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The Quest for the Subtle Nudge

Tuck marketing professor Punam Anand Keller tackles obesity in her research.

Mar 31, 2015

A Few Words On…Brand Leadership

Peter Golder talks about industry pioneers, memory bias, and healthy paranoia.

Mar 04, 2015

Finding Your Niche in a Complex Marketplace

Ron Adner offers a more nuanced and powerful tool to examine strategic positioning.

Feb 11, 2015

Identity Marketing’s Dangerous Game

Amit Bhattacharjee uncovers the hidden perils of marketing on the basis of identity.

Feb 04, 2015

How Dynamic Leaders Think

Constance Helfat and Margaret Peteraf examine the role of managerial cognitive capability in firms’ ability to adapt to change.

Jan 12, 2015

How U.S. Firms Shift Income Abroad

Richard Sansing sheds light on cost-sharing arrangements that save U.S. corporations billions in income taxes.

Jan 12, 2015

The Simplicity of Complexity

Q&A with Scott Neslin, Albert Wesley Frey Professor of Marketing.

Dec 12, 2014

The Strategists

There are many paths to the top and Tuck’s renowned strategy professors know them all.

Dec 12, 2014

A Few Words On…Innovation

Vijay Govindarajan talks casually about his research.

Dec 11, 2014

Did Excessive Pay Contribute to the Financial Crisis?

Ing-Haw Cheng investigates the connection between executive pay and risk-taking.

Dec 08, 2014

A New Mandate for the World Trade Organization?

Emily Blanchard says global supply chains could reshape the role of the WTO.

Dec 08, 2014

Gender Equality Is a Finance Issue Too

Karin Thorburn studies the valuation effect of gender equality on corporate boards.

Dec 03, 2014

A Fuller Picture of Fracking’s Impact

Fracking has been good for local economies, says Tuck professor Erin Mansur and co-authors.

Nov 21, 2014

Showroom Showdown

Santiago Gallino describes how customers are changing retail.

Nov 04, 2014

The Legacy of Leadership

As a leader, you can’t develop others until you develop yourself.

Oct 21, 2014

For Reservations, A New Approach

Len Greenhalgh is working to end the exploitation of Native American tribes.

Sep 19, 2014

Corporations Change, But Networks Say How Fast

Adam Kleinbaum studies network responsiveness.

Jul 31, 2014

Why Informal Businesses are Doomed to Fail

A Clearer Portrait of the Informal Economy

Jul 17, 2014

Loving Capitalism, Hating Profit

Amit Bhattacharjee uncovers a contradiction in the public's understanding of the market economy.

Jun 24, 2014

How Bias Creeps Into Scientific Research

Professor Andrew King warns of the human tendency to see patterns in chaos.

Jun 09, 2014

Good Business: A Conversation With Richard Shreve

Richard Shreve teaches MBA students about business ethics in his Ethics in Action course.

May 27, 2014

Are Stock-Financed Takeovers Opportunistic?

Are bidder shares in stock-financed mergers overpriced?

May 12, 2014

Bringing It All Back Home

Leslie Robinson sheds light into the “black box” of foreign earnings.

Apr 23, 2014

Should We Be Afraid of Accruals?

Jonathan Lewellen and Robert Resutek debunk a corporate accounting myth.

Apr 21, 2014

When Journalists Talk, the Market Listens

Diego Garcia studies the effect of financial journalism on stock prices.

Apr 21, 2014

Redefining 21st Century Business

Tuck faculty study the distinction between manufacturers and wholesalers.

Apr 09, 2014

Products of Their Environment

Competition has a surprising effect on quality, says Praveen Kopalle.

Apr 09, 2014

What Really Grows Exports?

Andy Bernard reframes the conversation on how to increase trade from developing nations.

Mar 25, 2014

Flying High

Richard Townsend finds that venture capitalists can play an important role in innovation and growth.

Mar 19, 2014

How Italian Chefs Share Knowledge

Social norms dictate how Italian chefs share recipes, says Professor Andrew King.

Feb 26, 2014

Following the Leader Q&A with Sydney Finkelstein

Sydney Finkelstein uses social media to share his insights on leadership.

Feb 03, 2014

Rethinking Retail in a Multichannel World

Retailers should integrate their brick-and-mortar and online sales, says Santiago Gallino.

Jan 07, 2014

The Future of Everything

Tuck faculty foresee distance learning, personalized pricing, the rise of women leaders and more.

Dec 10, 2013

When Retailers Do Good, Are Consumers More Loyal?

Exploring the impact of corporate social responsibility efforts.

Dec 09, 2013

Tracking Managerial Myopia

Katharina Lewellen studies how incentives impact CEOs.

Nov 20, 2013

Putting the Right Products on the Shelves

Robert Rooderkerk creates a methodology for optimizing retail assortments.

Oct 25, 2013