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February 3, 2017
Four Tips to Persuade Others Your Idea Is a Winner
Want to shake up the status quo? Use psychology to your advantage.
Loran Nordgren
February 2, 2017
What Volkswagen's Emissions Scandal Can Teach Us about Why Companies Cheat
Tighter standards may backfire in industries with fierce competition.
Kejia Hu and Sunil Chopra
January 6, 2017
Why Are We So Quick to Excuse Drunken Behavior?
From criminal sentencing to corporate indiscretions, we hold people less accountable when alcohol is involved.
Kelly Goldsmith, Hal Ersner-Hershfield and Chelsea Galoni
January 6, 2017
How to Ensure Your Great New Product Reaches the Right Customers
Don’t neglect distribution-channel strategy: “disaster lurks around the corner if you don’t pay attention.”
Anne T. Coughlan
January 5, 2017
When Companies Tweet, Investors Listen
Posting negative news on corporate social media might make investors uneasy and lead to bad press.
Michael J. Jung, James Naughton, Ahmed Tahoun and Clare Wang
January 5, 2017
Businesses Born in a Recession Tend to Start Smaller and Stay Smaller
Yet there are ways business owners can counter these long-term effects.
Sara Moreira
January 5, 2017
Need to Vent? Try Talking to a Robot.
Social robots can boost our self-esteem and offer a shoulder to cry on.
Gurit E. Birnbaum, Moran Mizrahi, Guy Hoffman, Harry T. Reis, Eli J. Finkel and Omri Sass
January 4, 2017
Four Ways Innovators Can Use Time to Their Advantage
For creative success, here’s when to hustle and when to reflect.
David Schonthal
December 2, 2016
Take 5: Tips for Maintaining Your Self-Control During the Holidays
There’s a tendency to overdo it, but Kellogg researchers offer ways to stay disciplined.
Miguel Brendl, Rima Touré-Tillery, Loran Nordgren and Kelly Goldsmith
December 2, 2016
How Transparent Accounting Leads to Smarter Decisions
For companies and governments alike, massaging the numbers is a losing long-term strategy.
James Naughton
December 2, 2016
From Long Checkout Lines to Departure Gate Chaos, Can Companies Reduce Holiday Hassles?
An operations professor explores better ways to form queues, ride escalators, and deliver packages.
Martin Lariviere
December 2, 2016
How Drinking Beer Is Saving Russian Lives
Decades later, a Soviet public health initiative is still increasing male life expectancy.
Lorenz Kueng and Evgeny Yakovlev
December 2, 2016
Is There a Better Way to Allocate Organs to Transplant Patients?
Two ideas for changing a system where people linger on waitlists while kidneys spoil.
Chaithanya Bandi, Nikolaos Trichakis, Phebe Vayanos and James Schummer
December 2, 2016
People Are Tweeting about Your Products. Will It Boost Sales?
Soliciting user-generated content can be a powerful way to engage customers.
Edward Malthouse, Bobby J. Calder, Su Jung Kim and Mark Vandenbosch
December 2, 2016
What Is the Future of Impact Investing?
“People are revisiting the relationship they want their capital to have with the world.”
David Chen and Amit Bouri
November 2, 2016
Reviving a Brand That’s Lost Its Luster
Return to your roots, rally your team, and emerge a stronger brand.
Timothy Calkins
November 2, 2016
Three Ways Leaders Can Solve the “People Problems” That Hold Teams Back
Sometimes the conference room should be a boxing ring, other times a campfire.
Leigh Thompson and Tanya Menon
November 2, 2016
What Good Is a Financial Advisor?
They may have your best interests in mind, but that doesn’t mean their advice is sound.
Stephen Foerster, Juhani T. Linnainmaa, Brian Melzer and Alessandro Previtero
November 2, 2016
How Millennials Are Discovering Music
To woo listeners, music platforms should get personal.
Kent Grayson and Libby Koerbel
November 2, 2016
Higher Taxes Can Make Altruistic Jobs More Attractive
But subsidizing these careers may ultimately do more good.
Benjamin B. Lockwood, Charles Nathanson and E. Glen Weyl
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