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DOGE

How DOGE is Dodging the Real Issue

The new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) sparks debate. Is it streamlining bureaucracy or pushing privatization? Joseph Kalmenovitz unpacks its impact in this Q&A.
Bank Loan

Understanding Creditor Rights and Their Impact

Understanding Creditor Rights and Their Impact February, 26 2025 | By Giulio Trigilia Creditor rights are often seen as a key driver of investment and economic growth, but research suggests the reality is more complex. While stronger protections can improve borrowing conditions in competitive…
Online Shopping

Inside the Ethics of Steering Consumers Online

Online steering shapes how we shop, but is it fair? Simon professors Andras Miklos & Jeanine Miklos-Thal explore its ethical and economic impact in a new paper.
AI and Ethics

AI, Competition, & Antitrust: Navigating the Complexities

AI regulation must balance innovation and fairness. A recent keynote at Simon explored how competition and antitrust shape the evolving AI landscape.
Risk Management

The Evolution of Model Risk Management

In this blog, Simon alumnus Josh Goldberg explains the 25-year journey of model risk management.
US Labor Productivity

What’s behind US’s economic growth?

In this blog, Dean Sevin Yeltekin points to productivity as the key ingredient that drives US economic growth.
Marketing Funnel

ChatGPT as a Marketing Assistant

ChatGPT as a Marketing Assistant October 16 | By Professor Professor Paul Ellickson In this blog post, Professor Paul Ellickson describes the potential of machine learning and Generative AI tools to predict and improve the performance of marketing campaigns. Identifying and optimizing targeted…
Promises Policy

Whatever it Takes

In this blog, Professor Alan Moreira unpacks the effects of policy promises on financial markets.
Money

Why Americans are so unhappy with the economy

Professor Narayana Kocherlakota points to real wage decline to explain widespread voter pessimism about the U.S. economy.
Election 2024

Election 2024 and Economic Pessimism

In this blog, Dean Sevin Yeltekin and Simon summer intern Defne Olgun take a closer look at the mismatch between economic indicators and voter perception.
SEC

Partisan Regulatory Actions

Partisan Regulatory Actions July 3 | By Vivek Pandey Professor Vivek Pandey presents evidence that the SEC treats firms differently based on political ideology. It’s no secret that Americans are more politically divided than ever. Intense political polarization has crept into every corner of society…
Emissions

Environmental Disclosures in Global Supply Chains

Professor Christian Opp explains why plans to reduce CO2 emissions must account for foreign trade partners and environmental disclosures.
ESG

ESG Faces Backlash

In this blog, Professor David Primo provides an overview of the backlash against ESG and the key questions that remain unanswered.
Healthcare

Helping Health Companies Leverage AI

In this Q&A, analytics and AI consultant Puneet Kaur (MSF’16) reflects on her journey to making an impact at the intersection of healthcare and AI.
Pricing algorithmic

AI, Algorithmic Pricing, and Collusion

AI, Algorithmic Pricing, and Collusion April 24, 2024 | By Jeanine Miklós-Thal In this blog post, Professor Jeanine Miklós-Thal investigates claims that the increased use of commercial pricing algorithms could lead to more collusion. In 2011, Peter Lawrence’s The Making of a Fly, a book on…
Money

Winning the rat race: The effect of peer salaries

Winning the rat race: The effect of peer salaries April 9, 2024 | By Professor Ron Kaniel In this blog post, Professor Ron Kaniel explains why relative compensation matters and why wage transparency requirements can backfire. In economics, contract and incentive theory seeks to uncover what…
Sprinkler

Marketing environmental change

Marketing environmental change March 27, 2024 | By Professor Kristina Brecko In this blog post, Professor Kristina Brecko shares findings from her harm reduction field research to illustrate the power of strategic marketing. Background Amid historic drought conditions, the State of California…
Gen AI

The power of the generalist

In this Q&A, technology strategist Aditya Singh’08S (MBA) reflects on how generative AI is changing the world of work and predicts who will succeed in the new normal.