Content Type: Research Brief

Focused bearded man in a business casual outfit holding a tablet while presenting to a colleague in a modern office setting. Research Brief / Workplace

How White Men, Discussing Race and Gender Inequities, Can Gain Credibility

Adding a note of personal advocacy to any factual statement helps a lot

Illustration of a balance Research Brief / Investing

How Very Small Stocks Skew Investing Wisdom

Well-known market anomalies are largely absent among the biggest stocks

Aerial shot of a city Research Brief / Education

How Universities Can Behave Like Entrepreneurial Organizations

Tradition bound, colleges face pressures to be nimbler, more opportunistic

Driver looking at Uber app on his smartphone Research Brief / Uber Surge Pricing

How Uber Could Avoid That Notorious $362.57 Fare

A mathematical model analyzes incentives underlying surge-pricing schemes

Illustration of a man pushing a shopping cart Research Brief / Corporate Investment

How to Spur Capital Spending: Plan for Failure

Companies might invest more in new ventures if they could see in advance how to redeploy the assets if things don’t pan out

A graphic with text above that reads, "World has entered a polycrisis era and SDG progress is threatened by" and underneath the text are a series of graphics Research Brief / Supply Chain

How to Speed Progress on U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

Operations management research identifies synergies for more efficient action

Migrant workers in the field. Research Brief / Supply Chain

How to Reduce the Risk of Forced Labor in Agricultural Supply Chains

Improving the search for contractors that don’t use coercion

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

A screenshot of a Meat Bag from Whole Foods for sale on the Good to Go app Research Brief / Pricing

How to Price Soon-to-Expire Food to Attract the Most Merchants and Consumers?

One platform dictates a price at 33% of retail — too steep a discount for many stores

Raised fists with one in red Research Brief / Bias

How to Encourage the Discriminated-Against to Band Together

Membership in a stigmatized group doesn’t predispose acceptance of other stigmatized groups

Illustration of a capital city Research Brief / Government

How the Seemingly Rapid Advance of Democracy Goes Astray

Using voting records from a unique transition in the 19th-century Caribbean, Christian Dippel examines the embrace of self-interest by new legislators

Illustration of a man stressed by laptops, smartphones Research Brief / Investing

How Tech’s Disruption Alters Investors’ Appetite for Risk

New technology’s upending of the old creates demand for alternative assets to offset risk

Calm blue ocean water with a sliver of horizon above it. Research Brief / Bond Market

How Quantitative Easing Changed the Bond Market

Investors’ future expectations about QE policy lowered long-term yields, made investors feel safer holding the bonds

Image of a researcher working with equipment in a medical lab Research Brief / Health Care

How Publicly Funded Research Leads to Cancer Drug Trials

Pharmaceutical companies are better able to identify promising new applications for existing drugs

Two guards walking inside San Quentin State Prison. Research Brief / COVID-19

How Prisons, Very Much Like Nursing Homes, Helped Spread COVID Beyond Their Walls

After a botched inmate transfer, San Quentin guards carried the virus back to their neighborhoods

Tug of war with a $20 bill in the middle on gradient background Research Brief / Investing

How Our Collective Struggle With Self-Control Shapes Stock Prices

Overspending rises in times of stress and that affects investment decisions