Knowledge in Practice: Research News and Business Insights from Tuck Faculty
"In the strongest organizations, employees trust each other: their motivations, their strengths and weaknesses, and their intentions," say two former White House employees.
Jul 31, 2017Tuck visiting professor Thomas Lawton examines non-market strategies in the Ugandan electricity sector.
Jul 28, 2017While the U.S. is still perceived as the number one economic power in the world, the Pew Research Center finds that other nations, namely China, are gaining ground.
Jul 25, 2017With many of the planet’s fish populations at or approaching “biologically unsustainable levels” an intergovernmental mechanism that induces fishermen to internalize the harm they do by overfishing is needed now more than ever.
Jul 17, 2017A new study led by Tuck professor Eesha Sharma finds that Americans are more willing to go into debt for experiences than material goods.
Jul 13, 2017Srivastava, an assistant professor of business administration, received the award at this year’s annual European Financial Management Association conference.
Jul 06, 2017As a populist backlash against globalism fuels cries for protectionism, our research suggests that foreign inputs benefit domestic firms, making them more competitive in the global economy.
Jul 05, 2017On July 1, India’s famously labyrinthine tax code was scrapped for a much simpler one that may unleash enormous potential.
Jul 03, 2017Dean Matthew J. Slaughter announced the appointments of Bernard and Stocken and the promotion of four other professors in an email to the community.
Jun 30, 2017A New Lens on Innovation
Jun 21, 2017"Leaders in Washington should base their policy ideas on data and research, not anecdotes and assertions," say Slaughter & Rees.
Jun 19, 2017Tuck professors Colin Blaydon and Steven Kahl D’91 are creating the first strategic history of the venture capital industry in the U.S.
Jun 14, 2017Tuck marketing professor Scott Neslin studies the role of physical stores in a multichannel landscape.
Jun 07, 2017Economic dynamism has historically brought an upward spiral of growth in productivity, opportunity, and thus incomes, but in the U.S., dynamism is fading.
May 30, 2017Entrepreneurs represent a vibrant and powerful force with great potential to reshape the Chinese economy.
May 22, 2017A leading expert on strategy and innovation, Govindarajan pioneered the concept of reverse innovation.
May 10, 2017Tuck professor Santiago Gallino finds a better way for warehouse pickers to locate items quickly.
May 08, 2017Tuck professor Leslie Robinson examines the effects of publicizing tax information.
May 03, 2017New technologies invariably produce winners and losers, but the music industry in particular has been pummeled.
May 01, 2017Sunday April 23, 2017 may be the date that future historians identify as the starting point for a receding tide of global populism in the 21st century.
Apr 24, 2017Government and business are fundamentally different, but a focus on technology and data infrastructure innovation within the federal government could drive significant job creation.
Apr 10, 2017Economists Slaughter & Rees of the Tuck School debunk Trump's claims about the U.S. trade deficit and its impact on jobs.
Apr 03, 2017Tuck professor Kevin Lane Keller shares his latest research findings on how to use various forms of communication to reach consumers.
Mar 30, 2017While skepticism about government is embedded in America’s DNA, outright distrust is a more recent phenomenon.
Mar 27, 2017Globalization boosts—not lowers—productivity and average incomes, say Matthew Slaughter and Matthew Rees.
Mar 20, 2017Reversing the obesity trend and reducing health-care spending depends on something often overlooked: changes in individual behavior.
Mar 13, 2017A hallmark of the U.S. economy has been its dynamism, but U.S. innovation in the past decade is actually on the decline, say Tuck School’s Slaughter & Rees.
Mar 06, 2017Research by Tuck Associate Dean Praveen Kopalle finds the retail revolution isn’t just about big data, but also better data and the theory needed to harness it.
Mar 01, 2017Slaughter & Rees explain how a bilateral investment treaty between the U.S. and China would benefit American companies and workers.
Feb 27, 2017Is retaining manufacturing essential to the American economy’s long-run growth and prosperity? Tuck professor Andrew Bernard finds that de-industrialization has some surprises.
Feb 22, 2017"Many jobs of the future exist today, with many of them simply going unfilled because too few Americans have the skills needed to fill them," say Slaughter & Rees as they discuss the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment results.
Feb 20, 2017In her latest research on consumer behavior and decision making, Tuck associate professor Ellie Kyung investigates what happens to consumer judgment when our rating system is turned upside down.
Feb 15, 2017Tuck Dean Matt Slaughter and senior fellow Matt Rees discuss what lies ahead for the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) and the U.S. economy in the new Trump administration.
Feb 13, 2017"The early stages of Trump's trade policy is an opportune moment to step back and provide some big-picture perspective on how the global economy has evolved in the past—and is likely to continue evolving in the future."
Jan 30, 2017Some occupations thrived after the dawn of computers. Others went extinct. In a new research paper, Tuck professor Steven Kahl D’91 explores why.
Jan 25, 2017Two historic speeches, President Trump’s inauguration address and Chinese president Xi Jinping’s World Economic Forum address, could not have been starker in contrast.
Jan 23, 2017