Organizations
What Companies Can Do to Encourage Compliance with COVID Safety Measures
Tips for thinking through “friction points” and making new habits stick.
Researchers: Loran Nordgren
October 12, 2020
Finance & Accounting
What’s Next for Real Estate Markets?
As the pandemic continues to upend how we live, work, and play, the future of residential and commercial markets remains very much in flux.
Researchers: Charles Nathanson
October 5, 2020
Organizations
How Family Business Owners Can Step Up During a Crisis
In uncertain times, businesses need to adapt. Their owners may have to as well.
Researchers: Jennifer Pendergast
October 5, 2020
Entrepreneurship
Immigrants to the U.S. Create More Jobs than They Take
A new study finds that immigrants are far more likely to found companies—both large and small—than native-born Americans.
Researchers: Pierre Azoulay, Benjamin F. Jones, J. Daniel Kim and Javier Miranda
October 5, 2020
Politics & Elections
When Executives Donate to Politicians, How Much Are They Keeping Their Companies’ Interests in Mind?
A new study looks at the motivation behind these donations, which make up nearly a fifth of all political giving.
Researchers: Edoardo Teso
October 5, 2020
Finance & Accounting
Tesla’s Stock Offering: Not Their First nor Their Last
Here’s why they’re at it again.
Researchers: Efraim Benmelech
October 2, 2020
Careers
There Are 168 Hours in the Week. Are You Spending Them on What Matters?
A former CEO on how to budget time for what you value most.
Researchers: Harry M. Kraemer
October 1, 2020
Economics
Does Requiring Food-Stamp Recipients to Work Actually Increase Economic Self-Sufficiency?
The answer is increasingly urgent as politicians debate whether to reinstate the requirement, which was paused during the COVID-19 recession.
Researchers: Elena Prager, Adam Leive, Mary Zaki, Colin Gray and Kelsey Pukelis
October 1, 2020
Social Impact
Researchers Designed an Algorithm to Save Schools Money and Improve Equity. The District Loved it. Then Things Got Messy.
A tale of bus routes in Boston shows the promises and pitfalls of using new technology to change entrenched systems.
Researchers: Dimitris Bertsimas, Arthur Delarue and Sébastien Martin
October 1, 2020
Careers
How to Sell in a Virtual World
From a “pre-flight checklist” to handwritten thank-you notes, here’s how to sell both your products and your ideas via video.
Researchers: Craig Wortmann
September 11, 2020
Entrepreneurship
Family Businesses Are Experiencing the COVID-19 Crisis in Unique Ways
Lower debt, diversified portfolios, and longer-term horizons may be shielding family firms from the existential threats facing many other businesses.
Researchers: José Maria Liberti
September 3, 2020
Innovation
Could a Small City Become the Next Silicon Valley? It’s Unlikely.
New research suggests that there’s a population tipping point for supporting a booming tech industry.
Researchers: Inho Hong, Morgan R. Frank, Iyad Rahwan, Woo-Sung Jung and Hyejin Youn
September 3, 2020
Healthcare
Pharma Companies Argue That Lower Drug Prices Would Mean Fewer Breakthrough Drugs. Is That True?
Probably not, a new study suggests—as long as the price decreases are modest.
Researchers: David Dranove, Craig Garthwaite and Manuel I. Hermosilla
September 2, 2020
Finance & Accounting
How Credit Ratings Are Shaping Governments’ Responses to Covid-19
To fund pandemic-related spending, governments around the world will need to take on more debt. If they can.
Researchers: Efraim Benmelech
September 2, 2020
Economics
White Americans Overestimate Racial Progress. But Certain Attempts to Remedy That Could Backfire.
Researchers hoped that having white participants read about racism would help them grasp the true extent of racial gaps in wealth and income. They were wrong.
Researchers: Ivuoma Ngozi Onyeador, Natalie M. Daumeyer, Julian M. Rucker, Ajua Duker, Michael W. Kraus and Jennifer A. Richeson
September 2, 2020
Policy
How Did School Desegregation Shape the Political Ideology of White Students Later in Life?
A new study suggests that, more than four decades later, the impact of these policies on political leanings is apparent.
Researchers: Ethan Kaplan, Jörg L. Spenkuch and Cody Tuttle
September 1, 2020
Marketing
How Anticipation Warps Our Sense of Time
Here’s why that trip to Disneyland—or to the dentist—seems to take ages, but the return trip feels much faster.
Researchers: Zoey Chen, Ryan Hamilton and Derek D. Rucker
September 1, 2020
Economics
We’re Several Months into the COVID Economy. What Have We Learned?
From household spending to the strength of the dollar, an economist sees some clear trends—and signs of what’s to come.
Researchers: Sergio Rebelo
August 26, 2020
Careers
3 Tips for Conquering Self-Doubt at Work
High achievers often worry they aren’t qualified to weigh in. Here’s how to get past those self-sabotaging thoughts.
Researchers: Ellen Taaffe
August 21, 2020
Leadership
Podcast: Thinking about Adopting a Contact-Tracing App for Your Company? Here’s What to Keep in Mind.
The technology can help reopen workplaces—but only if your employees trust it. On this special episode of The Insightful Leader, three experts discuss how to earn that trust.
Researchers: Kent Grayson, Heather Federman and Mathew Mytka
August 17, 2020
