Organizations
Social-Media Algorithms Have Hijacked “Social Learning”
We make sense of the world by observing and mimicking others, but digital platforms throw that process into turmoil. Can anything be done?
Researchers: William Brady, Joshua Conrad Jackson, Björn Lindström and M.J. Crockett
August 16, 2023
Organizations
Podcast: Platforms Are Experimenting on Their Users … a Lot. Is That Okay?
On this episode of The Insightful Leader: Opaque algorithms on platforms like LinkedIn, Uber, and TaskRabbit have more power than ever. It’s starting to impact livelihoods.
Researchers: Hatim Rahman
August 14, 2023
Careers
Take 5: Not So Fast!
A little patience can lead to better ideas, stronger organizations, and more-ethical conduct at work.
Researchers: Swaminathan Sridharan, Daniel Barron, Michael Powell, Loran Nordgren and Benjamin F. Jones
August 10, 2023
Strategy
How Autocracies Unravel
Over time, leaders grow more repressive and cling to yes-men—a cycle that’s playing out today in Putin’s Russia.
Researchers: Georgy Egorov and Konstantin Sonin
August 10, 2023
Finance & Accounting
Want to Find the Next Big Company? IP Offers a Clue.
A company’s early efforts to protect its intellectual property are a good signal that it intends to grow—one of many lessons from a wide-ranging investigation of U.S. IP practices.
Researchers: Filippo Mezzanotti and Timothy Simcoe
August 3, 2023
Marketing
As Data Privacy Improves, Small Advertisers Could Get Squeezed
Lauded as a win for consumers, new protections could have unintended consequences. “There’s no privacy ‘free lunch’ here.”
Researchers: Nils Wernerfelt, Anna Tuchman, Bradley Shapiro and Robert Moakler
August 1, 2023
Marketing
How Data Tracking Is Changing—and What That Means for You
Tech companies are phasing out cookies. Will consumers finally see meaningful privacy protections?
Researchers: Guy Aridor
August 1, 2023
Entrepreneurship
Could Aligning with a Star Help Your Brand?
Celebrity brands are on the rise. Here’s what to know before you pursue a famous business partner.
Researchers: Paul Earle Jr.
August 1, 2023
Economics
Youth Unemployment and China’s Economic Future
For decades, China’s growth has followed the pattern of advanced economies, with rising incomes and educational attainment, shrinking family size, and growing female labor-force participation. But across these and other dimensions, the economy now appears to be going backward.
Researchers: Nancy Qian
July 27, 2023
Operations
ChatGPT Has Arrived. What’s a Manager to Do?
4 tips for leading a team in an age of generative AI.
Researchers: Robert L. Bray
July 21, 2023
Finance & Accounting
Wage Garnishment in the U.S. Is More Common Than You Might Think
A new study offers a first look at the impact of collecting defaulted debts directly from worker’s paychecks.
Researchers: Anthony DeFusco, Brandon Enriquez and Maggie Yellen
July 18, 2023
Operations
Schools Often Partner with Nonprofits to Benefit Students. Which Partnerships Last?
One key to keeping programs afloat: flexibility.
Researchers: Samantha Keppler, Karen Smilowitz and Paul Leonardi
July 18, 2023
Finance & Accounting
Where Is Commercial Real Estate Headed Next?
Experts discuss the latest trends, from demolishing office space to repurposing malls (again) to riding out the end of the warehouse boom.
Researchers: Efraim Benmelech, Kimberly Adams, Suzanne Martinez and Jay Weaver
July 18, 2023
Organizations
It’s Performance Review Time. Which Ranking System Is Best for Your Team?
A look at the benefits and downsides of two different approaches.
Researchers: George Georgiadis
July 3, 2023
Organizations
A Company Has Donated on Your Behalf! What Will You Do Next?
A new study on the recent trend of “giving-by-proxy” offers good news for charitable organizations.
Researchers: Samantha Kassirer, Maryam Kouchaki and Jillian J. Jordan
July 1, 2023
Innovation
How AI Can Help Researchers Navigate the “Replication Crisis”
A new tool predicts whether a specific study is likely to replicate, building confidence in the findings among scientists, funding agencies, and the public.
Researchers: Wu Youyou, Yang Yang and Brian Uzzi
July 1, 2023
Policy
Will the PGA–LIV Golf Merger Pass the Antitrust Test?
“Statements that LIV has made about breaking up the monopoly of the PGA may come back to haunt them.”
Researchers: R. Mark McCareins
July 1, 2023
Organizations
How to Prepare for AI-Generated Misinformation
“We have to be careful not to get distracted by sci-fi issues and focus on concrete risks that are the most pressing.”
Researchers: William Brady
July 1, 2023
Policy
The Supreme Court Ended Race-Conscious Admissions. A Sociologist Who Studies Bias in Elite Spaces Is Worried about the Ramifications.
“The decision represents a fundamental misunderstanding or misrecognition of what we know from science about how discrimination works.”
Researchers: Lauren Rivera
June 30, 2023
Innovation
How the Metaverse Could Shape Science
Augmented reality has the potential to solve old problems—and introduce new ones. Is it time to establish guardrails?
Researchers: Diego Gómez-Zará, Peter Schiffer and Dashun Wang
June 21, 2023
