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Audit Regulations Meant to Curb Accounting Scandals Are Working, Mostly

A post-Enron oversight board is a useful example for the regulation of other industries.

Researchers: Daniel Aobdia

Strategy

What’s Behind the Current Wave of Vertical Integration?

From Amazon–Whole Foods to CVS–Aetna, companies are reconfiguring for an uncertain future. Four strategy professors discuss.

Researchers: Craig Garthwaite, Meghan Busse, Amanda Starc and R. Mark McCareins

Data Analytics

How a Good Analytics Strategy Can Become the Victim of Its Own Success

The best firms “purposely mess stuff up” to get the data they need to grow.

Researchers: Eric T. Anderson and Florian Zettelmeyer

Organizations

The Downside of Transparent Decision Making

Why you’ll get a better recommendation from a committee that deliberates behind closed doors.

Researchers: Ronen Gradwohl and Timothy Feddersen

Traders Are Surprisingly Slow to Respond to Off-hours Earnings Announcements

It can take days for investors to react, creating a potentially lucrative strategy for some.

Researchers: Matthew R. Lyle, Christopher Rigsby, Andrew Stephen and Teri L. Yohn

Healthcare

Will People Price Shop for Healthcare?

A new study says yes, but only if the prices are easy to understand.

Researchers: Elena Prager

Finance & Accounting

Private Equity Helped Firms Weather the Great Recession

A new study shows that debt isn’t always a liability during a financial crisis.

Researchers: Shai Bernstein, Josh Lerner and Filippo Mezzanotti

Innovation

Take 5: Make Your Big Idea a Success

Kellogg faculty share what it takes to find, foster, and sell innovation.

Researchers: Benjamin F. Jones, R. Mark McCareins, Pete Slawniak, Brian Eng, Jeffrey Cohen, Bryony Reich and Loran Nordgren

Policy

The Complicated Logic Behind Donating to a Food Pantry Rather than Giving a Hungry Person Cash

If we were in need, we’d likely want money. So what accounts for that difference?

Researchers: Juliana Schroeder, Adam Waytz and Nicholas Epley

Finance & Accounting

How Blockchain Could Radically Alter Global Finance

The technology underlying cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin is already starting to make its mark.

Researchers: Robert McDonald, Caitlin Long and Peter Cherecwich

Marketing

Podcast: How Amazon's Alexa Learns

Plus, an algorithm that can identify new social-media hashtags as they emerge.

Researchers: Jennifer Cutler and Ashwin Ram

Organizations

How Are Black–White Biracial People Perceived in Terms of Race?

Understanding the answer—and why black and white Americans may perceive biracial people differently—is increasingly important in a multiracial society.

Researchers: Arnold K. Ho, Nour Kteily and J. M. Chen

Marketing

Take 5: Holiday Shopping

Our faculty explain the reasoning behind some common shopping scenarios.

Researchers: Ulf Bockenholt, Alexander Chernev, Lakshman Krishnamurthi, Martin Lariviere and Blakeley B. McShane

Marketing

Why Banning E-cigarette Ads on TV Could Backfire

A new study finds that an increase in e-cigarette ads leads to a decrease in traditional cigarette sales.

Researchers: Anna Tuchman

Policy

How a “Robot Tax” Could Reduce Income Inequality

This tax can also be part of a plan to improve the economy as a whole.

Researchers: João Guerreiro, Sergio Rebelo and Pedro Teles

Organizations

Video: Exploring the Psychology of Trust

“People are making judgements about trustworthiness within 100 milliseconds.”

Researchers: Adam Waytz and Melissa Koenig

Policy

Measuring the Impact of Dodd–Frank on Household Leverage

The regulation’s attempt to prevent people from taking on mortgages they can’t repay may not work as intended.

Researchers: Anthony DeFusco, Stephanie Johnson and John Mondragon

Healthcare

Four Ways to Improve the Efficiency of U.S. Healthcare Markets

An economist discusses how to ensure the right mix of access, affordability, and quality.

Researchers: Amanda Starc

Strategy

How the Wrong Team Can End Up with Too Much Power in an Organization

Employee incentives that made sense at the time can lead to problematic power dynamics.

Researchers: Jin Li, Niko Matouschek and Michael Powell

Innovation

Take 5: How to Adapt to Changes in Your Industry

In many businesses, change is the only constant. Are you prepared?

Researchers: Alvaro Sandroni, Maryam Kouchaki, Mark Achler, Thomas O'Toole and Dimitris Papanikolaou