Strategy

Going, Going, Wrong

Competition and collusion among auction bidders

Policy

Money and Mores in the Mortgage Meltdown

When “illegal” and “immoral” failed to coincide

A Rating System That Forgets

Dropping some reputation ratings may help both buyers and sellers

Organizations

Paying Sales Professionals

Why compensation plans for sales people vary

Economics

Let Your Competitor Feast on Leftovers

Creating shortages can be a strategic advantage

Sizing Up the Nightlife

A study of status distinction

Marketing

Corralling Consumer Choice

Optimizing assortment size based on perceived attractiveness

Policy

Minimum Wage Matters

Increasing the minimum wage may not help low-wage workers

Careers

How to Prosper as a Product Manager

Redefining and Strengthening the Product Manager’s Role

Finance & Accounting

Bonuses Despite Billion Dollar Bailouts

Managerial incentives, capital reallocation, and the business cycle

Careers

Learning to Use Regret

Studies in the negative emotions and how to use them

Rating the Raters of Corporate Governance

Independent examination reveals inconsistencies

Policy

Voters Love Winners (And So Do Endorsers)

How endorsers can gain the upper hand

Leadership

Get Over Yourself

Why we think we’re forces to be reckoned with

Finance & Accounting

Hedging Your Bets Is Still a Gamble

Hedge funds and other alternative assets can underestimate risk, overestimate returns

Marketing

Desire to Acquire

Powerlessness and compensatory consumption

Social Impact

Why Did They Stay?

Perspectives on Katrina survivors’ “choice” to stand their ground or evacuate

Economics

The Surprising Importance of Grades

Sending signals in the job market

Marketing

Surveying Sensitive Topics

New tools help correct for survey bias

Social Impact

And the Poor Get Poorer

The economics of higher global temperatures.