Marketing

Buying and Selling Seasonal Goods

Decoding the dual dilemmas faced by customers and retailers

Economics

What Gas Stations Tell Us about the Ups and Downs of Consumer Demand

How do industries react to demand shocks?

Finance & Accounting

How Bankruptcy Spreads

The bankruptcy of a single airline can reduce collateral values industry-wide

Policy

"Equity Tunneling" Affects Market Outcomes

Securities regulation can boost share price

Is Wikipedia Biased?

Verifying the “neutral point of view”

Social Impact

The Price of Pollution

How much does environmental activism affect a corporation’s bottom line?

Operations

Outsourcing Contracts in Service Industries

A new model reveals a surprisingly simple pricing scheme for outsourced service contracts

Economics

All in the Family

Grantmaking of family and non-family foundations differ in predictable ways

Policy

Which Form of Government Is Best?

Democracies may not outlast dictatorships, but they adapt better.

Policy

Why Are Presidents Less Effective than Prime Ministers?

Using game theory to model political systems leads to surprising insights.

Marketing

Peeking Inside the Wallet

How much do consumers spend on their credit cards?

Finance & Accounting

The Risk of Risk Avoidance

Firms with high managerial ownership may invest too cautiously

Leadership

Flattery's Dark Side

Why you may want to consider how much you compliment

Operations

How Much Is Your Customer's Time Worth?

If you are in fast food, a surprising amount

Finance & Accounting

Why Debt Markets Collapse

Information is key

Marketing

Balancing Results and Revenue

Tweaking keyword auctions to benefit search engines and Internet users

Leadership

Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling

Women lend women a helping hand to obtain top positions

Leadership

The State of Gender and Equality

An interview with Alice Eagly

Marketing

Are Numbers Gendered?

What they reveal about the human mind

Leadership

Is There a Female Leadership Style?

Data suggests the answer is “Yes”