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June 1, 2025
The Upside of Recruiting Your Rivals
Teams that acquire players from their competitors gain an advantage that goes beyond pure skill.
Satyam Mukherjee, Yun Huang, Brian Uzzi and Noshir Contractor

June 1, 2025
No Credit History? No Problem.
A new type of score looks at people’s shopping behaviors and utility payments to determine their eligibility for loans and credit cards.
Jung Youn Lee, Joonhyuk Yang and Eric T. Anderson

June 1, 2025
The AI Tidal Wave Doesn’t Have to Drown Workers
As AI replaces job responsibilities, it creates just as many opportunities, new research shows.
Menaka Hampole, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Lawrence Schmidt and Bryan Seegmiller

May 28, 2025
When Experts Pivot, They Pay a Price
“It’s not like we can’t enter a new area and hit a home run, but there’s just a far, far lower chance of that happening.”
Ryan Hill, Dashun Wang, Benjamin F. Jones and and coauthors

May 1, 2025
Meet Mr. Treadmill, Your Workout Buddy
Need some extra motivation to reach your fitness goals? Anthropomorphizing objects can help, new research shows.
Lili Wang and Rima Touré-Tillery

May 1, 2025
When Put to the Test, Are We Any Good at Spotting AI Fakes?
For the most part, yes! And the more we look, the better we get.
Negar Kamali, Karyn Nakamura, Aakriti Kumar, Angelos Chatzimparmpas, Jessica Hullman and Matthew Groh

May 1, 2025
Do Gut Feelings Change Over Time?
New research challenges the long-held belief that unconscious attitudes are set in stone.
Tessa Charlesworth and and coauthors

May 1, 2025
How Higher Pay Incentives Can Backfire
While increasing bonuses and commission rates might seem like a good idea, doing so can inadvertently harm the quality of an organization’s workforce.
Henrique Castro-Pires and George Georgiadis

April 11, 2025
Our Colleagues’ Decisions May Influence Us More Than We Realize
The effect of peer influence “raises some interesting and potentially troubling questions about the nature of expertise and decision-making.”
Jillian Chown and Carlos Inoue

April 1, 2025
The Hidden Cost of Successful Experiments
As companies innovate, the resulting complexity makes further growth more challenging.
Yudi Huang, Sébastien Martin and Zhiwei (Tony) Qin

April 1, 2025
Why That “Follow-Back” on Social Media Is Not Guaranteed
Regardless of their political ideology, people are less likely to follow back users from certain racial groups.
Krishnan Nair, Mohsen Mosleh and Maryam Kouchaki

April 1, 2025
How America’s News Diet Went from Local to National
While many view the internet as the death knell of local print journalism, the unraveling started decades earlier—with the rise of television.
Charles Angelucci, Julia Cagé and Michael Sinkinson

April 1, 2025
The Ripple Effect of an Uneven Credit Market
From freelancers to independent contractors, people who rely on temporary work are less likely to get loans and achieve life milestones.
David A. Matsa, Brian Melzer and Michał Zator

March 28, 2025
The Case for Muting the Boss
When discussing business strategy, leaders should leave room for new voices, who could spur the next big idea.
Sanjay Khosla

March 28, 2025
Build a Successful B2B Business by First Engaging Consumers
Take the backroad to a B2B business model by stimulating demand from the bottom up.
David Schonthal

March 4, 2025
Why Small Firms Take a Pass on Profitable Opportunities
And how they can be encouraged to buy in.
Paul Gertler, Sean Higgins, Ulrike Malmendier and Waldo Ojeda

March 1, 2025
Does Satire Soften the Blow of Criticism?
Quite the opposite, in fact, even if it comes in the form of humorous memes, videos, or headlines.
Hooria Jazaieri and Derek D. Rucker

March 1, 2025
How to Encourage Authenticity at Work
The right conditions can help people, particularly those from marginalized groups, feel more comfortable with expressing their true selves.
Cynthia S. Wang and and coauthors

March 1, 2025
5 Ways Business Leaders Can Address Implicit Bias
“Inclusive leadership is actually an intrinsic goal that most people have, regardless of their politics.”
Tessa Charlesworth

March 1, 2025
2 New Indices to Measure Stock Market Volatility
Unlike the VIX, these indices—SPOTVOL and LTV—distinguish between day-to-day volatility and investor fears of a “black swan” event.
Torben Andersen, Chun He and Viktor Todorov
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