Slaughter & Rees Report: Meet George Jetson
A few years ago, the acclaimed investor and author Peter Thiel pithily summed up the paucity of big-bang innovations: “We were promised flying cars and we got 140 characters.”
A few years ago, the acclaimed investor and author Peter Thiel pithily summed up the paucity of big-bang innovations: “We were promised flying cars and we got 140 characters.”
Anup Srivastava explores the structural reasons why newly listed firms are more volatile than ever, and likely to stay that way.
Towards the end of one of his early hits “1999,” Prince hauntingly foretold that, “life is just a party and parties weren’t meant 2 last.”
“Growth has been too slow for too long.” That was the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, Maurice Obstfeld, writing last week about global economic conditions.
New research by Ron Adner defines the variables that determine whether firms will be stuck in the middle, or sitting in a strategic sweet spot.
Stroll down the Quai d’Orsay in Paris and you will find the French Foreign Ministry, art galleries, and something completely different: the Musée des égouts de Paris. Translated to English, that’s the Museum of Sewers.
In a new research paper, Tuck assistant professor Felipe Severino uncovers a surprising fact about the 2008 mortgage crisis.
Vijay Govindarajan, Coxe Distinguished Professor of Management, on his latest book, “The Three Box Solution.”
Divided though the four leading presidential candidates are on so many topics, united they stand on one: the assertion that trade harms America.
How can physicians fix health care? One innovation at a time, says Chris Trimble T’96 in a new book.
As the American presidential campaign continues its meandering twists and turns, last week brought a major surprise when Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton in the Michigan primary election.
One thing that unites all of the world’s companies and consumers is the need to comply with the rules and regulations of the jurisdiction in which they operate or live.
In a new research paper, Tuck professor Leslie Robinson evaluates tax regimes that favor the fruits of innovation.
Market failure has long been a staple of Economics 101. Today a textbook example can tragically be found amid the world’s growing fears related to the Zika virus.
Here in the United States, the long wait ends starting today. In the great state of Iowa, in about 12 hours from this missive hitting your inbox voters will congregate in school gyms and other public spaces to caucus for their preferred presidential candidate.
New research from Scott Neslin shows how social contagion influences purchasing behavior.
It is one of the most pressing issues facing companies, government agencies, and educational institutions: what are the most effective styles of leadership, and how can they be developed?
Fresh off the death of the Doha Development Round, the World Trade Organization greets 2016 seeking renewed purpose. Here is one: assuage the drift left after last month’s global climate change conference in Paris (known as “COP21”) by forging a new free-trade deal—the Clean Technology Agreement.
Optimists that we are, your correspondents were looking for an exciting start to 2016. “Exciting” is one word that might describe the new year in global markets.
New research by Tuck professor Santiago Gallino reveals the benefits of virtual fitting rooms in online retail.
New research by Tuck professor B. Espen Eckbo sheds light on the impact of corporate bankruptcy on CEOs’ personal careers and wealth.
Technology continues to remake large swatches of the global economy. Want Exhibit A that the world of finance is being transformed? How about banks deciding whether to lend to you based on how quickly you run down your smartphone battery?
To take advantage of new opportunities, managers need to be aware of their own cognitive inertia.
A conversation with Eesha Sharma, Assistant Professor of Business Administration.
Solving the most important challenges of our time requires an approach that cuts across the disciplines, departments, and schools. Meet four Tuck faculty members who are doing just that—by exploring and expanding the boundaries of their fields of expertise with colleagues from across Dartmouth.
Once a year, The Wall Street Journal convenes in Washington, D.C. its CEO Forum, at which over 100 CEOs of global companies gather to engage with each other, with policy leaders, and with WSJ editors and other guests on the business and policy issues of the day. At the most recent gathering, one of us attended to moderate one of the six task-force discussions; most specifically, on the topic of how public policy might better foster the innovativeness and competitiveness of companies in the United States.
The health of a body politic can often be gauged by its ability to act in the long-term, national interest. On that metric, all does not seem well in the United States.
Anup Srivastava finds skilled foreign laborers are a boon to the American economy.
Sony's Betamax gave television viewers the ability to record programs even while they weren’t watching them.
Kusum Ailawadi studies the link between two common measures of brand equity.
Refugees will deliver a long-term economic stimulus to the region.
The banking industry is in the doldrums.
A plurality of Americans support the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Research from three Tuck professors provides new insight into social networking.
Once called "the land of the future," Brazil struggles to live up to its potential.
What do U.S. Presidential aspirants Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump have in common?