Business Insights
Data Analytics Entrepreneurship Finance & Accounting Innovation Marketing Operations Organizations Strategy
February 3, 2017
Why Are We So Quick to Borrow When the Value of Our Home Rises?
The reason isn’t as simple as just feeling wealthier.
Anthony DeFusco
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
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
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
December 1, 2016
Video: How to Establish Trust in Financial Transactions
Hard statistics and an understanding of culture keep the money flowing between lenders and borrowers.
Bruce Carruthers and Paola Sapienza
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
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
October 10, 2016
Christine Lagarde on Income Inequality, Brexit, and the Power of M&Ms
A Q&A with the IMF managing director and Kellogg’s Sergio Rebelo.
Christine Lagarde and Sergio Rebelo
October 3, 2016
Beefing Up Collateral Laws Could Encourage Banks to Lend
In many emerging economies, businesses without real estate struggle to access credit.
Charles W. Calomiris, Mauricio Larrain, José Maria Liberti and Jason Sturgess
September 7, 2016
Six Tools for Communicating Complex Ideas
Business leaders need to know how to make their information stick.
Mitchell A. Petersen
July 5, 2016
Chapter 7 vs. Chapter 11: Which Bankruptcy System Is Better?
In certain markets, forcing companies to liquidate could cause offices and factories to sit empty.
Shai Bernstein, Emanuele Colonnelli and Benjamin Iverson
June 6, 2016
Your Investment Tool Is Failing You
A new tool offers smart investors an improvement over the CAPM.
Matthew R. Lyle, Charles C. Y. Wang and Akash Chattopadhyay
May 9, 2016
Keeping the Angels at Bay
Startups should be wary of accepting too much money from angel investors.
Scott R. Baker
April 4, 2016
Why Did Car Sales Drop So Dramatically During the Financial Crisis?
Even willing buyers were affected by a credit freeze.
Efraim Benmelech, Ralf R. Meisenzahl and Rodney Ramcharan
March 17, 2016
Video: How to Play the Lottery Without Losing
Can we fight the poverty trap with new savings accounts that offer raffle tickets instead of interest?
Shawn Cole, Benjamin Iverson and Peter Tufano
November 2, 2015
Do High-Frequency Traders Deserve Their Bad Rap?
Though suspicions abound, HFTs generally help markets function and grow.
Robert Korajczyk and Dermot Murphy
September 8, 2015
Credit Where Credit Is Due
New ways of assessing credit worthiness could open up access to the global banking system.
Paul Christensen
August 3, 2015
Did Irrational Exuberance Cause Vegas’ Housing Bubble?
Why a city surrounded by open land saw prices spike.
Charles Nathanson and Eric Zwick
August 3, 2015
What Went Wrong at AIG?
Unpacking the insurance giant’s collapse during the 2008 financial crisis.
Robert McDonald and Anna Paulson
July 6, 2015
Going Beyond “Buy Low, Sell High”
What is risky to short-horizon investors may not be risky to long-term investors.
Avraham Kamara, Robert Korajczyk, Xiaoxia Lou and Ronnie Sadka
Add Insight to your inbox.
This website uses cookies and similar technologies to analyze and optimize site usage. By continuing to use our websites, you consent to this. For more information, please read our Privacy Statement.
The Insightful Leader
December 12, 2024 · 11:15 minutes
December 12, 2024 · 10:59 minutes