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David Austen-Smith
Jeanne M. Brett
Alexander Chernev
David Dranove
Andrea Eisfeldt
Timothy Feddersen
Karsten Hansen
Robert Korajczyk
Angela Y. Lee
Beverly Walther
Articles
March 17, 2025
Podcast: What Rom-coms Can Teach Business Leaders
On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we’ll discuss how these movies can help us navigate conflict and tackle power dynamics.
Eli J. Finkel
March 28, 2025
Build a Successful B2B Business by First Engaging Consumers
Take the backroad to a B2B business model by stimulating demand from the bottom up.
David Schonthal
March 28, 2025
The Case for Muting the Boss
When discussing business strategy, leaders should leave room for new voices, who could spur the next big idea.
Sanjay Khosla
April 1, 2025
The Ripple Effect of an Uneven Credit Market
From freelancers to independent contractors, people who rely on temporary work are less likely to get loans and achieve life milestones.
David A. Matsa, Brian Melzer and Michał Zator
April 1, 2025
The Hidden Cost of Successful Experiments
As companies innovate, the resulting complexity makes further growth more challenging.
Yudi Huang, Sébastien Martin and Zhiwei (Tony) Qin
April 1, 2025
Why That “Follow-Back” on Social Media Is Not Guaranteed
Regardless of their political ideology, people are less likely to follow back users from certain racial groups.
Krishnan Nair, Mohsen Mosleh and Maryam Kouchaki
April 1, 2025
How First-Time Managers Can Make the Successful Jump to Leadership
A former Fortune 500 CEO offers advice on arguably the most difficult career transition in business.
Harry M. Kraemer
April 1, 2025
How America’s News Diet Went from Local to National
While many view the internet as the death knell of local print journalism, the unraveling started decades earlier—with the rise of television.
Charles Angelucci, Julia Cagé and Michael Sinkinson
April 10, 2025
Podcast: Workers Are Stressed Out. Here’s How Leaders Can Help.
On this (rerun) episode of The Insightful Leader: You can’t always control what happens at work. But reframing setbacks, and instituting some serious calendar discipline, can go a long way toward reducing stress.
Carter Cast
April 11, 2025
Our Colleagues’ Decisions May Influence Us More Than We Realize
The effect of peer influence “raises some interesting and potentially troubling questions about the nature of expertise and decision-making.”
Jillian Chown and Carlos Inoue
April 15, 2025
A New Era for Antitrust Enforcement
After the Biden administration’s broader approach to regulating competition, expect more-targeted enforcement in the years ahead.
R. Mark McCareins
May 1, 2025
How to Keep Your Network Warm
A three-pronged approach—and a generous mindset—can be a huge boon for your career.
Craig Wortmann
April 23, 2025
What Trump Wants From Tariffs … and What the U.S. Might Get Instead
The administration hopes to bring back manufacturing and reduce trade deficits. But renegotiating trade may damage global trust in the U.S.
Nancy Qian
April 24, 2025
Policymakers Are Relying on Science More Than Ever
But there’s little common ground in the research that Republicans and Democrats cite.
Alexander C. Furnas, Timothy M. LaPira and Dashun Wang
May 1, 2025
How Higher Pay Incentives Can Backfire
While increasing bonuses and commission rates might seem like a good idea, doing so can inadvertently harm the quality of an organization’s workforce.
Henrique Castro-Pires and George Georgiadis
May 1, 2025
Do Gut Feelings Change Over Time?
New research challenges the long-held belief that unconscious attitudes are set in stone.
Tessa Charlesworth and and coauthors
May 1, 2025
Meet Mr. Treadmill, Your Workout Buddy
Need some extra motivation to reach your fitness goals? Anthropomorphizing objects can help, new research shows.
Lili Wang and Rima Touré-Tillery
May 1, 2025
When Put to the Test, Are We Any Good at Spotting AI Fakes?
For the most part, yes! And the more we look, the better we get.
Negar Kamali, Karyn Nakamura, Aakriti Kumar, Angelos Chatzimparmpas, Jessica Hullman and Matthew Groh
May 13, 2025
Podcast: Preventing a Potential Culture Clash at Work
On this episode of The Insightful Leader: when Fuyao Glass opened a U.S. factory, it underestimated the importance of translating company culture.
Cynthia S. Wang
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