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What Travis Kalanick Can Do Now to Dodge Another Messy Month at Uber - By Irving Schenkler
Last week’s sexual harassment claim against Uber was not just about one indecent incident—it represented what has become perceived as part of the company’s culture, grounded in repugnant behaviors that have gone either “unnoticed” or without consequences. For a company that defines itself as a primary force for innovation, what’s to be said about how this colors its future, and especially its CEO, Travis Kalanick? Read more
—- Biography: Professor Irving Schenkler
- Department: Management Communication
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Professor Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh's joint research on the mutual fund industry in Sweden
Excerpt from Reuters -- "'We find a weak relationship between pay and performance, but a strong relationship between pay and size, measured as fee revenue,' Markus Ibert of the Stockholm School of Economics, Ron Kaniel of Rochester University, Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh of New York University and Roine Vestman of Stockholm University write." Read more
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Faculty Awards & Accolades – February/March 2017
Faculty Awards and Accolades highlighted in the February and March 2017 issue of Stern's Faculty Research Brief. Read more
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Europe or Anti-Europe? - By A. Michael Spence
A knowledgeable friend in Milan recently asked me the following question: “If an outside investor, say, from the United States, wanted to invest a substantial sum in the Italian economy, what would you advise?” I replied that, although there are many opportunities to invest in companies and sectors, the overall investment environment is complicated. I would recommend investing alongside a knowledgeable domestic partner, who can navigate the system, and spot partly hidden risks. Read more
—- Biography: Professor A. Michael Spence
- Department: Economics
— Opinion
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Hacking Is About to Get a lot Harder With Cardless ATMs - By Anindya Ghose
In just the last few weeks, a number of banks have announced plans for cardless ATMs. Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Bank of America are all piloting their own initiatives. The basic idea is that a code will be generated on the banks’ mobile apps that consumers can use to unlock their bank accounts, enabling them to withdraw money from an ATM simply by tapping their device when they’re in front of the ATM. Read more
—- Biography: Professor Anindya Ghose
- Department: IOMS
— Opinion
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Professor Justin Kruger's joint research on self-assessment & performance
Excerpt from the Harvard Business Review -- "A classic finding in the psychology literature is the Dunning-Kruger effect (named after David Dunning and Justin Kruger, who first described it): Poor performers in a domain are more prone to overestimate their ability than good performers. Why? Poor performers are unaware of the many elements that go into expert performance, and thus they are overly confident in their ability to carry out all of the tasks necessary to succeed." Read more
—— Research in the News
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Research by Profs Steven Blader & Nicholas Hays on generosity and status
Excerpt from Psychology Today -- "Research suggests that being generous often increases a person’s status within a group. But, does high status make people generous? This question was explored in a paper in the January, 2017 issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology by Nicholas Hays and Steven Blader." Read more
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Professor Vicki Morwitz's joint research on decision making
Excerpt from Fast Company -- "Behavioral scientists have also found that just asking people about their future decisions significantly influences those decisions, a phenomenon known as the 'mere measurement effect.' Back in 1993, social scientists Vicki Morwitz, Eric Johnson, and David Schmittlein conducted a study with more than 40,000 participants that revealed that simply asking someone if people were going to purchase a new car within six months increased their purchase rates by 35%." Read more
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Professor Johannes Stroebel is Awarded Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship
NYU Stern Associate Professor of Finance Johannes Stroebel has been awarded a Research Fellowship by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support his work aiming to better understand financial decision making of households. Sloan Foundation Research Fellowships are awarded to early-career scientists and scholars “whose achievements mark them as the next generation of scientific leaders,” the Sloan Foundation said in announcing this year’s 126 fellows. Read more
—- Biography: Professor Johannes Stroebel
- Department: Finance
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Robots Will Soon Do Your Taxes. Bye-Bye, Accounting Jobs - By Vasant Dhar
Tax season has arrived, as the Super Bowl recently reminded us: In the first half alone, two commercials encouraged viewers to trust computers to do our taxes, the first from H&R Block with its new partner Watson, and the second from TurboTax with its friendly talking tax bot. Machines won’t be able to automatically file taxes with the IRS for a few years. Read more
—- Biography: Professor Vasant Dhar
- Department: IOMS
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Snap, The Perishable Picture Company: Valuing The IPO - By Aswath Damodaran
Toward the end of 2016, Snap (formerly known as Snapchat) became the latest social media company to enter the public market. With 161 million engaged users but little in terms of current revenues and big operating losses, Snap fits the bill as a company with lots of potential but plenty of peril. Read more
—- Biography: Professor Aswath Damodaran
- Department: Finance
— Opinion
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Open-Innovation Business Models Maintain Productivity Levels - By Hila Lifshitz-Assaf
Using Wikipedia as a case study, NYU Stern Professor Hila Lifshitz-Assaf and co-authors demonstrate how open-innovation organizations organically develop work flows that ensure stable production, despite the lack of pre-defined procedures, established rules or roles. Read more
—- Biography: Professor Hila Lifshitz-Assaf
- Department: Information, Operations and Management Sciences
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The Darker Side of Word-of-Mouth Marketing - By Andrea Bonezzi
Marketers wishing to take advantage of word of mouth to promote their products or services might benefit from manipulating a self-serving human need to boost one’s own sense of competence. NYU Stern Professor Andrea Bonezzi delicately probed this phenomenon in a series of experiments that confirmed that people who give advice to others often benefit from that act in a very personal way. Read more
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Biography: Professor Andrea Bonezzi
Department: Marketing— Research Highlights
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SBIR Grants Boost Successful Outcomes for Clean-Energy Startups - By Sabrina Howell
High-tech entrepreneurs, especially in the clean energy sector, often rely on government grants. A recent study by NYU Stern Professor Sabrina T. Howell estimates the effect of the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program on startups’ innovation activity, external financing, and commercialization outcomes. Read more
—- Biography: Professor Sabrina Howell
- Department: Finance
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Millennials and Boomers Feel Like They’re Living in Two Different Americas - By Michael North
The recent US presidential election highlighted the need to understand growing divisions in US society. A surprisingly overlooked, yet particularly urgent divide is generational. Read more
—- Biography: Professor Michael North
- Department: Management and Organizations
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