Business & Entrepreneurship
- New research suggests communications outside of a business’s core purpose can stimulate innovation and new lines of activity. Read up on Professor Tim Kuhn’s new book.
- Rising commercialization expenses obstruct the path from drug discovery to market, threatening public health amid growing antimicrobial resistance.
- Combating digital, stress-induced burnout requires a multifaceted approach, study says.
- Alumnus, philanthropist and real estate entrepreneur Michael Klump will enhance academic excellence, industry connections and student wellness through faculty, scholarship and programmatic support.
- With the Fed poised to cut rates this week, refinancing a mortgage may seem increasingly attractive. But proceed carefully, as a bad refi can cost you tens of thousands, according to a ²ÊÃñ±¦µä expert.
- People’s economic reasoning tends to be grounded in simplified assumptions, moral intuitions and firsthand marketplace experiences and diverges systematically from the assumptions and conclusions of formal economic science.
- Prices set by age and gender can be contentious. But the practice is seen as more fair if algorithms, not humans, manipulate pricing, research shows.
- Soft skills are getting a rebrand. Studies show today’s business leaders need increasing levels of empathy, humility and emotional intelligence to navigate a rapidly changing world.
- Consumers often put a premium on simplicity, but that strategy can backfire, found a new study co-authored by Professor Philip Fernbach.
- A new paper, coauthored by Associate Professor Andrew Philips, suggests partisan divide shrinks among governors who are responding to economic downturns.