Leadership
Mastering Motivation
Finding a better way to work toward your goals
Researchers: Andrea Bonezzi, Miguel Brendl and Matteo De Angelis
August 3, 2012
Volatile Assets
Why we know less about bonds than we thought
Researchers: Torben Andersen and Luca Benzoni
July 2, 2012
Operations
Why You Should Accept Returns
Best handling of merchandise returns may be counterintuitive
Researchers: Jeffrey D. Shulman, Anne T. Coughlan and R. Canan Savaskan-Ebert
July 2, 2012
Economics
Decisions, Decisions
Why humans can’t seem to make the “right” choices
Researchers: Yuval Salant
July 2, 2012
Leadership
Do Less
Why managers should stop micromanaging and trust their employees
Researchers: J. Keith Murnighan
July 2, 2012
Buying Behaviors of Emerging Middle Classes
How new consumers in developing nations choose their brands
Researchers: Alon Eizenberg and Alberto Salvo
July 2, 2012
Healthcare
When Hospitals Turn Away Ambulances
Uncovering flaws in a policy intended to prevent ER overcrowding
Researchers: Sarang Deo and Itai Gurvich
June 4, 2012
Healthcare
Rebooting Employer-Sponsored Healthcare
Would employees be happier with more health plan choices?
Researchers: Leemore S. Dafny, Katherine Ho and Mauricio Varela
June 4, 2012
Data Analytics
The Specifics of Sleep
Using statistics to understand sleep better
Researchers: Blakeley B. McShane, Allan Pack, Raymond J. Galante, Shane T. Jensen, Nirinjini Naidoo, Abraham J. Wyner and Michael Biber, Megan Ferber, Jia Hua Hu, John Zimmerman, Greg Maislin, Jacqui Cater, Paul Worley
June 4, 2012
Policy
Will Doctors Work Less Under “Obamacare”?
The effect of lower reimbursements on the medical workforce
Researchers: Craig Garthwaite
June 4, 2012
Healthcare
How Poverty Damages Health
Anti-poverty programs boost recipients’ well-being
Researchers: William Evans and Craig Garthwaite
June 4, 2012
Healthcare
A Patient, Not a Person
Medicine’s bad habit of dehumanizing patients
Researchers: Omar Sultan Haque and Adam Waytz
June 4, 2012
Economics
Which Plane Lands Last?
The tricky science of weather delays and airport landing slots
Researchers: James Schummer and Rakesh Vohra
May 3, 2012
Policy
The Impending Pension Problem
Pension liabilities are a massive hidden debt
Researchers: Joshua Rauh and Robert Novy-Marx
May 2, 2012
Leadership
What Constitutes Torture?
Perceptions change based on personal experience
Researchers: Loran Nordgren, Mary-Hunter Morris and George Loewenstein
May 2, 2012
Marketing
Goes Together Like Guilt and Pleasure
Guilty pleasures may be the best kind
Researchers: Kelly Goldsmith, Eunice Kim Cho and Ravi Dhar
May 2, 2012
Policy
A Strategy for Peace
How world leaders should react to provocateurs
Researchers: Sandeep Baliga and Tomas Sjöström
May 2, 2012
Politics & Elections
The Oprah Effect
Celebrity endorsement of political candidates can make a difference at the polls.
Researchers: Craig Garthwaite and Timothy Moore
April 2, 2012
Marketing
Buy Bigger, Feel More Powerful
Compensating for powerlessness through purchases
Researchers: David Dubois, Derek D. Rucker and Adam D. Galinsky
April 2, 2012
