Business and Finance

Business and Finance

Research Finds That Even After the Bubble, Real Estate Remains Part of a Strong Portfolio

Jay Sa-Aadu and Ashish Tiwari, finance professors in the Tippie College of Business, and Jim Shilling, a finance professor at DePaul University, analyzed the…

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Exporting Western Market Economies to Russia: Key Challenges

When the Iron Curtain fell 20 years ago, there was considerable hope that the countries in Eastern Europe, including Russia, would introduce a market economy…

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Don’t Worry, be Angry – Marketing Study Shows Angry Negotiators Walk Out with a Better Deal

After an hour or so, Ho walked out of the store with the $380 painting – for only $120. Negotiation, Ho knows, is an art, too. In new research conducted with…

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Financial Restructuring Insights in Chapter 11 Reorganizations

But are these firms really getting the “fresh start” they need? In a recent edition of Financial Management, researchers Randall Heron, Erik Lie, and Kimberly…

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2010 Economic Forecast: Slow Growth with Chance of Stagnation

Consumer spending, the engine that fueled economic growth for the past two decades is “out of gas” according to Fazzari. “I continue to worry that the…

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Five-Day Delivery: Is It Enough to Solve Postal Challenges?

Seung-Hyun Hong says projected savings from weekday-only delivery could wither if the move chases away lucrative business customers who count on the mail to…

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KfW Launches First Seven-Year Euro-Benchmark Bond

Having already placed a ten-year, a five-year and a three-year bond in the classical maturities earlier this year, KfW has now launched a seven-year…

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Future of Internet Retail: Competing with Niche Products

Management Insights, a regular feature of the journal, is a digest of important research in business, management, operations research, and management science….

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Examining Illegal Corporate Behavior Under Pressure

MSU’s Yuri Mishina and colleagues argue that unrealistically high pressure on thriving companies increases the likelihood of illegal behavior, as the firms are…

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Study Identifies Causes of Executive Turnover after M&As

The study, “Brain Drain: Why Top Management Bolts After M&As,” analyzes factors that can lead to abnormally high turnover rates among target company executives…

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GFC’s Impact: Job Security Strains Families and Workforce

The results show that lack of job security was particularly hard on families, with almost one in five parents turning up to work ill and close to one in 10…

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Aisle Placements Boost Grocery Sales: Key Insights for Retailers

“Retailers can benefit substantially by having better placement of items in their aisles,” Bezawada says. His research shows that aisle placements can…

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Exploring Implications of Underestimated Forecasting Errors

Weihong Xu, assistant professor of accounting in the University at Buffalo School of Management, analyzed more than 11,000 firm-quarter observations. She found…

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Economists Forecast for 2010 Looks Better, Relative to This Year

“Better is not necessarily good,” said Bill Witte, associate professor emeritus of economics at IU and a member of the Kelley School of Business' annual…

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CEOs Share Vision: How Companies Aim to Impact the World

The so-called letter to shareholders is particularly important, since it allows the CEO to come forth and describe the company's operations in a rather…

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New theory on fairness in economics targets CEO pay

One of the most pressing economic and corporate governance issues of the day is how to determine fair pay packages for CEOs,” said Venkat Venkatasubramanian, a…

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