Innovation
Watson Is Just the Beginning
How machine learning will change education, product development, and decision-making.
Researchers: David Ferrucci
July 6, 2015
Is Your Company Culture Too Strong?
A diversity of viewpoints can help organizations weather disruption.
Researchers: Willemien Kets and Alvaro Sandroni
July 6, 2015
Entrepreneurship
Building the Right Team to Scale a Startup
Three crucial elements to growing your business.
Researchers: Daniel J. Weinfurter
July 6, 2015
When Collaboration Takes a Toll on Productivity
A look at the cost of collaboration among highly skilled workers.
Researchers: Jan A. Van Mieghem, Itai Gurvich, Lu Wang and Kevin J. O'Leary
July 6, 2015
Data Analytics
Can Computers Make Us Better Thinkers?
IBM Watson creator David Ferrucci on the thought partnership at the heart of machine learning.
Researchers: David Ferrucci and Brian Uzzi
July 6, 2015
Policy
The Economics of the Illegal Drug Market
An argument for sentencing dealers based on the purity of their product.
Researchers: Manolis Galenianos, Rosalie Liccardo Pacula and Nicola Persico
July 6, 2015
Finance & Accounting
Going Beyond “Buy Low, Sell High”
What is risky to short-horizon investors may not be risky to long-term investors.
Researchers: Avraham Kamara, Robert Korajczyk, Xiaoxia Lou and Ronnie Sadka
July 6, 2015
Data Analytics
Making Data Work Harder for You— Podcast Transcript
A strategic approach to data analytics starts with asking the right questions.
Researchers: Florian Zettelmeyer and Eric T. Anderson
July 6, 2015
Healthcare
Who Bears the Cost of the Uninsured? Nonprofit Hospitals.
When governments do not provide health insurance, hospitals must provide it instead.
Researchers: Craig Garthwaite, Tal Gross and Matthew J. Notowidigdo
June 22, 2015
Entrepreneurship
Overcoming the “Buzzsaw of Quiet” around Your Startup
Tips for how to optimize the product engine.
Researchers: Sean Johnson
June 15, 2015
The Risks of a Good Reputation
How reputation and trust function in commercial transactions and the sharing economy.
Researchers: Kent Grayson and Brayden King
June 2, 2015
Marketing
NASCAR Overhauls the Fan Experience
How the car-racing giant overcame flagging engagement.
Researchers: Eric T. Anderson
June 2, 2015
We Trust Reputation. Should We?
The power of reputation might expose us to greater risk.
Researchers: Gulnur Tumbat and Kent Grayson
June 2, 2015
Social Impact
How Do Activists Create Change?
Small reforms can lead to profound transformation.
Researchers: Mary Hunter-McDonnell, Brayden King and Sarah Soule
June 2, 2015
Can Wikipedia Be Trusted?
Crowdsourced Wikipedia entries are more biased than Encyclopaedia Britannica articles.
Researchers: Shane Greenstein and Feng Zhu
June 2, 2015
It Pays to Be Honest—Even When You’re Selling Junk
Disclosing flaws can drive auction bids up.
Researchers: Steven Tadelis and Florian Zettelmeyer
June 2, 2015
Marketing
The Risks of a Good Reputation— Podcast Transcript
How reputation and trust function in commercial transactions and the sharing economy. A transcript of this month’s Insight In Person podcast.
Researchers: Kent Grayson and Brayden King
June 2, 2015
Healthcare
Collaborating to Save Lives
For an integrated healthcare organization, culture is the key to operational efficiency.
Researchers: Leemore S. Dafny and William Ocasio
May 1, 2015
Data Analytics
Data Visualization: More Than Pretty Pictures
Data visualization techniques are integral to memorable and persuasive messaging.
Researchers: Steve Haroz, Robert Kosara and Steven Franconeri
May 1, 2015
The Ultimate Data Set
Computational social science aims to discover universal facts.
Researchers: Brian Uzzi
May 1, 2015
