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July 27, 2016
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The Dangers of Power
One scholar shows how you can gain more power, and why you should be leery.
July 25, 2016
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Do Portfolio Managers Underestimate Risk by Overanalyzing Data?
New research questions whether “smart” beta is always smart.
July 15, 2016
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How Racial Threat Has Galvanized the Tea Party
New research explores the link between racial animosity and the Tea Party movement.
July 14, 2016
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Eight Leadership Lessons from Beauty Magnate Tyra Banks
How the supermodel-turned-CEO found opportunities where others saw obstacles.
July 11, 2016
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Why Thoughts of Death Make Us Yearn for Power
Confronted by their mortality, men, more than women, seek power to ease their anxiety.
June 28, 2016
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How the Big-Bank Bailout Helped Investors Save Billions on “Crash Insurance”
Confident that help was pending, financial-sector investors had less incentive to buy protective options.
June 27, 2016
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Removing Human Bias from Management
Research shows reducing discrimination is harder than we thought.
June 21, 2016
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Unilever CEO: Refocus Your Ambitions
Paul Polman explains why the CEO role can be a “stupid ambition.”
June 20, 2016
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Eight Books for Your Summer Reading List
Recommendations from the Stanford GSB community.
June 20, 2016
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Three Things All Good Bosses Do
Pay attention to these issues and watch productivity go up.
June 17, 2016
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Why Corporations Get Hooked on Debt
Banks are not alone when it comes to being overleveraged.
June 13, 2016
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How Smart Leaders Build Trust
The chairman of JetBlue explains how a high-trust culture makes a better company (and life).
June 09, 2016
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The Secrets to Corporate Longevity
Companies need ambidextrous leaders who can simultaneously exploit and explore their markets.
June 07, 2016
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Vulnerable Prey: How Short-Sellers Outsmart Mutual Funds
Mutual funds regularly underperform in the markets. Here’s why.
June 06, 2016
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Why We Absolve Successful People — and Companies — of Bad Behavior
Our inclination to rationalize low acts by high-status people has deep psychological roots.
June 02, 2016
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Power Couples Explain How They Juggle Career, Family, and the Laundry
Five tips from people balancing it all.
May 31, 2016
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Pepsi CEO: Break With the Past, and Don’t Play Too Nice
Six management tips from Indra Nooyi, one of the most powerful women in business.
May 27, 2016
Written
Why the Most “Cultured” Among Us May Be the Most Resistant to Change
A professor finds that so-called cultural leaders aren’t leading at all.
May 25, 2016
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In Financial Disclosures, Not All Information Is Equal
An accounting professor looks to game theory to understand the subtleties of financial reporting.
May 24, 2016
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Why Corporate Tax Avoidance Is Bigger Than You Think
An accounting expert examines the impact of new rules on income shifting.
May 20, 2016
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Oxford Chancellor: The Humanities Are Being Starved
Chris Patten discusses the importance of liberal arts, disgraceful CEO pay, and the problem with identity politics.
May 19, 2016
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The Peril of Power Without Status
Jobs that grant control over resources but lack respect can ignite conflict.