Faculty Research for Impact – Articles

by Bob Needham – The Ross School of Business recognized the winners of the school’s inaugural DEI Research and Teaching Awards at a special ceremony. The new awards celebrate and honor research related to diversity, equity, and inclusion conducted at Michigan Ross, at every stage of the academic journey — …

Toward solving the broader problem, data and statistical tools can help greatly reduce risks at much lower cost, and a data-oriented understanding of the problems in Flint can guide efforts to address lead concerns in other regions as well.

CEOs crossed an ocean in search of growth. Most of them found little of it. It is time to ask whether China as the growth engine for Western companies is just another myth.

All Americans are lucky to live in a country brimming with public resources that everyone can share.

Big is sometimes linked to better, particularly in business schools and executive suites. And cities and states pay millions and even billions of dollars to lure “big” companies in hopes that they’ll bring jobs and economic growth – which may not turn out to be true for today’s megacompanies.

While big business hasn’t always been on the vanguard of social justice, in recent years companies like Target, Apple and even Wal-Mart have increasingly taken positions that put them squarely on the side of socially progressive activists.

We believe the best way to expose this duplicity is by requiring corporations to disclose more details about their political actions.

Jobs are important for both developed and developing countries. In the face of globalization, however, national leaders should focus more on jobs that are sustainable and do not come at the expense of the environment.

Active decision support approaches work by breaking complex decisions into more cognitively manageable parts

THE CONVERSATION – September 29, 2016 by Aradhna Krishna and Tatiana Sokolova How do voters select a candidate when no one they like is on the ballot? Behavioral scientists have studied decision-making – including voting – for decades. However, researchers usually give respondents at least one appealing option to choose …