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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

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What’s Really Disrupting Business? It’s Not Technology

by Danielle Kost
  • 18 Feb 2019
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  • Book
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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  • Research & Ideas
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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Scholarly papers that describe original research in a narrow field of study.

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 

The Research Exchange is a way for faculty and corporate partners to collaborate on the following field studies.

Transparency & Productivity

Ethan Bernstein

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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