A Simple Equation
New research shows why preventing another mortgage crisis might come down to cultivating better basic math skills.
The Dark Side of Creativity
Modupe Akinola explores the connection between mood and creativity and finds that stressful situations and bad moods can spur some types of creative thinking and problem solving.
A Passive-Aggressive Path to Harvesting Risk Premiums
Large, long-term investors can capture a variety of risk premiums at lower cost by shifting some investments from active management to passive benchmarks.
Taking Attendance with Teachers
New research shows just how much teacher absences hurt student achievement.
A White Hat for Private Equity?
A growing body of evidence suggests that when private equity enters an industry, growth and productivity follow.
Strategy as Learning
Businesses that seek sustainable competitive advantage must set aside the view that strategy is planning and embrace the idea that strategy is learning, says Willie Pietersen.
Trading at Light Speed
A model provides a simple method for calculating the cost of latency, the delay between the decision and execution of a trade.
Preserving the Delaware
Analyzing the river as an inventory control system yields a solution to an ecological problem.