Economics
Overnight Success? AI Has Been a Century in the Making.
For clues about the future of AI, it helps to understand the past.
Finance & Accounting
Online Sports Betting Is Draining Household Savings
Most impacted are the bettors who can least afford it, new research shows.
Organizations
When Our Work Is Disrupted, the Story We Tell Matters
Pandemic-era lab, school, and daycare closures threatened the careers of people in “up or out” professions. Employees benefited from the opportunity to frame these productivity lapses as temporary and out of their control.
Finance & Accounting
Half of All Species Might Face Extinction. Could Biodiversity Bonds Help?
Maybe. But don’t expect investors to cut governments a break.
Finance & Accounting
How Should Investors Price a Block Trade?
These off-market trades have their advantages, but the terms can be hard to manage.
Organizations
Feeling Outraged? Think Twice Before Hitting “Share.”
Misinformation fuels outrage—which in turn leads to mindless social-media shares, a new study finds.
Leadership
Podcast: The AI Risks Your Business Should Avoid
On this episode of The Insightful Leader, why your trade secrets may not be safe, and other considerations.
Strategy
The Goldilocks Approach to Searching for Something New
Whether it’s the right dosage to a new drug or the right style of tennis racket for a novice player, it’s important to get your strategy right.
Organizations
Why Firms Should Lean into Sustainability
“If companies don’t change, then they won’t exist in the future.”
Finance & Accounting
Wage Inequality Decreased Dramatically in the 1940s. But Was This “Great Compression” a Mirage?
New research offers a stress test to a seminal economic finding.
Leadership
Podcast: How Huy Fong’s Sriracha Went from Hot to Not
When missteps knocked the famous “rooster sauce” off its pedestal, a competitor seized the moment. On this episode of The Insightful Leader: why one brand sizzled and the other fizzled.
Careers
Forget Retirement. Think “Rewirement.”
A former CEO of AT&T Business offers tips for jumpstarting your next career phase.
Organizations
Why We Struggle to Hold Colleagues Accountable
Physician-led medical boards rarely took strict disciplinary action against doctors who overprescribed opioids. A new study explores why.
Marketing
It Literally Pays to Love Your Work
When products or services are also a labor of love, customers perceive them as more valuable—and are willing to pay more.
Strategy
What’s the Best Way for Large, Disparate Teams to Communicate?
Modular production has revolutionized manufacturing. But it’s critical to ensure the right information reaches the right people—without information overload.
Social Impact
Take 5: Doing Business in a Warming Climate
What should leaders understand about sustainability? A collection of the latest research and ideas from Kellogg faculty.
Leadership
Podcast: How to Grow as a Leader without Burning Yourself Out
In this episode of The Insightful Leader, a former president at Kraft Foods explains why “sometimes just working harder is a complete waste of time.”
Organizations
What Romantic Comedies Can Teach Us about Communication
From forgiving verbal gaffes to making risky overtures, these movies offer lessons that translate to the workplace.
Finance & Accounting
Why Lower Real-Estate Commissions Mean Higher Home Prices
And why that’s a good thing for most buyers and sellers.
Marketing
Podcast: Third-Party Cookies Are Crumbling. What’s a Marketer to Do?
New rules are making it harder to track customers’ online behaviors. On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we look at what this means for companies large and small.
