Study of medical residencies shows shift in women’s specialty choices when hours reduced
On anime sites, what one’s friends are watching is the most persuasive prompt to engage
Also: add-on pharma patents and drug prices; government policy and university research
Research looks beyond management to measure how co-workers police each other
Social media optimal for spreading conspiracy theories
Make the influence industry more competitive, a theoretical study suggests
In an election year, that’s bad news for organizations like the American Red Cross
VCs and other investors need a contract with their seeker that blunts conflicts of interest
Avanidhar Subrahmanyam studies how some investors’ gambling mentality affects share prices
As with scientific research, it’s hard to distinguish correlation from causation
Banks close neighborhood outlets and raise prices for branch-delivered services
Rigid adherence to scoring systems can reduce consumer spending when it’s most needed
R&D outlays and patents alone don’t effectively measure corporate creativity
Stronger financial reporting standards seem to mean more for growth of countries’ credit markets than their stock markets
Managers, forced to inform a broader audience, choose not to gather information even for themselves