Knowledge in Practice
A New Lens on Innovation
Jun 21, 2017Knowledge in Practice: Research News and Business Insights from Tuck Faculty
A 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, 2017Tuck Professor Dirk Black and USC professor Marshall Vance examine how managers trade off first impressions of employee ability versus observed performance when making promotion decisions.
Jan 16, 2017Millennials are forcing business to do good while doing well. Companies need to rise to this challenge or risk becoming an anachronism.
Jan 04, 2017Many of ethics professor Richard Shreve's greatest career turns began with a simple conversation.
Jan 03, 2017A conversation with Leslie Robinson, associate professor of business administration.
Dec 21, 2016The end-of-year holidays are now upon us. In many parts of the world, in the days ahead children and adults alike will relish in giving and receiving gifts.
Dec 19, 2016Slaughter and Rees discuss the current economic malaise in Italy after a failed referendum prompted Prime Minister Renzi to resign.
Dec 12, 2016How are some companies able to succeed in overseas acquisitions? Finance professor Gordon Phillips finds the answer in the “intangibles.”
Dec 07, 2016Slaughter and Rees offer three important reasons why President-elect Trump's browbeating of U.S.-based companies like Carrier is a misguided approach to rebuilding jobs in America.
Dec 05, 2016Tuck professor Gordon Phillips explores the rise of private equity investments in public companies.
Nov 28, 2016