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New study shedding light on the impact of paid family leave
What impact does California's 2004 Paid Family Leave Act have on the gender pay gap? New research from the Eccles School's Elena Patel and her coauthors shows that parents spend [...]
Eccles School faculty have novel way for testing false positives
Have Eccles School researchers Davidson Heath, Daniele Macciocchi and Matthew Ringgenberg and their colleagues solved the so-called "green jelly bean problem" when it comes to the popular natural experiment Regulation [...]
Is knowing yourself actually good for you? New research shows the question is a bit unclear
We've all heard the old adage to "first, know thyself." But is it really that helpful when it comes to psychological adjustment? It may not be, according to new evidence, [...]
Resist the lure of overconfidence, Eccles School professor warns
Is the person leading your meeting actually an expert, or have they just mastered posture, eye contact, and speaking style? It can be easy to confuse the two, Bryan Bonner, [...]
Reshaping capitalism at the Edinburgh home of its founder
Emerging consensus among academics holds that "maximizing shareholder value is a thoroughly bad idea," according to attendees at a recent conference in Edinburgh at the home of Adam Smith, the [...]
IPO market seeing more women CEOs, despite disadvantages
This year has been a fantastic one for women CEOs taking companies through an IPO, despite the disadvantages they often experience from professional investors, who are overwhelmingly men. Read more [...]
Management professor’s research shows honesty is the best policy worldwide
Honesty apparently is the best, or at least most common, policy. That's according to new research conducted by David Tannenbaum, assistant professor of management at the David Eccles School of [...]
Tips on unpaid caregiving for family without losing yourself
There are more than 330,000 family caregivers providing about 300 million hours of unpaid work — in Utah alone, according to data from the AARP. With numbers like that, it's [...]
Criticizing public companies for “short-termism” is nonsense, according to Barron’s
"Companies with publicly traded shares invest proportionately far more than privately held businesses. The difference is particularly stark when comparing spending on research and development," according to an article in [...]
