Organizatons

For Some Companies, There’s Strategy (and Success) to Sticking with Older Technology

When many phone companies shifted to making smart devices, one firm in particular — Nokia — stuck by its flip phone design. This summer, the device saw a burst in…

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Blinding Idea Evaluation? New Experiment Reveals Little Bias in the Innovation Process  

Innovation and implementation of new ideas can directly influence organizational outcomes. Thus, organizations often dedicate significant time to the assessment of countless new ideas through myriad idea evaluation systems. However,…

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Focus on Customers, not Competitors, when Responding to First-Movers  

When a competitor adopts a new innovation, others in the market have two ways to respond: They can also adopt the technology to directly compete (imitation) or they can choose…

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New Antitrust Study Shows Reining in Big Tech Doesn’t Spur Rival Profits

This paper was nominated for a Concurrences Antitrust Writing Award. In January, the Justice Department sued Google, claiming the tech company abused a monopoly in online advertising by seizing control of…

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Incoming CEO’s Political Views May Drive Director Departure in a Firm, New Study Shows

Voicing one’s political view is no longer a taboo. People’s political ideologies pervade almost every aspect of their lives. For example, researchers have identified that people choose to associate with…

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Salary Transparency Policies, Partnered with Low-cost Monitoring Tools, Can Help Close the Gender Pay Gap

Salary transparency could be a great equalizer tool, but new research finds that those effects may be seen only if the cost of monitoring salaries is low. If the public…

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Charismatic CEOs Lead to Higher IPO Prices

In sales, you’re often selling yourself as much as you’re selling the product — and new research published in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal suggests the same holds true for IPOs.…

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