Marketing
How a Growing South Asian Diaspora Is Changing Retail
From Whole Foods to Patel Brothers, U.S. retailers are adapting to the group’s unique spending power.
Policy
People Want to Know Sustainable Policies Can Work. So Show Them.
Success stories about policies from other countries make people more likely to support similar policies in the U.S., new research finds.
Finance & Accounting
For Corporations, Secured Debt Is Out
The last century has seen a dramatic shift toward unsecured debt thanks to improved accounting practices and a desire for financial flexibility.
Economics
Would Trump Escalate the U.S.–China Trade War?
If former U.S. President Donald Trump returns to the White House, he would likely impose sweeping tariffs against China. His policy agenda would harm lower-income households the most.
Economics
5 Trends in a Volatile Global Economy
“We live in an interesting world, one with much upside as well as significant downside.”
Marketing
A Troubling Trend in Nonprofit Branding
When nonprofit organizations rebrand themselves, inspiration may not be the answer.
Organizations
How Algorithms Keep Workers Under Their Control
More than ever, even highly skilled workers find themselves being evaluated, rewarded, and punished by opaque algorithms. A new book, Inside the Invisible Cage, investigates.
Organizations
Employees See Bias in the Workplace. Their Bosses Don’t.
People in positions of power are often unable to see inequities in their own organizations—even if they see it elsewhere.
Marketing
Beware the “Bad-Influencer Effect”
Content creators’ self-indulgent posts may get “likes” on social media, but research shows they might not lead to more enduring connections.
Operations
America Is Rediscovering the Drive-Through
Since the pandemic, fast-food customers are more likely to order at the drive-through, fueling the recovery of restaurants that can accommodate them.
Organizations
Take 5: Work Is Changing. What Does the Future Hold?
Remote work, technology, and climate change are all set to transform the labor market. Here’s how.
Data Analytics
4 Leadership Lessons from the NFL’s Chief Data Officer
Here’s how the league is going deep on AI, from addressing player safety to fine-tuning fan marketing.
Strategy
Is Your Team Playing It Too Safe?
Fear of failure can stifle innovation. A new study shows how to incentivize people to tackle those high-risk, high-reward projects.
Healthcare
Podcast: American Healthcare—Is This the Best We Can Do?
In the final episode of our 5-episode series, “Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives,” we travel overseas, and through our own backyard, in search of a way forward.
Healthcare
Podcast: The Bargain That Fuels Big Pharma
What will we pay for the next groundbreaking drug? In episode 4 of our 5-episode series, “Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives,” we explore the trade-off at the heart of pharmaceutical innovation.
Healthcare
Podcast: The Misadventures of Insuring America
In episode 3 of our 5-episode series, “Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives,” we explain how insurance companies became everybody’s favorite villain.
Innovation
Innovation Requires an Environment of Creative Risk
If you really want to change paradigms, you must be willing to accept that there is no such thing as true innovation without risk.
Marketing
Want Your Kids to Choose Healthy Foods? Here Are Some Research-Backed Tips.
First, stop demanding that they choose healthy foods!
Healthcare
Podcast: The Power of the Physician's Pen
We rely on doctors to keep us healthy. In episode 2 of our 5-episode series, “Insight Unpacked: American Healthcare and Its Web of Misaligned Incentives,” we learn at what cost.
Marketing
Gen AI Can Tailor Ads to Our Personalities—and They’re Pretty Persuasive
“The effects are probably only likely to get stronger as time persists.”