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    Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either) 

    Voter ID laws are often proposed as an antidote to election fraud. There's just one problem, according to Vincent Pons. They don't work. 
    21 Feb 2019  |  Research & Ideas

    Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

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    • 20 Feb 2019
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    What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

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    • 18 Feb 2019
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    Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?

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    • 30 Jan 2019
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    What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

    by Danielle Kost
    • 18 Feb 2019
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    Technology doesn't drive disruption—customers do. In a new book, marketing professor Thales Teixeira argues that successful disruptors are faster to spot and serve emerging customer needs than larger competitors.

    Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

    by Dina Gerdeman
    • 28 Jan 2019
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    • Research & Ideas
    In today's tight job market, employers must focus on how to attract and keep top talent. Giving away stacks of money may not always be the best incentive, warns Ashley Whillans.

    Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

    by Scott Wallask
    • 20 Feb 2019
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    • Research & Ideas
    Private rocket companies are competing to be the first to send paying tourists into space, perhaps even this year. Matthew Weinzierl lays out the strategic roadmap to the stars.

    Why Employers Favor Men

    by Dina Gerdeman
    • 11 Sep 2017
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    Why are women discriminated against in hiring decisions? Research by Katherine Coffman, Christine Exley, and Muriel Niederle finds the answer is more subtle than expected.

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    Relative Performance Transparency: Effects on Sustainable Choices

    by Ryan W. Buell, Shwetha Mariadassou, and Yanchong Zheng
    • 19 FEB 2019

    Diagnostic Bubbles

    by Pedro Bordalo, Nicola Gennaioli, Spencer Yongwook Kwon, and Andrei Shleifer
    • 18 FEB 2019

    Gender Stereotypes in Deliberation and Team Decisions

    by Katherine B. Coffman, Clio Bryant Flikkema, and Olga Shurchkov
    • 11 FEB 2019

    The IBM PC

    by Carliss Y. Baldwin
    • 11 FEB 2019

    The Research Exchange 

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    Transparency & Productivity

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    Best Practices for Considering Contract Workers

    Christopher Stanton

    Causes and Consequences of Withholding Critical Feedback in Organizations

    Ashley Whillans and Chuck Howard
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