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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.
May 03, 2019
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Five Common Communication Mistakes (And How to Fix Them)
Learn how to be more effective at your next meeting or presentation.
April 30, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence for the Perplexed Executive
AI can transform almost every industry. The biggest uncertainty may be the humans behind it.
April 26, 2019
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On Social Media, Sell Your Brand, Not Your Stuff
A new marketing study of Facebook users shows that hard-sell tactics stifle engagement, and engagement is gold.
April 24, 2019
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Roger McNamee: “Facebook Is Terrible for America”
Facebook’s loudest critic says social media profits by manipulating consumers.
April 24, 2019
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Why Self-Regulation Can Pay Off
Companies that try to fix problems on their own may sidestep more onerous regulations in the future.
April 12, 2019
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Getting Banks to Latch onto Blockchain
A Ukrainian native challenges the financial industry to lose its fear of decentralized transactions.
April 04, 2019
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How to Invest in Your Social Capital
Influencing others’ network ties shapes your status.
April 03, 2019
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Why Was the Last Recovery Slower Than Usual? Actually, It Wasn’t
A new study of financial crises going back to 1870 shows that they make for unusually nasty recessions.
March 29, 2019
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Better If It’s Man-Made?
Gender bias can negatively affect what we think about products made by women, especially in male-oriented markets.
March 22, 2019
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How to Design a Better Soda Tax
An analysis of Philadelphia’s sweet-drink “sin tax” finds a flaw in the system: Many people simply drive beyond city limits to buy their pop.
March 19, 2019
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Finding a Low-Cost Treatment for Clubfoot
Chesca Colloredo-Mansfeld’s journey from online retail to academia to a healthcare nonprofit has paid off in ways that can’t be measured.
March 15, 2019
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Businesses Behaving Badly: The State of Corporate Scandal in 2019
Expert panelists put corporate wrongdoing in its broader context.
March 12, 2019
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Sequoia’s Michael Moritz: Look out for “the Unexpected”
The venture capitalist explains why you don’t need to be a tech expert to see potential.
March 08, 2019
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Why the Binding Arbitration Game Is Rigged against Customers
A new study documents how companies shop for sympathetic arbitrators, and how the arbitrators compete for their business.
March 07, 2019
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Our Misplaced Fear of Job-Stealing Robots
At a Future of Work forum, experts say demographic shifts, not artificial intelligence, create the biggest challenges for today’s workplace.