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Fusion Strategy Will Transform the Way Businesses Are Run

A feature interview with Vijay Govindarajan about his new book, Fusion Strategy: How Real-Time Data and AI Will Power the Industrial Future.

Mar 04, 2024

Shrinkflation 101: The Economics of Smaller Groceries

Quotes Nailya Ordabayeva in an article about the practice known as shrinkflation, when companies downsize products without downsizing prices.

Mar 01, 2024

Will Fast-Food Restaurants Try Surge Pricing? Here’s How That Might Work.

Features Robert Shumsky in an article about how fast-food restaurants could employ surge, or dynamic, pricing following Wendy’s announcement that it plans to implement the strategy.

Feb 29, 2024

Fed Officials Emphasize Data to Guide Pace of Interest-Rate Cuts

Highlights a View from the Top conversation hosted at Tuck with Susan Collins, president and CEO of the Boston Federal Reserve.

Feb 28, 2024

Fast Food Chain Wendy’s Plans to Experiment with Dynamic Pricing

Features Robert Shumsky in an article about dynamic pricing, and Wendy’s announcement that it plans to use the strategy to increase business during traditionally slow periods.

Feb 28, 2024

How Companies Can Crack the Brand Trust Code

Features Kevin Lane Keller in an article examining how brands can build a solid foundation of trust with consumers.

Feb 23, 2024

MBA Salaries, Bonuses & Job Success Rates at 30 Top U.S. B-Schools

Features Tuck in a roundup of employment data at top MBA programs in the U.S.

Feb 21, 2024

Job Cuts Are Sending a Chill through the Remote Work World

Features Vijay Govindarajan in an article about how recent layoffs are impacting remote workers.

Feb 21, 2024

The 24 Startups to Watch in Boston in 2024

Highlights Kinsome, cofounded by Eben Pingree T’13, as one of the top Boston startups to keep an eye on in 2024.

Feb 20, 2024

How to Become a ‘Supercommunicator’

Highlights research coauthored by Adam Kleinbaum which illustrates that consensus-building conversation aligns future brain activity within groups.

Feb 16, 2024

The World Is Headed to the Polls This Year. ‘There Are Enormous Geopolitical Implications.’

Quotes Sarah Ketterer T’87, CEO of Causeway Capital, in an article examining how elections around the world in 2024 will impact investors for years to come.

Feb 16, 2024

How to Invest $10,000 Right Now

Features Sarah Ketterer T’87, CEO of Causeway Capital, in an article collecting expert advice on how to invest $10,000 in the current economic climate.

Feb 15, 2024

Real Numbers of MBA Admissions: Percentage of Women MBA Students

Highlights Tuck as a leader among top MBA programs at enrolling women. At Tuck, women comprise 44 percent of the first-year class, and 45 percent of the second-year class.

Feb 13, 2024

Heavy Machinery Meets AI

A feature article coauthored by Vijay Govindarajan exploring fusion strategies, which join what manufacturers do best—creating physical products—with what digital firms do best: mining giant data sets for critical insights.

Feb 13, 2024

Boeing, Spirit AeroSystems Need to Change Culture, Experts Say

Features Paul Argenti in an article about the fallout from Boeing’s latest 737 Max controversy.

Feb 12, 2024

Friendshoring Outcomes

Highlights research by Davin Chor examining the United States’ reliance on China-linked supply chains.

Feb 10, 2024

Litquidity Unmasked

Quotes Paul Argenti in a feature story about Henry Medina, who runs the finance-focused Instagram account Litquidity.

Feb 07, 2024

U.S. Companies Are Still Worried about an Economic Shock

Quotes Vijay Govindarajan and highlights an article he coauthored for Harvard Business Review examining why companies are holding onto cash reserves.

Feb 07, 2024

The Value of Sam Altman’s Human Capital: An Event Study

Vijay Govindarajan and coauthor Anup Srivastava examine the human capital value of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Feb 06, 2024

Fusion Strategy with Dr. Vijay (“VG”) Govindarajan

Vijay Govindarajan joins the Global Leadership Podcast to explore how generative AI and datagraphs impact organizational strategy, and how leaders can continue to innovate in a rapidly changing context.

Feb 06, 2024

Moving beyond the Year of Women’s Sports: A Call for Lasting Change in 2024

Leela Srinivasan T’06 authors a piece exploring how marketers can help redefine women's sports in 2024.

Feb 05, 2024

Why Are Companies Sitting on Cash Right Now?

Vijay Govindarajan coauthors an article exploring why companies are holding onto cash reserves.

Feb 05, 2024

Most Disruptive MBA Startups of 2023

Features Julia Megson T’23 and Rescale, which she cofounded alongside Matt Baer T’19 and Matthew Kaliara.

Feb 04, 2024

CEOs on the Record

Quotes Paul Argenti in an article about the rise of CEO visibility and how it can impact business outcomes.

Feb 01, 2024

As Carbon Pricing Picks up around the Globe, Lawmakers Urge NH to Get on Board

Charles Wheelan D’88 is featured in an article about carbon pricing.

Jan 30, 2024

Restraining Orders and Recipes: 5 Things We Learned from CNN’s Martha Stewart Docuseries

Quotes Paul Argenti in an article about CNN’s new four-part docuseries, The Many Lives of Martha Stewart, which features Argenti.

Jan 29, 2024

Store-Brand Products

Kusum Ailawadi joins Freakonomics’ The Economics of Everyday Things podcast to discuss store-brand, or private label, products.

Jan 28, 2024

Microsoft Is the World’s Most Valuable Company. Now It Has to Prove It Can Stay T...

Features Roger McNamee T’82 in an article about Microsoft’s new standing as the world’s most valuable company, its investments in AI, and more.

Jan 26, 2024

The Trends That Will Define the Global Economy in 2024

Features Emily Blanchard and Davin Chor in an article collecting expert opinions about trends that will define the global economy in 2024.

Jan 26, 2024

High Interest Rates Could Harm Future Generations as Debt Increases

Highlights research coauthored by Gordon Phillips which found that the expansion of access to credit can have counterintuitive impacts on intergenerational economic mobility.

Jan 25, 2024

15 Women on the Surprising Challenges of Motherhood and Entrepreneurship

Features Natalia Lumen T’14, founder and head of growth at ThyForLife Health.

Jan 24, 2024

Talk in Davos of ‘High for Longer’ as CEOs Wrestle with Rates

Quotes Jose Minaya T’00, CEO of Nuveen, in an article about business leaders and financiers preparing for “high for longer” borrowing costs in 2024.

Jan 19, 2024

They’re Advertised ‘From’ $249. But an Algorithm Has Blown Out Tickets by Thousands

Features Rob Shumsky in an article examining dynamic pricing and how it has impacted events like the Australian Open tennis tournament.

Jan 19, 2024

Microsoft-OpenAI Created the Greatest Hype Campaign I’ve Seen, Says Elevation Partners’ McNamee

Roger McNamee T’82, managing director at Elevation Partners, joins Squawk on the Street to discuss OpenAI founder Sam Altman's recent comments on AI, whether the technology is improving rapidly, and more.

Jan 18, 2024

Retailers Are Stuck in a Cycle of Constant Sales

Quotes Scott Neslin in an article about the number of retail sales.

Jan 17, 2024

In Her Own Words: Natalia Lumen Triumphs over Thyroid Cancer

Natalia Lumen T’14 authors a piece exploring how her diagnosis and treatment for thyroid cancer inspired her to found ThyForLife.

Jan 16, 2024