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The power of B2B digital content marketing.
February 2, 2018

How Businesses Can Best Use Content Marketing to Generate Leads

New research on B2B companies highlights an effective way to bridge the gap between sales and marketing.

Cryptocurrency miners mine for cryptocurrencies.
February 2, 2018

New Cryptocurrencies, Same Old Problems

Why we won’t see a Bitcoin takeover any time soon.

February 1, 2018

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.

Workers stack companies with a forklift.
January 5, 2018

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.

Two data analysts sort marbles.
January 5, 2018

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.

How transparent should decision making be?
January 4, 2018

The Downside of Transparent Decision Making

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

How do traders respond to off-hours earnings announcements?
January 4, 2018

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.

Does private equity backing make firms stronger or weaker?
January 4, 2018

Private Equity Helped Firms Weather the Great Recession

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

Scientific research leads to patents more often that expected.
January 4, 2018

Take 5: Make Your Big Idea a Success

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

A financier moves a block into a blockchain.
January 3, 2018

How Blockchain Could Radically Alter Global Finance

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

How are biracial people perceived in terms of race
December 6, 2017

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.

People crowd escalators.
December 5, 2017

Take 5: Holiday Shopping

Our faculty explain the reasoning behind some common shopping scenarios.

People pass an e-cigarette billboard
December 4, 2017

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.

December 1, 2017

Video: Exploring the Psychology of Trust

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

a family adds assets to its house
December 1, 2017

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.

Two office teams have a tug-of-war in a conference room
December 1, 2017

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.

November 10, 2017

Take 5: How to Adapt to Changes in Your Industry

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

An intrapreneur shows his CEO a plan.
November 8, 2017

Tips for Established Companies to Keep Innovating

Intrapreneurship requires you to “think like a disruptor.”

when do relative incentives work to motivate employees
November 2, 2017

Making Employees Compete for Rewards Can Motivate Them—or It Can Backfire

When employees care about each other, rewarding group performance may be the better strategy.

Scientific research leads to patents more often that expected.
November 2, 2017

The Surprisingly Short Journey from Ivory Tower to Patent Office

Scientific research leads to marketplace innovations more frequently and quickly than expected.

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