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July 30, 2019
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Ethnic Networks Help Refugees Find Work
Immigrants are more likely to find jobs within their first five years if they live near people who share their nationality, ethnicity, or language.
July 30, 2019
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Media Consolidation Means Less Local News, More Right Wing Slant
Study finds conglomerates are reshaping local TV news from the top down.
July 22, 2019
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Good News and Bad News on Tax Evasion
A tough new law made it much harder for American tax cheats to hide their money offshore. But a new study shows they haven’t given up.
July 22, 2019
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What Happens to Local Jobs When State Taxes Go Up?
With states competing fiercely for business, even small increases in corporate rates will spur some firms to pull up stakes.
July 18, 2019
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It Takes More Than Mass Protests to Drive Change
Social advocacy organizations have greater impact on federal legislation when their experts get to testify.
July 16, 2019
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Why Hydrogen Could Improve the Value of Renewable Energy
A new study finds that hydrogen could address a major drawback of solar and wind power.
July 12, 2019
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Fixing a Rigged System
Anat R. Admati explains why our financial system still struggles with misconduct.
July 12, 2019
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Why Hospitals Underreport the Number of Patients They Infect
The misclassification of hospital-acquired infections may be costing Medicare up to $200 million a year, a new study shows.
July 11, 2019
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Do VCs Really Favor White Male Founders?
A field experiment used fake emails to measure gender and racial bias among startup investors.
July 02, 2019
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What to Read This Summer
Escape the heat with books recommended by Stanford business professors.
June 28, 2019
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How Big Data Can Help You Choose Better Health Insurance
New tools could save millions, but come with red flags.
June 27, 2019
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Rising U.S. Inequality: How We Got Here, Where We’re Going
An economist and a business advisor discuss what might happen if the gap between rich and poor continues to grow.
June 24, 2019
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How Innovation Drives Economic Growth
Three Stanford scholars explore how we measure innovation, how innovation drives productivity, and how productivity affects inequality.
June 12, 2019
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How Well Do Refugees Integrate into American Society?
Nationality, education level, and other factors are linked to resettled refugees’ likelihood of becoming citizens.
June 06, 2019
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The Power of Dressing Progressive Economic Policies in Conservative Clothes
In political messaging, values can be more persuasive than policies, a new study finds.
May 29, 2019
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A Prognosis for Primary Care
With outpatient treatment on the rise, could better teamwork guard against error — and the accompanying malpractice suits?
May 29, 2019
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What Climbing Expeditions Tell Us about Teamwork
A new study mines decades of mountaineering data to measure how groupthink fares against top-down leadership.
May 23, 2019
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Will Investors Pay a Premium for Being Green?
Despite the surging focus on environmental sustainability, research suggests investors still care about the old kind of green.
May 20, 2019
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Bridgewater Investments Founder Ray Dalio: Invest in Idea Meritocracy
The investment icon says a system of thoughtful disagreement creates competitive advantage.
May 17, 2019
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Testing Rape Kits Saves Money and Stops Crime
Lawrence M. Wein finds that the benefits of testing outweigh the costs.
May 16, 2019
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The Case for Fair Value Accounting
A leading critic of current practices says they get the right answers mainly “by accident.”
May 15, 2019
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The Cersei Effect: How Businesses Turn Colleagues into Backstabbers
New research shows that people with shared goals can get lured into “pseudo competitions” that hurt all involved.
May 09, 2019
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Why Putting Yourself in Their Shoes Might Backfire
When our values don’t align, we struggle to see others’ viewpoints.
May 08, 2019
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Chapter 7 vs. Chapter 11: What’s Best for the Surrounding Community?
In areas tied to declining industries, corporate reorganization has better long-term impact than going-out-of-business sales, a new study finds.