Our Special Issue on Gender and Leadership

From the editor

Careers

Leveling the Playing Field

Small tweaks help first-generation college students succeed

Politics & Elections

Braggarts Become Leaders

Women at a disadvantage when competing for leadership positions

More than Risk Management

Non-hedging derivatives broadly used, but also broaden risks

Finance & Accounting

Housing’s Albatross

Negative equity weighs on the market

Policy

The Low Cost of Capturing Carbon

A climate-friendly technology may be cheaper than we thought

Economics

Who Wins with the Smart Grid?

Uncertain economics cloud the grid’s future

Leadership

Mastering Motivation

Finding a better way to work toward your goals

Volatile Assets

Why we know less about bonds than we thought

Operations

Why You Should Accept Returns

Best handling of merchandise returns may be counterintuitive

Economics

Decisions, Decisions

Why humans can’t seem to make the “right” choices

Leadership

Do Less

Why managers should stop micromanaging and trust their employees

Buying Behaviors of Emerging Middle Classes

How new consumers in developing nations choose their brands

Healthcare

When Hospitals Turn Away Ambulances

Uncovering flaws in a policy intended to prevent ER overcrowding

Healthcare

Rebooting Employer-Sponsored Healthcare

Would employees be happier with more health plan choices?

Data Analytics

The Specifics of Sleep

Using statistics to understand sleep better

Policy

Will Doctors Work Less Under “Obamacare”?

The effect of lower reimbursements on the medical workforce

Healthcare

How Poverty Damages Health

Anti-poverty programs boost recipients’ well-being

Our Special Issue on Healthcare

From the editor

Healthcare

A Patient, Not a Person

Medicine’s bad habit of dehumanizing patients

Economics

Which Plane Lands Last?

The tricky science of weather delays and airport landing slots

Policy

The Impending Pension Problem

Pension liabilities are a massive hidden debt

Leadership

What Constitutes Torture?

Perceptions change based on personal experience

Marketing

Goes Together Like Guilt and Pleasure

Guilty pleasures may be the best kind

Policy

A Strategy for Peace

How world leaders should react to provocateurs

Politics & Elections

The Oprah Effect

Celebrity endorsement of political candidates can make a difference at the polls.

Marketing

Buy Bigger, Feel More Powerful

Compensating for powerlessness through purchases

Networking to the Top

Social connectedness could explain wealth inequalities

Finance & Accounting

The Trouble with VPIN

New economic indicator fails to live up to its promises

Marketing

Answering Unasked Questions

Identifying bias in consumer surveys and compensating for it

Healthcare

Patients, Pricing, and Prescription Drugs

Maximizing social benefit from the Medicaid drug program

Policy

Making Up Our Minds

When are people individuals and when are they part of a group?

Strategy

Shipping's Bottom Line

How shipping charges influence online auction revenue

Marketing

Steady As She Goes

Stable prices keep customers happy

Operations

The Trick to Turn-and-Earn

Why the allocation mechanism smoothes demand fluctuations

Economics

Why Markets Tip to One Platform (or Not)

Uncovering the secrets of market tipping

Leadership

How Public Outrage Affects CEO Pay

Compensation changes but does not always decline

Finance & Accounting

Predicting Investment Shock Waves

How technological innovations affect risk premiums

Marketing

The Biggest Regret of All

Life begets regrets, but one looms larger than the others

Policy

The Theory of Planning a Successful Economic Recovery

Understanding coordination games is key

Leadership

Do Black Women Have More or Less Freedom as Leaders?

Understanding the roles of race and gender

Policy

Solving a Pricey Riddle

How monetary policy influences the economy

Marketing

A Dieting Conundrum

Why dieters underestimate calorie counts of meals

Policy

Just What the Market Ordered

How malpractice lawsuits punish negligent doctors

Policy

Hangover after the Tax Holiday

Little foreign income repatriated due to American Jobs Creation Act of 2004

Marketing

Be Good, Get Mad

Exerting self-control makes people more inclined to anger

Leadership

Inspiring Loyalty by Asking, “What If?”

Counterfactual thinking strengthens commitments to people and organizations

Policy

Paying a Premium on Your Premium

Effects of consolidation in the health insurance industry

Navigating Culture in Negotiations

Bargaining style can affect outcomes

Economics

Selling with Selective Disclosure

Why salespeople reveal some—but not all—unflattering information

Finance & Accounting

Mergers Can Be Risky Business

Default risk rises for acquiring firms

Cultures of Trust

The way countries view one another affects trade and investments.

Operations

Cutting in Line

Flexible queuing systems may improve customer service

Marketing

Understanding the Emotion of Loss

The mental processes behind loss aversion

Economics

Should I Bring an Umbrella?

Rating forecasters is difficult, but not impossible

Leadership

Nice Guys Finish Last

Altruism may be rewarded with prestige, but seldom with leadership

Leadership

Dimensions of Diffusion

Company to company, business practices seldom remain the same

Strategy

Concrete Collusion

Economic data reveals little competition in Brazil’s cement industry

Policy

Patently Unfair

Large firms use amicus briefs in patent cases to their advantage

Marketing

When Memory Serves

Customers better remember low prices

Finance & Accounting

When Investors Disagree

Differing opinions influence financial market trading patterns

Strategy

Commissions, Kickbacks, and Consumers

Brokers responding to financial incentives can benefit consumers

Leadership

Downplaying Social Pain

Snubs and rejections hurt worse than others think they do

Finance & Accounting

Hiring and Firing at the Top

Industry conditions matter when looking to hire or fire a CEO

Sight Over Sound

Mode of communication matters in negotiations

Operations

A Surprising Secret to Netflix’s Runaway Success

A little uncertainty can go a long way

Opting Out, or Overlooking Discrimination?

How the framework of “free choice” can obscure the reality of gender inequality

Economics

Performing Best When It Matters Most

Critical ability is a key to success

Economics

Adding Friction to the Market

In employment, making hiring and firing easier is not always the way to go

Policy

The Financial Reporting Fast Lane

Unexpected reactions to real-time reporting

Economics

Riding the High Income Wave

High earners ride higher, but rougher, economic waves

Is Entrepreneurship Missing in Shanghai?

The start-up spirit is surprisingly lacking in the Chinese megacity

Economics

Where Busy Bees and Business Converge

The striking similarities between ecological and organizational networks

Finance & Accounting

Jumps in the Market Make for Jumpy Investors

Short-lived market events can have long-term effects on the appetite for risk

Finance & Accounting

Today’s Rising One-percenters

The growing gap between the very rich and everyone

Marketing

One, Two, Three Stats and More at the Old Ballgame

Identifying baseball’s best players and most reliable statistics

Policy

An Unhealthy Market for Competition

Health insurance companies in the U.S., not consumers, control the market

Developing Stock Exchanges In Developing Countries

The impetus for a new stock exchange can determine its fate

A Trusted Name

Why we trust people we do not know.

Policy

Abundant Resources, Yet Little Freedom

Why dictators of resource-rich countries muzzle the press

Strategy

Remaining the Market Leader

The role of learning-by-doing and organizational forgetting

Innovation

Age and Great Invention

Scientists who make breakthroughs are older than ever

Social Impact

Driving Biofuel Adoption

Brazil’s consumers offer a peek at attitudes towards alt-fuels

Strategy

Firming Up the Foundations of Game Theory

Elucidating the role of information in strategic interactions

Sifting through Stock-Based Compensation

Managers and analysts use the expense for different purposes

Strategy

Consumers, Cars, and Common Sense

The role of gas prices in American automobile purchases

Policy

Ballooning Budgets

Why federal budgets grow, but rarely shrink

Finance & Accounting

Debt Markets During the Crisis

Failure to see the big picture led to a breakdown

Marketing

When Uncertainty Is a Sure Thing

Points and prizes can make for successful product promotion

Policy

A Potentially Fatal Illness, An Unpredictable Vaccine

Yearly flu vaccine notable for uncertainty in both supply and demand

Marketing

A Widespread Stigma

Why are people with mental illness judged unfairly?

Finance & Accounting

Synchronicity Pays

Instant messaging helps traders buy and sell at the right time

Entrepreneurship

Not All VCs Are Created Equally

High-quality venture capitalists can improve financial management and reporting

Marketing

Talk to Your Doctor About…

How consumer drug ads affect prescribing practices

Policy

Buy Coal?

Purchasing the dirty fossil fuel could help fight climate change

Economics

What has the Internet Done for the Economy?

The puzzling spread of the commercial Internet could explain wage inequalities

When to Come Out Swinging

Devise the right strategy for negotiations or online auctions

Cooking the Books

Why do firms issue financial misstatements?

Finance & Accounting

Shareholders vs. Management: Split Decision

Shareholders should usually—but not always—control decisions

Finance & Accounting

Missing in Aisle 5

When grocery stores borrow, consumer experience drops