Finance & Accounting
Celebrity Analyst Influence on the Stock Market
Does the stock market react more strongly to earnings forecasts issued by celebrity analysts?
Leadership
Do Leaders Matter?
The sudden death of a president can trigger sweeping, unexpected changes in a nation’s economy
Marketing
Wal-Mart Supercenter versus the Traditional Supermarket
How can a local grocery store survive?
Operations
Stair Steps to Heavenly Savings
How to design sales force incentive programs to unlock operational cost savings
Whom You Know Matters
The importance of networks in venture capital
Finance & Accounting
Why Do IPO Auctions Fail?
‘Free riders’ and the ‘winner’s curse’ can lead to less-than-desirable outcomes. But some auction features can lend transparency to the traditional IPO approach.
When What You Know Is Not Enough
Expertise and gender dynamics in task groups
Policy
Savvy Financial Analysts Adapt to Regulation ‘Fair Disclosure’
The 2000 law has pushed analysts to seek independent information - to the benefit of the investors they advise
Finance & Accounting
Brain Gain
For insight into investor behavior, Kellogg finance professor finds that a journey into the primitive brain pays dividends
Can geography affect your bank account?
The role of culture in economic decisions
Politics & Elections
Majority Rules
Group design influences the information that members share, says David Austen-Smith, who is identifying incentives to speak the truth
A Choreographer’s Cues
Jeanne Brett’s research taps into the ‘dance’ of global negotiations
Marketing
Mixed Messages
Context is critical to make advertising dollars deliver best return, says Kellogg School marketing scholar
