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Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?

A World War II spy manual offers intriguing insights into how modern management techniques may be sabotaging your organization, says Stefan Thomke.

Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance

Without financial relief from Congress, many American small-business owners may be forced to cut health insurance for employees, according to research by Leemore Dafny, Yin Wei Soon, Zoë Cullen, and Christopher Stanton.

Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

Research by Maria Roche looks at how past economic downturns forced job-insecure, high-tech entrepreneurs to rush their ventures to market. Will COVID-19 do the same?

Why Don't More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

Inclusive organizations consistently produce a competitive advantage over peers. So why don't more CEOs insist on racial diversity in their leadership ranks? asks James Heskett.

Did You Miss This Story?  Your Customers Have Changed. Here's How to Engage Them Again

The coronavirus makes your customers less able and less willing to spend than before. How should you re-engage with them? Advice from Rohit Deshpandé and colleagues.

Research Paper  Older People Are Less Pessimistic about the Health Risks of COVID-19

The pandemic presents a unique opportunity to investigate formation of beliefs about an unprecedented, widespread, and life-threatening event. One finding: COVID-19 makes the prospect of disease and death particularly salient for the young. Research by Katherine B. Coffman, Andrei Shleifer, and colleagues.

Research Paper  The Targeting and Impact of Paycheck Protection Program Loans to Small Businesses.

Survey data on business owners shows that lending to bank customers in better financial positions may have been prioritized, possibly crowding out less connected firms that would have benefitted more from the loans. Research by Alexander Bartik, Zoë B. Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca, Christopher Stanton, and Adi Sunderam.

Research Paper  Updating the Balanced Scorecard for Triple Bottom Line Strategies

Society increasingly expects businesses to help solve problems of environmental degradation, inequality, and poverty. This paper explains how the Balanced Scorecard and Strategy Map should be modified to reflect businesses' expanded role for society. Research by Robert S. Kaplan and David McMillan.


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