Could Tech Giants Be Making Our Economy Less Innovative?
With a business model built on fewer employees, their dominance saps dynamism.
Face-to-Face Meetings, Before an Acquisition, Improve Outcomes for Buyers
Acquiring companies appear to get a better deal following frequent in-person meetings
Heading for a Divorce? Might Want to Go Easy on Stock Picking
Active traders lose their edge as a marital breakup approaches
When Manufacturers Commence Exporting, They Become More Efficient
Looking at costs, in a sample of 5,000 plants in Chile, remarkable productivity gains occur
Want More Charging Stations? Spur Purchases of More EVs
Governments needn’t subsidize charging networks
A More Efficient Way to Help Utilities Share the Inconvenience of Power Outages
This model could enable power companies to lower the cost of peak electricity
The Dollar: That Other Trade Problem
A strong currency makes U.S. exports harder to sell, even outside of China
Online Coupons Work in the Moment but Don’t Seem to Alter the Seller-Shopper Relationship
Studying 1 million Alibaba users, Hengchen Dai mostly confirms the transactional nature of internet retailing
Helping People Make Wise Decisions for Retirement Income
Nudges, long aimed at saving behavior, are needed for people converting a nest egg into income
Do the Benefits of Pay Transparency Accrue Mostly to Employers?
Revealed compensation might motivate workers to do more, without a raise
How Tax Collections From Online Sales Rose
Putting the onus on retailers, rather than shoppers, works better
Doctors, Subjected to Peer Comparison, Felt Increased Burnout
Nudge to improve preventive medicine performance didn’t work – and yielded discontent
New Appreciation for a Classic Stock Market Gauge
The relationship between short- and longer-term moving averages has strong predictive power for share price returns
When Lenders Put a Muzzle on Borrowers
Companies hide from shareholders information about loans — more than likely to appease banks
Some Homeowners Put Off Sale When Told of Likely Rise in Market
Investors who don’t occupy a home are likelier to delay for top dollar
Unearthing the Negative Consequences of Managing to Quarterly Earnings
A 2017 study on workplace injuries spurs more research on perils of corporate short-termism