Economics
What Trump Wants From Tariffs … and What the U.S. Might Get Instead
The administration hopes to bring back manufacturing and reduce trade deficits. But renegotiating trade may damage global trust in the U.S.
Researchers: Nancy Qian
April 23, 2025
Policy
A New Era for Antitrust Enforcement
After the Biden administration’s broader approach to regulating competition, expect more-targeted enforcement in the years ahead.
Researchers: R. Mark McCareins
April 15, 2025
Organizations
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.”
Researchers: Jillian Chown and Carlos Inoue
April 11, 2025
Leadership
Podcast: Workers Are Stressed Out. Here’s How Leaders Can Help.
On this (rerun) episode of The Insightful Leader: You can’t always control what happens at work. But reframing setbacks, and instituting some serious calendar discipline, can go a long way toward reducing stress.
Researchers: Carter Cast
April 10, 2025
Operations
The Hidden Cost of Successful Experiments
As companies innovate, the resulting complexity makes further growth more challenging.
Researchers: Yudi Huang, Sébastien Martin and Zhiwei (Tony) Qin
April 1, 2025
Organizations
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.
Researchers: Krishnan Nair, Mohsen Mosleh and Maryam Kouchaki
April 1, 2025
Strategy
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.
Researchers: Charles Angelucci, Julia Cagé and Michael Sinkinson
April 1, 2025
Finance & Accounting
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.
Researchers: David A. Matsa, Brian Melzer and Michał Zator
April 1, 2025
Leadership
How First-Time Managers Can Make the Successful Jump to Leadership
A former Fortune 500 CEO offers advice on arguably the most difficult career transition in business.
Researchers: Harry M. Kraemer
April 1, 2025
Leadership
The Case for Muting the Boss
When discussing business strategy, leaders should leave room for new voices, who could spur the next big idea.
Researchers: Sanjay Khosla
März 28, 2025
Entrepreneurship
Build a Successful B2B Business by First Engaging Consumers
Take the backroad to a B2B business model by stimulating demand from the bottom up.
Researchers: David Schonthal
März 28, 2025
Leadership
Podcast: What Rom-coms Can Teach Business Leaders
On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we’ll discuss how these movies can help us navigate conflict and tackle power dynamics.
Researchers: Eli J. Finkel
März 17, 2025
Careers
Podcast: How Should You Present Yourself at Work?
Be yourself! No, not like that. On this (rerun) episode of The Insightful Leader, we help you navigate the competing advice about how much to share and hold back.
Researchers: Ellen Taaffe and Derek D. Rucker
März 4, 2025
Finance & Accounting
Why Small Firms Take a Pass on Profitable Opportunities
And how they can be encouraged to buy in.
Researchers: Paul Gertler, Sean Higgins, Ulrike Malmendier and Waldo Ojeda
März 4, 2025
Marketing
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.
Researchers: Hooria Jazaieri and Derek D. Rucker
März 1, 2025
Organizations
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.
Researchers: Cynthia S. Wang and and coauthors
März 1, 2025
Policy
Investors Are Gobbling Up Smaller Medical Practices. Should Regulators Be Concerned?
These under-the-radar transactions have driven up the price of anesthesia by about 30 percent.
Researchers: Aslihan Asil, Paulo Ramos, Amanda Starc and Thomas G. Wollmann
März 1, 2025
Organizations
5 Ways Business Leaders Can Address Implicit Bias
“Inclusive leadership is actually an intrinsic goal that most people have, regardless of their politics.”
Researchers: Tessa Charlesworth
März 1, 2025
Finance & Accounting
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.
Researchers: Torben Andersen, Chun He and Viktor Todorov
März 1, 2025
Economics
Trump’s Trade War Is about More Than Trade
Winning its trade war with China would help the U.S. negotiate better trade terms, but American consumers and businesses could pay a heavy price.
Researchers: Nancy Qian
Februar 17, 2025
