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November 3, 2014

It’s Not About You. It’s About Me.

Scarcity can drive us to altruism—when it serves our own interests

October 6, 2014

How Malls Die—and How Your Business Could Be Next

When retail-store locations go under, they drag nearby stores down too.

October 6, 2014

Build a Better Brainstorm

How to capture all the ideas in the room.

October 6, 2014

Plastic Problems

When giving credit card users more information can backfire

September 2, 2014

Too Much Good Press?

A Saudi homeware company’s great reputation might just be hampering its growth.

Cultural biases in economic exchange stem from weak bilateral trust.
September 2, 2014

Is Economic Growth a Question of Culture?

A decade of research shows how culture seeps into economic decisions.

September 2, 2014

When Marketers Step into the C-Suite

Four top executives on building credibility with company leadership

Using a capability-driven growth strategy can take your company to new levels of global success
September 2, 2014

Getting the Growth Strategy Right

In industries ripe for supercompetitors, adopting the right growth strategy is key.

August 4, 2014

Online Brands Show Their Stuff Offline

Building brick-and-mortar showrooms can have big payoffs for online retailers.

Unemployment Insurance helps people save their houses
August 4, 2014

The Hidden Benefits of Unemployment Insurance

A pioneering study reveals that the benefits of unemployment insurance include reductions in mortgage defaults and improved access to credit.

July 7, 2014

Finding the Right Justifiers

In B2B sales, suppliers and purchasers can work together to streamline nonstrategic purchasing for the good of both parties.

July 7, 2014

A Fine Fiscal Balance

A conversation with Jan Eberly on sustainable fiscal policy.

July 7, 2014

More Insurers, Lower Premiums?

Evidence from U.S. health insurance marketplaces.

June 2, 2014

Bright Lights, Big Feelings

Emotional responses intensify when you turn up the lights.

June 2, 2014

Parents, Listen Up! (Kids, Never Mind!)

Marketers should tout the health benefits of their food products to parents—but shouldn’t let children get wind of them.

June 2, 2014

Bonus Chapter from Roadside MBA: Profitable Growth in the Heartland

What happens when three economists hit the road in search of strategy insights from small- and medium-sized businesses?

May 5, 2014

Excessive Expectations

How trumpeting your product as the absolute best might set you up for a fall.

May 5, 2014

Cookies, Cocktails, and Charitable Giving

Remind potential donors of the luxuries they could purchase instead—and watch donations rise.

This customer may be a harbinger of new product failure
May 5, 2014

The Customers You Do Not Want

If these “harbingers of failure” love what you do, you are in trouble

April 7, 2014

The First Eighteen Months

An interview with Rob Wolcott about surviving as a corporate innovator

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