, small businesses, and consumers experience very different effects of...
View ArticleFlight to Safety: How Economic Downturns Affect Talent Flows to Startups
The COVID-19 crisis makes it more difficult for small, young firms to attract talent as higher-quality candidates turn to more mature firms. Such “flight to safety” leads to a deterioration in the...
View ArticleSteps to Help You Get Out of Your Own Way
These research-based tips will help you slow down, fight the fog, and improve both your home life and work life.
View ArticleEstimating Causal Effects in the Presence of Partial Interference Using...
A case study of an Italian supermarket introducing a new pricing policy—in which it reduced prices on some brands—offers managers a new approach to reduce uncertainty. The approach is flexible and can...
View ArticleThe Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing
Fintechs have revolutionized the banking industry, but some customers end up worse for the experience, according to research by Marco Di Maggio and colleagues.
View ArticleDoes Venture Capital Attract Human Capital? Evidence from a Randomized Field...
Using a randomized field experiment conducted on a large online search platform, this study illustrates how investments by top venture capital investors attract potential employees and improve the pool...
View ArticleCan Being the ‘Token’ Give Women and Minorities a Competitive Edge?
Underrepresented professionals are more likely to choose predominantly male or white workgroups if it helps their ideas stand out, according to research by Edward H. Chang and colleagues.
View ArticleThe COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying
To promote the greatest safety, public health officials should target their pandemic messaging to men differently than to women. Research by Vincent Pons and colleagues.
View ArticleGood Leadership Is an Act of Kindness
The pandemic has challenged managers as never before, but one powerful leadership strategy is being overlooked, say Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson: Be kind.
View ArticleIs Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
Given the US Department of Justice's new antitrust complaint against Google, is it time to revisit what defines a market monopoly in the internet era? asks James Heskett.
View ArticleAccounting for Organizational Employment Impact
Impact-weighted accounting methodology standardizes previously disparate measures of impact, in this case the impact of employment. This paper’s methodology and analysis of Intel, Apple, Costco, and...
View ArticleThe Stock Market Value of Human Capital Creation
Measuring human capital creation is complex but increasingly important to managers for understanding the relationship between employee expenditures and firm performance. This paper develops a strategy...
View ArticleAn Executive Order Worth $100 Billion: The Impact of an Immigration Ban’s...
President Trump’s Executive Order issued on June 22, 2020 restricted the entry of temporary foreign workers to the United States and negatively affected the valuation of 471 publicly traded Fortune 500...
View Article