Finding Insight in Unsolvable Problems
In their new book, Stephen Powell and Bob Batt T’06 present an original approach to modeling ill-structured business problems.
In their new book, Stephen Powell and Bob Batt T’06 present an original approach to modeling ill-structured business problems.
A new authentication technology, developed by a team from Thayer and Tuck, tells purchasers whether a drug is real or fake.
Logic and experience are critical elements of good decision-making. But sometimes they can lull us into too-simple explanations.
In 2008, Peter Golder, then at NYU, and his coauthor, Debanjan Mitra, published, "Does Academic Research Help or Hurt MBA Programs?" in the Journal of Marketing. Their results showed that research did in fact benefit MBA programs.
Three Tuck faculty members found themselves in an ongoing conversation about the future of financial regulation.
When Professor Vijay Govindarajan accepted a two-year professor-in-residence position with General Electric in October 2007, he met with chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt D'78 to find out exactly what he would be doing.
Catching up with the triathlete, father of two, and president and founder of nuun, makers of a successful sports hydration drink.
Many fault the economics profession for its failure to see the financial crisis coming. But was it really so obvious all along—and did it have to end so badly?
By keeping a close eye on risks and exerting the discipline to pull back from fast-buck temptations, Williams built a loyal client base and ultimately trumped more speculative investors.
Q&A with Professor Judith White.
Research by Tuck marketing professor Punam Anand Keller looks into employee well-being programs and reveals surprising results about how we save.
In Beating The Commodity Trap, Tuck Strategy Professor Richard D'Aveni offers firms a practical guide to managing the threat of commoditization.
In an article for the Harvard Business Review, co-authored with GE chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt D'78 and Tuck professor Chris Trimble T'96, Govindarajan describes how GE is making the radical shift to a new model.
Tuck's new Research-to-Practice Seminars let students in on the knowledge-creation process.
Q&A with Professor Phillip Stocken. It's an old accounting joke: A man asks "How much is 2+2?" and his accountant says "What do you want it to be?" Corporate management has strategic choices to make about accounting policy in valuing companies.
Professor Sydney Finkelstein discusses the science of decision making.