Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
Why Entrepreneurs Are Less, Not More, Stressed Out
Entrepreneurs aren’t the stressed-out workaholics we imagine them to be. In fact, a new study published in the Journal of Management finds […]
Putting the ‘Force’ Back in Sales Force
As a company evolves, so must its sales force in order to stay competitive in the global market. To explain this process […]
Did Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law Increase Firearm Homicides?
At least two empirical papers have found that Stand Your Ground (SYG) laws like the one in Florida are associated with an average increase rather than a decrease in firearm homicides.
Defensive Political Science Responds Defensively to an Attack
I have studied racial profiling, and I can assure you that this work is not about the claim “that people are racially biased.” I can also assure you that, whatever it is we have learned, it’s not true that “everyone knows” it.
What Happened to the Family Vacation?
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller Whatever happened to the great American […]
Attacks on US Funding of Social Science Will Continue to Intensify
Recent events in Congress suggest the attacks on funding will not only continue but will intensify. It is also worth remembering that these attacks are just the latest in a long standing effort by conservatives to eliminate funding for social science.
Should Family Firms Be More Professional?
It is commonly argued that family firms would operate more effectively if they would behave more like nonfamily firms and “professionalize” their […]
Profile of a Cyberloafer
Who are cyberloafers? We know that they waste time at work by checking Facebook, sending personal emails, and otherwise discreetly using the […]
