Area: Accounting

Feature / Management

Unearthing the Negative Consequences of Managing to Quarterly Earnings

A 2017 study on workplace injuries spurs more research on perils of corporate short-termism

Quiz

Goodbye Plant and Equipment, Hello Software

Round-number bids, tailoring primary care incentives to the health of a state population, and one benefit of industry incumbency

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Techies Have Chance Encounters and Brainstorm — and If They Don’t, Innovation Suffers

What your genome says about college completion, and how likely a crash is after a credit boom

An aqua-colored view finder pointed at the ocean. Research Brief / Investing

How to Properly Incentivize Your Unicorn Finder

VCs and other investors need a contract with their seeker that blunts conflicts of interest

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Faces and Earnings Estimates — and Other Quirks of Business

The true meaning of a bailout, how pay transparency works and whether to take that meeting or not

A collage of faces in white frames on a light green background Research Brief / Investing

How a Stock Analyst’s Face Affects Their Earning Estimates

Trustworthy and dominant-seeming men: access to corporate management. Dominant-seeming women: not so much.

A crowd of people with their backs facing the viewer Research Question / Investing

When Individuals Concentrate in a Stock, Earnings Surprises Play Out Differently

Price movements can be more extreme

A close-up of soapy green water Research Brief / Debt

The Debt Market’s Indirect Antidote to ESG Greenwashing

Loans that include a sweetener or penalty tied to ESG performance seem to induce more honest reporting

Quiz

Why Some Clinical Trial Data Remains Hidden

Alibaba warehouse workers, signs of innovation, and how gender of Brazilian mayors played out in COVID-19

An illustration in green of a lightbulb made up of various icons including a dollar sign, a piggy bank and the earth. Research Brief / Investing

ESG Investors in China Focused on Profit Potential of Climate Change

Less attention to downside of nation’s carbon-neutral goals

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How Long Does a Humanitarian Crisis Last?

How to spot fake online reviews and the relationship between herding cultures and violence

An illustration of the word trademark etched on a gear Research Brief / Innovation

Tracking Product Trademarks Expands Understanding of Innovation

R&D outlays and patents alone don’t effectively measure corporate creativity

A graphic illustration of the stock market Research Question / Markets

What Limited Attention Does to Efficient Market Theory

Stocks don’t react to news immediately because, well, we’re human

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What Do You Know About Happiness?

And, for that matter, emergency room doctors, recession birthrates and job markets in which employers don’t compete much

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School’s in Session — Let’s Have a Quiz

L.A. gets schooled, women and their mentors, and what digital currencies might do to poorer nations

The old Continental Illinois building in Chicago Research Brief / Finance

Sorting Out Conflicts of Interest in Commercial Loan Syndicates

Syndicate voting rules reflect varying levels of trust and familiarity