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Latest Research

Smith faculty and graduate students advance management and society through exceptional research. They collaborate with scholars worldwide, publish in leading journals, and inspire each other to explore new lines of enquiry.

Research in Brief

Access insights and key takeaways from research published by Smith Business faculty.

The Marketplace of Existential Authenticity

Jay Handelman & Tandy Thomas

SMIs challenge traditional views that position the marketplace as a threat to authenticity.

How Context Helps People Spot Fake News

Abayomi Baiyere

Showing people the right kind of evidence dramatically improves their ability to distinguish true news from fake.

The Hidden Value in Customer Returns

Veikko Thiele

Tracking return behaviour can enable better customer segmentation and more profitable future pricing.

How Repositioning Rewrites the Competitive Playbook

Goce Andrevski

Competitive advantage is not just about how many actions a firm takes or how diverse they are, but about knowing when to fight and when to adapt.

Leadership Evolved: From Hierarchy to Collaboration

Matthias Spitzmuller

Approaching leadership as shared process where people collectively shape outcomes.

The Impact of Nudging

Assistant Professor of Marketing, Nicole Robitaille, unpacks the use of nudging in marketing and illustrates how, when done correctly, it can have a profound impact on society.

Publications

Smith faculty publish in the top international business journals. Explore some of our recent publications.

  Organizational Behaviour

A tale of two generations: a time-lag study of career expectations

Ayoobzadeh, M., Schweitzer, L., Lyons, S. and Ng, E.
Personnel Review (2024)

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  Operations Management & Technology

To hinder or to facilitate: Retailer's strategy of consumer information sharing and target segment

Kong, G., Li, G., and Ma, B.
Production and Operations Management (2024)

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  Accounting

Nonprofessional Investor Judgments: Linking Dependent Measures to Constructs

Asay, H.S., Hales, J., Hinds, C., and Rupar, K.
The Accounting Review (2023)

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  International Business

Global cities, the liability of foreignness, and theory on place and space in international business

Goerzen, A., Asmussen, C., Nielsen, B.
Journal of International Business Studies (2023)

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