Healthcare

Who Bears the Cost of the Uninsured? Nonprofit Hospitals.

When governments do not provide health insurance, hospitals must provide it instead.

Entrepreneurship

Overcoming the “Buzzsaw of Quiet” around Your Startup

Tips for how to optimize the product engine.

The Risks of a Good Reputation

How reputation and trust function in commercial transactions and the sharing economy.

Marketing

NASCAR Overhauls the Fan Experience

How the car-racing giant overcame flagging engagement.

We Trust Reputation. Should We?

The power of reputation might expose us to greater risk.

Social Impact

How Do Activists Create Change?

Small reforms can lead to profound transformation.

Can Wikipedia Be Trusted?

Crowdsourced Wikipedia entries are more biased than Encyclopaedia Britannica articles.

It Pays to Be Honest—Even When You’re Selling Junk

Disclosing flaws can drive auction bids up.

Marketing

The Risks of a Good Reputation— Podcast Transcript

How reputation and trust function in commercial transactions and the sharing economy. A transcript of this month’s Insight In Person podcast.

Healthcare

Collaborating to Save Lives

For an integrated healthcare organization, culture is the key to operational efficiency.

Data Analytics

Data Visualization: More Than Pretty Pictures

Data visualization techniques are integral to memorable and persuasive messaging.

The Ultimate Data Set

Computational social science aims to discover universal facts.

Entrepreneurship

The Business Before Your Business

Plan to aggregate customers from “day zero.”

Data Analytics

A Leader's Guide to Data Analytics

A working knowledge of data science can help you lead with confidence.

Careers

A Tilted Playing Field

New research finds bias in elite professional services hiring.

Marketing

The Superfluousness of Realtors

Homes sold through Realtors do not garner a price premium over ones sold by owners.

Finance & Accounting

What Killed the Economy?

How deal complexity in commercial mortgage-backed securities contributed to the financial crisis.

Finance & Accounting

Let the Buyer Be Aware

A common error naïve homebuyers make helps explain housing boom and bust cycles.

Finance & Accounting

Podcast: Steering Clear of Financial Crises

Research into the causes of boom and bust cycles in real estate can guide investors.

The Downside of Downplaying Pension Costs

Current accounting standards hamper accurate reporting of states’ pension obligations and exacerbate fiscal problems.